David Benham is Co-Founder and Chief Technology and Product Officer at ROAM-AI, where he leads product strategy and the technical architecture behind the company's data, container, and edge platform. He came up through operational technology and was an early AI/ML practitioner at Vital Energy, building systems that moved machine learning out of analysis and into live field operations. At ROAM-AI he focuses on making AI dependable enough for operators to actually run the business on — governed data, explainable models, and autonomous action with real guardrails. He holds a degree from Missouri Southern State University.