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Dave F.

Founder, CEO at Booster Batteries
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Seasoned executive with 19+ years of experience in leadership, management, and innovation management.
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Hood River, Oregon, United States, US
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  • Leadership
  • Management
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  • Marketing
  • Project Management
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Dave F. is a seasoned executive with 19+ years of experience in leadership, management, and innovation management. He has founded and led multiple companies, including Booster Batteries and vLetter, inc., and has expertise in data mining, team building, and business development. He holds an MBA from Portland State University and a MS in Computer Science from California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo.

Credentials

  • Bareboat Chartering
    Steve Colgate's Offshore Sailing School
    Jan, 1989
    - May, 2026
  • Coastal Cruising
    Steve Colgate's Offshore Sailing School
    Jan, 1989
    - May, 2026
  • Open Water Diver
    PADI
    Jan, 1989
    - May, 2026
  • Project Management Professional (PMP)
    Project Management Institute
  • AS9100C Certification
    CALISO
  • Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
    Scrum Alliance

Experience

  • Booster Batteries
    • Hood River, OR
    • Founder, CEO
      • Jul 2017 - Present
      • Hood River, OR

      Booster Batteries sells specialized lithium batteries for the electric bike market that increases (boosts) the voltage or capacity of stock batteries, providing more power or range without the high cost.

  • vLetter, inc
    • Founder, CEO
      • 2005 - Present

      Created and manage vLetter currently developing and selling mass-customization consumer products and technology licensing offerings to individual consumers and businesses. Also manage wholly owned subsidiary Schoolhouse Fonts for the K-3 education market.

  • US Bank
    • Program Manager/Data Analyst
      • 2011 - 2012

      Evaluate and optimize multiple projects within Technology Operations Services involving all-new rewrite of Online Banking and Money Movement software and sites, as well as Loan and Financial Products Application Processing and Mobile banking. Teams located across the USA, with 3rd party vendors, and offshore in India. Involves extensive use of MS Project, CA Clarity, Clear Quest, and HP Quality Center to track releases, in sync with the ongoing Enterprise schedule. Total IT program cost is in excess of $200M over 3 years.

  • Tag Services, LLC
    • Systems Analyst, Business Development
      • 2001 - 2005

      Researched, analyzed, and created Business/Marketing Plans for VCs and technology companies.

  • Signature Software, Inc
    • Founder, CEO
      • 1992 - 2001

      Founded, grew and sold Signature after growing to over $5M annual sales and 40 employees. Managed all functional groups within the company.

  • Apple Computer
    • Senior Software Engineer
      • 1988 - 1992

      Created pattern recognition software for vision and handwriting recognition systems, and wrote three software patents covering pattern recognition technology. Transferred Airus contextual recognition technology into the Newton product.

  • Airus, inc
    • Founder, CEO
      • 1910 - 1990

      VC-funded software pattern recognition technology and products startup. Built up company and sold it to Apple Computer.

  • Hewlett-Packard
    • Engineer / Project Leader
      • 1907 - 1990

      General Systems Division, Santa Clara. Corvallis Division R & D, Oregon. Wilsonville Sales Office, Oregon.

Education

  • 2005 - 2008
    Portland State University - School of Business
    MBA, Technology & Strategy
  • 2005 - 2008
    Portland State University
    MS, Engineering & Technology Management
  • California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo
    MS, Computer Science
  • California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo
    BS, Communications/Journalism
  • Project Management Institute
    Certification, Project Management Professional (PMP)
  • CollabNet
    Certification, Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
  • Columbia Gorge Community College
    Certification, Renewable Energy Technology
  • 2016 - 2016
    CALISO/SAE
    AS9100 certification, Aviation, Space and Defense Organization Quality Management

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