Dave started working in clinical trials in 1996 as a clinical research coordinator. He moved over to the sponsor in 1999, working for a small medical device company in Seattle as a project manager and monitor. Over the last dozen years, he has run clinical trials on three continents on medical devices and combination products. In 2004, he joined the teaching faculty at the University of Washington in their clinical trial certificate program and later their Masters in Biomedical Regulatory Affairs program teaching clinical trial design and execution, project management and international clinical trials.