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David Dodson
Private Investor

David Dodson has been active for twenty-five years in the management and formation of new businesses.  After graduating from Stanford MBA, as a case writer he wrote the original course material for search funds—then in its infancy.  After one year as a case writer, Dodson raised his own search fund, which led to the purchase of a company in 1989. He subsequently raised two more search funds that resulted in acquisitions, and has served as CEO of a technology manufacturer and Executive Chairman a telecommunications firm. Dodson is an active investor, investing in over forty businesses.

Mr. Dodson has been a director in twenty-one companies, and currently serves on the board of: Teton Gravity Research, Wind River Environmental, Eyewitness Surveillance, Innflux LLC, and Carillon Assisted Living.  He is active in three non-profit boards:  U.S. Fund for UNICEF (Regional), Project Healthy Children, and Sanku LLC.  He is completing his first novel and teaches three courses at the Stanford Graduate School of Business: "Managing Growing Enterprises", "Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition", and "Managerial Skills".

David is a graduate of Stanford University (Economics ’83, MBA ‘87), and a frequent guest for New Ventures and Managing Growing Enterprises courses, and a former case writer (1988).