With "people" being his core business, he provides a wide range of executive mentoring services to a multitude of businesses. His interactive mentoring process is designed to improve performance. He provides his vast experience to define and focus on achieving your vision, and setting clear goals to performance strategies.
"I provide an individual mentoring service to our clients on a one-to-one basis. The mentoring is an interactive process, and one of a continuous dialogue. Once clients have shared their opportunities, thoughts and concerns with me, I apply my broad knowledge and expertise to the mentoring process. The client then puts into practice the strategy and plan that we have built together. Later, we review the results so that the process interactively gains momentum, and improves as the trust between us keeps on growing"
Career
• Over many years David has been responsible for the management of over 10,000 employees in aggregate.
• His expertise spans seventeen various industries in over a dozen different countries.
• David has served on the Board of Directors of three public and numerous private companies.
• He has worked on Wall Street, and has been CEO to numerous companies.
• He has introduced cross-country culture caucus to develop corporate culture, with a common denominator for all subsidiaries.
• In 1984 as an executive of North Hills USA, he formed North Hills Israel, with the assistance of OPIC USA, as an” IBM Partner” in the data communication field. North Hills Israel developed, and manufactured data communication hardware products for the IBM Token-Ring, and military power-suplies,for a multitude of targeted clients world wide. The company consisted of 200 highly skilled employees.
• In 1994, David formed Integrity Ventures Inc, a venture capital fund, investing in First Stage start-ups in Israel. The fund invested in the high tech field of multi-media software development, hypertext software technology, data communications, hardware and software.
• In Israel, Integrity Ventures introduced the corporate culture consulting services of Wally Olins, a globally-respected creator of 'Corporate Culture & Identity"
• In 1998, David joined Solid ISG Group - Investment Bankers. as a Vice President. By 1999 he was named CEO of the corporation with branches in the UK, Germany and Israel. Solid, through its investment bank subsidiaries, Solid ISG Capital USA, Inc. and Solid ISG Capital Markets LLC, was involved in a range of services including private placements, IPOs as a lead or co-manager, mergers, acquisitions, restructuring and reorganizations, fairness opinions, financial advisory services, retail brokerage and market making.
Fellowships, Board Memberships & Awards
Throughout David’s career, he has been invited to lecture at various institutions such as:
• The Israel Export Institute,
• The Jerusalem Institute of Production Efficiency (www.iiop.gov.il),
• Imperial College, London, UK,
• Institute of Directors, London, UK
• Tel Aviv University.
• Published numerous articles on Management Mentoring
• Balat Bank Ltd, a subsidiary of the Industrial Development Bank of Israel.
Independent Board Director
• London Sunday Times Business Export Award.
Presented to David by His Royal Highness, The Duke of Edinburgh
• London Design Center Award.
Won by David for his creation of the Crayonne collection of products
• Institute of Directors
David was elected a lifetime fellow of the IoD - the UK's leading management organization
Education
David was educated in Mechanical Engineering at the Technion Technical School/Institute of Technology, Israel, and in Business Administration at the Welsh College of Advance Technology, Cardiff, United Kingdom
Executive Mentoring increases the performance of the individual by unlocking his or her potential to maximize business and personal performance. Executive Mentoring helps the individual stretch performance effectiveness to the best of his or her ability.
David is sharing his time between Israel and Nevada