David Scharf

In today’s contested and rapidly evolving battlespace, technological superiority is no longer a strategic advantage, it is a mission-critical necessity. At Digital Transformations LLC, we help organizations in the public, private and national defense sectors move faster, smarter, and more securely. With deep expertise in Agile transformation, DevSecOps, AI engineering, and model-based systems design, we bridge the gap between strategic vision and operational capability.

Modern conflict moves at overwhelming speed. Concepts alone cannot counter today’s threats. What matters is execution. The speed of how fast a capability can move from idea to deployment. And that’s where Digital Transformations comes in. Through embedded coaching, transformation, CI/CD pipeline optimization, cross functional teams, and a variety of other strategies, we reduce the time between directive and delivery. This compression of the development lifecycle isn’t just about efficiency and effectiveness, it’s about speed and survival. A faster delivery cadence means a shorter window of vulnerability, and lives saved.

Digital Transformations has worked directly with national security leaders, including the U.S. Space Force, to integrate lean|agile into mission systems. GMASS is a critical intelligence backbone for Space Force operations, ensuring that military leaders have the timely, integrated, and actionable information they need to maintain freedom of operation in the space domain. Risk tolerance in defense innovation is understandably low. That’s why our digital engineering and capabilities are designed to model complexity before systems go live. We work to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of projects through iterative feedback loops, shared responsibility, constant feedback, and working software that delivers value early and often.  With this approach, mission assurance begins long before the first unit hits the field.

The Golden Dome initiative will rely on seamless interoperability across land, sea, air, cyber, and space. Each layer introduces more complexities and additional vulnerabilities. Digital Transformations aims to meet those challenges head-on with a security-first architecture rooted in zero-trust principles. Our DevSecOps practices ensure that security is embedded at every stage of development and reinforced at every system boundary. From the edge device to the satellite uplink, integrity is never assumed, it’s verified in real time.

Execution at scale also requires navigating complexity across procurement, governance, and integration. We specialize in aligning technical delivery with mission objectives through value stream mapping, portfolio coordination, and team-based delivery models. Our approach emphasizes speed without sacrificing oversight, giving leadership real-time visibility into performance and outcomes.

We bring more than frameworks, we bring proof. With over 100 combined years of sustained work in lean|agile and devops and many more decades of software and IT delivery experience across sensitive domains, our team is already embedded in the mission. We understand how defense organizations operate, where friction exists, and how to overcome it without disrupting critical operations.

The Golden Dome is not just a defense concept. It is a digital infrastructure challenge that spans domains, technologies, and doctrines. From intercept decisioning to software assurance, from secure data fusion to reliable space-ground integration, Digital Transformations LLC provides the backbone required to make this vision real. We help ensure that innovation does not stall in development pipelines or get lost in layers of bureaucracy.

The threats are evolving. So must we. Digital Transformations LLC stands ready to partner with defense leaders to deliver the systems, speed, and security required for tomorrow’s fight. We don’t just support transformation. We enable it. We’re ready to build the Golden Dome.

Founder & Transformation Coach

Licenses & Certificates

  • DevOps Institute Ambassador
  • Scaled Agile Certified Program Consultant 
  • Jenkins Continuous Integration Open-Source Project
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