Dave has more than 35 years of hands-on experience in senior management. He gained further experience as an operational/productivity consultant in such diverse areas as hospital restructuring/consolidation, retail, service industries and small to medium sized manufacturing. Dave’s entrepreneurial background includes the startup of a domestic manufacturing business with over 250 employees selling nationwide.
As CEO/Founder of a $25,000,000 company; Dave’s perspective was that of the lender’s customer. He successfully negotiated multi-year credit lines, domestic and international vendor terms and was responsible for all banking relationships. Having fallen victim to Hurricane Katrina he also unfortunately experienced first hand the turnaround, bank workout and bankruptcy process; all from the client’s point-of-view.
Dave graduated from Syracuse Univ. with a major in Advertising/Marketing. He also completed graduate studies in Finance, M&A and Business Administration from Syracuse, Case Western Reserve and Hofstra. He has served on numerous private company Boards, community Boards and the Board of the Tulane Family Business Forum.
