Dave M. Darsch - Biographical Notes

Dave Darsch, Strategic Business Advisor, has more than 25 years of experience as an entrepreneur and managing executive of technology companies. With a strong trans-Atlantic and pan-European focus, Darsch has active clients in both the US and Europe. He mentors entrepreneurs and helps them develop business plans that accelerate revenue growth and/or external infusion of capital. Darsch has been involved in more than 10 transactions involving the purchase, sale, merger, or infusion of capital into companies. He has assisted in trans-Atlantic expansion initiatives, including legal and accounting logistics, sales and marketing plans, as well as funding for two of these companies.

Darsch is the founder of the pan-European CEO Collaborative Forum, CEO-CF. CEO-CF is the premier platform for high-tech, high-growth CEO collaboration. The Forum provides expert help, peer group collaboration, and coaching for CEOs of European-based companies with pan-European, trans-Atlantic, and trans-Asian market strategies. Current membership comprises CEOs from 15 different nationalities and cultures. Membership in the groundbreaking Forum is by invitation only.

In 1979, Darsch founded and served as CEO of a privately held software development company in the Washington, D.C., area until the company was acquired by a systems integrator in 1996. During his tenure, the company was recognized as one of the Inc. 500 fastest growing US companies.

As a guest lecturer at the MBA level, Darsch has provided instruction at many European universities, including INSEAD University in Fontainebleau, France, London School of Business in London, England, and IESE Business School, University of Chicago, and ESADE University in Barcelona, Spain. He has also presented at the Europe’s 500 Conference and taught courses on entrepreneurship for the European Commission, BBVA, and Terra Lycos in Spain.

Darsch is a board member of Europe’s 500, an organization that lists the top 500 fastest growing companies in Europe and advocates EU-wide policy transformation for the benefit of entrepreneurs. He also serves on the boards of SåkorninVest AS, a $50.0M venture capital fund in Norway, and the Gazelle Growth program for the Research and Innovation Board of the Danish Technological Institute.

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