Dave co-founded Proactive Technologies, a New York City based MSP, in 2007 and served as Proactive's COO/CFO from inception until the company was sold. During that time Proactive made the Inc. 5000 list seven times, growing to $10M in annual revenue before being acquired 2019. Dave has done extensive research related to the areas of recruiting personnel and scaling a professional services business. Dave is now a partner at Encore Strategic, overseeing the recruiting arm of the business and serving as a peer group facilitator. He spreads the gospel of “strategic entry level hiring” at every opportunity!