Dave grew up spending summers at the New Jersey shore, and thought he would never live away from the water. But as a young adult he fell in love with the Sonoran Desert on business trips to Phoenix. He and his wife have been homeowners in North Scottsdale for over 20 years, and hope to contribute toward maintaining the local beauty and recreation that brought them to the desert.

He has a wide variety of business experiences. He spent 20 years working in the tech sector in a variety of Marketing, Biz Dev and General Management roles, and then another 20 years in private consulting, real estate development and venture capital. In more recent years he has taught business courses in Business Policy and Management Practice as an Adjunct Professor at Seton Hall University. As an outgrowth of all of those experiences, Dave has published a book of lessons learned that he shared with his students entitled, Toward Happy and Fulfilled: Professor Graz’s 33 Shortcuts to Living Your Best Life.

Dave holds a BS degree in Mechanical Engineering from Villanova University and an MBA in Marketing and Finance from Harvard Business School.