GOTB Consulting: Governmental and Municipal Consulting in Chicago

About

Meet Richard Butler

Partner, GOTB Consulting, LLC · Chicago

Richard (Rich) Butler is a partner at GOTB Consulting and a 38-year veteran of Chicago city government. From August 2019 to February 2020 he served as First Deputy Commissioner and Chief Administrative Officer of the Chicago Department of Aviation (CDA), responsible for day-to-day administration and operations of O’Hare and Midway, including finance, contracts, operations, legal, human resources, workforce development, concessions, real estate and vehicle services. CDA manages the two airports with a federally funded budget of $8.5 billion. (Dollar figures are budget and program sizes, not GOTB fees.)

Before that, Rich was First Deputy Procurement Officer at the City’s Department of Procurement Services and Chief Administrative Officer of the Chicago Park District, where he oversaw procurement, audit, finance, warehousing and general administrative services on an estimated annual budget of $385 million and established district-wide policies and procedures. His City career began at the Department of Aviation as Director of Contracts Administration, and he also served as General Superintendent of the Department of Streets and Sanitation.

He completed the Chicago Accounting and Purchasing System Training Program and the City of Chicago Executive Management Program, was a key team member on the design and implementation plan for the City’s new eProcurement system, and is a member of the National Institute of Governmental Purchasing and the Purchasing Management Association of Chicago. He has served on the board of the Chicago Municipal Employees Credit Union and on the US Communities board, representing the City of Chicago, and traveled to South Korea to represent Chicago in the Kotra Alliance to bridge contracting opportunities. A native of Englewood, he attended De La Salle High School.

• B.S., Northern Illinois University

About

Meet David Campbell

Of Counsel, GOTB Consulting, LLC · Michigan

M. David Campbell, II is Of Counsel to GOTB Consulting, bringing more than 40 years in public sector solutions, business development and alliances. He began in Michigan's non-partisan House Fiscal Agency, where, as a Senior Fiscal Analyst from 1983 to 1994, he worked on multi-billion-dollar budgets for Capital Outlay, Public Health, Transportation and General Government.

Appointed and re-appointed by Governor John Engler, he served from 2000 to 2006 as one of six Trustees of the Michigan Municipal Bond Authority, which finances infrastructure for local governments, and oversaw its $1 billion-plus clean water bond program. At Oracle USA (2006-2018) he helped close more than $100 million in business and earned the President's Cup for Customer Satisfaction. As Account General Manager for Iowa and Michigan at Gainwell Technologies until 2026, he grew the Michigan business 47%.

A National Kidney Foundation of Michigan board member since 1997 and Chairman Emeritus, he is honored by the foundation's M. David Campbell Leadership Award. He studied at Michigan State University and The College of Wooster.