EXPERIENCE

Dave is a Partner and founding member of JIRB Group, LLC – a firm specializing in management consulting and executive search. Dave has more than twenty-five years of management, marketing and recruiting experience. He has notable expertise conducting management evaluations as part of the due diligence process for acquisitions.  

Prior to forming JIRB Group, LLC. Dave was Partner & Practice Leader of the Insurance practice at LAI Worldwide. Before entering the executive search arena, he served as a Senior Vice President and Group Head of Connecticut Mutual’s Strategic Transformation Group. Dave previously served as Connecticut Mutual’s Chief Marketing Officer. Earlier in his career, Dave was President and Chief Operating Officer of New Jersey Blue Cross/Blue Shield where he created and initiated the strategy that ultimately transformed NJBCBS into a managed care company.

Dave earned a BA degree at the University of Iowa, and is a graduate of the Hartford Chapter of the American Leadership Forum. Dave has served on the Board of Transamerica Life Companies, Transamerica Life & Annuity Company and Transamerica Assurance Company and he currently serves as a Board Member of the Santa Fe Group.