Originally from Portland, Oregon, Dave started his career in 2004 after graduating from the Berklee College of Music in Boston. He moved to New York to work at the famous Hit Factory recording studio, working with top notch artists such as Rob Thomas, Destiny's Child, Coldplay, L'il Kim and others. He served as engineer to Seven Aurelius, producer for such artists as Mariah Carey, LL Cool J, Ashanti, and Ja Rule.

The Hit Factory closed it's doors in 2005, and seeing the writing on the wall for the music industry, Dave focused his attention on audio-post, landing a job at audioEngine in New York. Here he worked as an assistant mixer on national spots for Reebok, L'Oreal, Miller, AFLAC, Tanqeray, and many others.

In 2006, Dave moved to the Times Square post production facility Editional Effects. Here he mixed spots for networks such as MTV, Nickelodeon, TV Land, Lifetime, and others.

Later in 2006 Dave was offered a position as  an in-house audio engineer at MTV, working on diverse projects  for artists Janet Jackson, Alicia Keys, Mariah Carey, Usher, and many others. He has also mixed spots for Neutrogena, Subway, Fanta, Quizno's, and for MTV television series, such as Jersey Shore, the Real World, Teen Mom, 16 and Pregnant, and more.