Dave is a serial founder of technology companies including the estate planning app Tomorrow (acquired by Ethos), social media agency Banyan Branch (acquired by Deloitte), and social networking app Shelfari (acquired by Amazon).

Despite working in tech for 25 years, Dave's entrepreneurial efforts began in the nonprofit sector, where he spent his twenties working in the microcredit banking sector, including founding and editing the first academic journal and the largest conference on the subject, advising education microloan innovator Vittana, and authoring *Grameen Reference* while a Fulbright scholar with Muhammad Yunus at Grameen Bank.

Dave is married to fellow YGL Georgie Benardete, and together they have five children.