--- title: About Wartiva | Founded by a Fintech CTO/CIO in Austin, TX description: Wartiva was founded by David Wartell, CTO/CIO of an NYSE-listed fintech, to build the endpoint management platform he wished he had. Austin, TX. url: https://wartiva.com/about.html updated: 2026-10-07 --- About Wartiva # Built by and for IT professionals Wartiva is an AI endpoint management platform for regulated, distributed organizations, founded by David Wartell and based in Austin, Texas. We've walked in your shoes. ![Portrait of David Wartell, founder of Wartiva](https://wartiva.com/assets/img/david-wartell.webp) Founder's Story ## From Frustration to Innovation: Why I Founded Wartiva > As the CTO of a highly regulated NYSE-listed fintech company, tasked with leading a digital transformation, I inherited responsibility for everything from IT help desk and systems administration to PCI/SOX/SOC 2/HIPAA/Part 500 compliance, DBA, DevOps, and R&D across tens of thousands of endpoints, servers, and cloud assets amassed over 25 years of business startups and acquisitions. > > It was overwhelming. I didn't have a moment to think about endpoint management, yet it was a constant source of frustration. The industry-leading tools simply didn't deliver on their promises. I could ask anything, but only if the endpoints happened to be online? Are you kidding? And the more we used them, the more they monopolized all our endpoints' precious CPU. Our users complained! I was stunned. > > Being CIO is tough enough without having to rely on vendors constantly trying to nickel-and-dime you on fads without addressing the underlying issues in their own platforms. > > Then the pandemic struck, and we had thousands of staff working remotely all over the world with zero visibility into remote networks and no idea where anything was physically located. > > That's why I founded Wartiva: to deliver the next-generation endpoint management platform I always wished I had. Wartiva is built by and for IT professionals who deeply understand your pain points and know what it's like to walk in your shoes. > > David Wartell, Founder, Wartiva > Backed by investors that brought you [![R1Soft logo](https://wartiva.com/assets/img/investor-r1soft.webp)](https://www.r1soft.com/)[![ConnectWise logo](https://wartiva.com/assets/img/investor-connectwise.webp)](https://www.connectwise.com/)[![IBM Cloud logo](https://wartiva.com/assets/img/investor-ibm-cloud.webp)](https://www.ibm.com/cloud)[![Idera logo](https://wartiva.com/assets/img/investor-idera.webp)](https://www.idera.com/) Contact ## Let's talk Reach out to see Wartiva on your environment, or just to compare notes on endpoint management. Phone [512-377-9410](tel:+15123779410) Office 1501 S. MoPac Expressway, Suite 220 Austin, TX 78746 ![Wartiva's office building on South MoPac Expressway in Austin, Texas](https://wartiva.com/assets/img/office-building-duotone-800.webp) ![Map of Austin, Texas showing Wartiva's office at Suite 220 near Barton Hills](https://wartiva.com/assets/img/office-map.webp) --- Wartiva is in early access. Request access: https://wartiva.com/early-access.html All pages: https://wartiva.com/llms.txt