biography
Tenacious and highly effective, Dave Arnold is an Executive Search Consultant focused on CFO search, VP Finance Search, and Board Search.
Dave has a 100% success rate in completing timely searches with staying power for hundreds of companies is based on 20+ years of recruiting within an ever-expanding network of top talent, and extensive operational and financial experience.
Dave is a product of Silicon Valley, growing up in Palo Alto as the youngest son of a pioneering electronic engineer. His early career was spent in finance and accounting roles with Perkin-Elmer, Sun Microsystems and Apple Computer. Dave realized that accounting was not his calling and turned to financial recruiting in 1989.
Since 1999 Dave has focused on placing CFO’s. Prior to starting his own firm, Dave was VP of Operations at Management Solutions, a multi-service line firm he helped grow from a one office start-up to west coast presence; MSI was subsequently acquired by TMP.
His operational experience, coupled with a deep understanding of the financial function, provide the foundation for helping his clients attract the right CFO. Dave has placed hundreds of top financial professionals in all industries in his twenty plus years as a recruiter. Client testimonials spotlight his high level of integrity, commitment to successful outcomes, passionate approach to business and easy-going, can-do demeanor.
Dave graduated from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles with a major in Economics. Dave served on the Strategic Outreach Committee for Kiva.org in 2013. In 2014 he was named to the Board of Advisors to www.Painepacific.com, a boutique investment banking and M&A advisory firm headquartered in Portland, OR.
Dave is a former Board member of the Woodside Priory School, Alchemy Search Partners and 2nd Edison. In addition to diligently serving his clients, Dave is committed to helping the community by actively supporting the Second Harvest Food Bank.