Dave earned his degree in commercial music and Jazz at the famed Frost School of Music at The University of Miami and after years as a studio musician and gigging with bands began his career as a Broadway performer with roles in Les Miserables, The Civil War (original company), The Scarlet Pimpernel (oriHe was seen as Jean Valjean in the National tour of Les Miserable (2 years) and the National tours of Jekyll and Hyde as well as the pre Broadway productions of Whistle Down the Wind (by Andrew Lloyd Weber, directed by Hal Prince at The National Theatre in DC) and Jekyll and Hyde.

Dave is an in demand teacher/lecturer having taught at the premiere music theatre training programs across the country. He is a visiting professor at the acclaimed Elon University Musical Theatre Program.

With his production co. StylesFour and his own casting company he has been involved in many Broadway shows including Beautiful, Once, Spring Awakening, Bat Boy, Driving Miss Daisy and The Boy from Oz.