--- title: State National Blog | David Holmes description: As Director of Learning and Development as well as Director of Sales & Service Support, David Holmes spent more than a decade building a learning culture and expanding the sense of “customer first” throughout the company, including a specialized focus on development of State National’s sales team and unique dedicated service team. --- [![Growth_-logo](https://blog.statenational.com/hubfs/Imported%20images/Growth_-logo.svg "Growth_-logo")](http://palmspire-3842749.hs-sites.com/growth-home-1) - [Spotlight Blog](https://blog.statenational.com) [![SN_BlogHeaderImage-Lighter](https://blog.statenational.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog%20Images/Blog%20Subscription%20Email%20Images/SN_BlogHeaderImage-Lighter.png?width=1200&height=800&name=SN_BlogHeaderImage-Lighter.png "SN_BlogHeaderImage-Lighter")](https://blog.statenational.com/author/statenational.com) [![State National Spotlight](https://blog.statenational.com/hs-fs/hubfs/State%20National%20Spotlight.png?width=520&name=State%20National%20Spotlight.png)](https://www.statenational.com)Insurance can be complex. 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With expert knowledge from seasoned industry professionals, we simplify insurance topics so you can get back to business. - [Credit Unions](https://blog.statenational.com/topic/credit-unions) # [A Culture of Continuous Improvement at Every Level](https://blog.statenational.com/a-culture-of-continuous-improvement-at-every-level) [Read More →](https://blog.statenational.com/a-culture-of-continuous-improvement-at-every-level) - [Banks & Finance Companies (24)](https://blog.statenational.com/tag/banks-finance-companies) - [Borrower Experience (2)](https://blog.statenational.com/tag/borrower-experience) - [Company News (26)](https://blog.statenational.com/tag/company-news) - [Compliance (5)](https://blog.statenational.com/tag/compliance) - [Credit Unions (47)](https://blog.statenational.com/tag/credit-unions) - [Employee Engagement (2)](https://blog.statenational.com/tag/employee-engagement) - [Risk Mitigation (32)](https://blog.statenational.com/tag/risk-mitigation) - [Technology & Innovation (35)](https://blog.statenational.com/tag/technology-innovation) ## David Holmes ![David Holmes](https://blog.statenational.com/hubfs/Blog%20Images/Author%20Pictures/David%20Holmes.jpg) As Director of Learning and Development as well as Director of Sales & Service Support, David Holmes spent more than a decade building a learning culture and expanding the sense of “customer first” throughout the company, including a specialized focus on development of State National’s sales team and unique dedicated service team. ### Recent Posts: ## [A Culture of Continuous Improvement at Every Level](https://blog.statenational.com/a-culture-of-continuous-improvement-at-every-level) David Holmes provides a firsthand look into State National’s long-term growth and development culture. - [David Holmes](https://blog.statenational.com/author/david-holmes) - 2 min read - 7/8/25 1:37 PM - [Read More](https://blog.statenational.com/a-culture-of-continuous-improvement-at-every-level) ## [How Can We Help?](https://blog.statenational.com/how-can-we-help) A Mantra for Better Service and Continual Growth - [David Holmes](https://blog.statenational.com/author/david-holmes) - 3 min read - 6/25/21 3:51 PM - [Read More](https://blog.statenational.com/how-can-we-help) ## [Calling All Intrapreneurs!](https://blog.statenational.com/calling-all-intrepreneurs) Through “Intrapreneurship,” Employees Help Drive a Company’s Success — Including Ours! At State National we know we have an incredible amount of talent within our organization, so we have always looked inside to our team members and internal clients to harvest new and better ways to do things. - [David Holmes](https://blog.statenational.com/author/david-holmes) - 3 min read - 5/4/21 12:53 PM - [Read More](https://blog.statenational.com/calling-all-intrepreneurs) ## Subscribe to our blog Search Posts - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. - Recent - Popular - Categories ### Lists by Topic - [Credit Unions (47)](https://blog.statenational.com/tag/credit-unions) - [Technology & Innovation (35)](https://blog.statenational.com/tag/technology-innovation) - [Risk Mitigation (32)](https://blog.statenational.com/tag/risk-mitigation) - [Company News (26)](https://blog.statenational.com/tag/company-news) - [Banks & Finance Companies (24)](https://blog.statenational.com/tag/banks-finance-companies) - [Compliance (5)](https://blog.statenational.com/tag/compliance) - [Borrower Experience (2)](https://blog.statenational.com/tag/borrower-experience) - [Employee Engagement (2)](https://blog.statenational.com/tag/employee-engagement) ## Subscribe and Get The Latest News ## Related Posts #### Questions? 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