Dave consults with complex companies to assess, develop and empower their leaders to shape high performing cultures. He is a thought leader on Mindful Performance and serves as an executive coach and facilitator for both one-to-one and team effectiveness engagements. He is regularly engaged to support leadership succession efforts and prepare the next generation of senior leaders.
Dave’s journey into executive development stems from a 15-year career as a founder, CEO and sales leader, scaling venture-backed tech companies and creative agencies. Dave has seen first-hand what it takes to succeed, and fail, in rapidly evolving industries and markets. Relying on the psychology of high performance, Dave leverages his personal experience overcoming difficult acquisitions, big personalities, frozen teams and stagnant growth to arm clients with the practical insights required to succeed in an era of perennial uncertainty.
Dave has his MBA in International Business from Temple University and Graduate Certificates in Executive Leadership from the Wharton School of Business at UPenn. He has his PCC from the ICF and Diploma in Systemic Team Coaching studying directly under world-renowned Leadership Team Expert, Peter Hawkins. Dave is also certified in a number of widely leveraged individual and team psychometric assessments. He has been published in Forbes, HR Executive, HRD and received awards from CEO World, Philadelphia Business Journal, Atlantic Magazine and others.