Dave brings more than 20 years of operating experience in the software and communications markets. He began his career in 1979 as one of the early team members at Solectron, a $16 billion market leader in electronics manufacturing. He went on to join McKinsey & Co. Technology Practice in Chicago, and later ran marketing at Mentor Graphics. Dave was also founder and managing partner of The Ascent Group: a strategy consult serving firms like Intel, Microsoft, Sun, Bell Atlantic and Fujitsu. During his tenure as an OVP partner, he served on the board of @mobile prior to its acquisition by software.com. He served until 2002 on the board of HNC Software.

Dave has a B.A. in biology, from the University of California, Berkeley, and a M.M. from the Kellogg School at Northwestern University. Dave serves on the advisory board of the Oregon Investment Fund. His venture investments include @once, Ambic, Intelligent Results, Net6 and UXComm. His current board seats are Ambric, Intelligent Results and UXComm.