David Beitel

About David Beitel

David Beitel is CTO at Zillow, Inc. Location: Greater Seattle Area, United States.

As chief technology officer of Zillow Group, I oversee the internal and external technical engineering, product development, and technology operations teams. I joined Zillow in 2005 as a member of the founding team and is one of the company’s first executive leaders. In addition to my role as CTO, I helped develop and build Zillow from a small startup to a household name and was named the region’s Most Innovative CTO by Puget Sound Business Journal in 2012. Prior to Zillow, I was CTO of Expedia, where I joined as one of its earliest team members and spent 12 years. I started my career at Microsoft in the handheld computing group. I earned a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Master of Engineering in Computer Science from Cornell University. I am a board trustee and advisor with a number of advocacy, education and charitable organizations, including Cornell University CIS.

Additional experience

• Defense Business Board, Special Government Employee

  United States Department of Defense

  November 2021 – April 2025

Education

• BS / Masters, Cornell University