David L. Auchterlonie

David Auchterlonie has more than 53 years of corporate management expertise. In addition to his 18 years of experience with Price Waterhouse as a senior audit manager and as a financial officer for three public companies, he founded a corporate turnaround management firm that he ran for more than 30 years. Using his Certified Turnaround Management training and expertise, his firm provided hands-on management to over 200 companies. David’s industry expertise includes aviation/aerospace, consumer products, food, transportation, distribution, healthcare, manufacturing, and technology, among others.

In 2008, the Turnaround Management Association recognized his turnaround and leadership accomplishments by inducting him into its Hall of Fame. David has published seven articles in peer-reviewed journals, two of which received awards from the League of American Communications Professionals. He has also been a featured speaker at more than 10 conferences, forums and events.

David and co-author Jeffrey Lehman researched and wrote the book Running Out of Time: Wildfires and Our Imperiled Forests published in 2023. Together they also founded Crowbar Research Insights.