To set up a meeting with Dave, contact Stephanie Thieme at (949) 315-5391 or email her at

What People Are Saying About Dave Kinnear

"Dave has done a masterful job as a business coach, confidant and as the Chair of our 13-member CEO group at Vistage. He has also skillfully facilitated Nelson Engineering's quarterly management review meetings. I highly recommend Dave as an Executive Leader and Coach."
      — Adam Nelson, General Manager, Nelson Engineering, Inc.

Executive Coach Dave Kinnear

Dave Kinnear is a sought after trusted business advisor. Dave, through his affiliation with Vistage International, convenes and facilitates groups of Business Owners, Company Presidents and Chief Executives dedicated to becoming better leaders who make better decisions and achieve better results. Dave facilitates monthly peer advisory meetings, engages members in one-to-one coaching, provides access to proprietary best practices, facilitates access to 14,000 members in 16 countries, and schedules a range of expert speakers on almost any business subject.

Dave has more than 32 years of leadership experience at some of the world’s largest semiconductor corporations including Toshiba America Electronic Components, Advanced Microdevices, Fairchild Semiconductor, and United Technologies. His career has spanned Electronic Design and Application Engineering, Procurement Management, Sales and Marketing Management, Business Systems Implementation and Analysis, and Operations. In addition to his work with Vistage, Dave is the founder and CEO of dbkAssociates, Inc.^SM, a change management and business practices consulting firm providing economy of knowledge to the Small and Mid-sized Enterprise (SME) community.

Dave keeps abreast of current business management through professional speaking, writing, and consulting on corporate governance and best business practices. He engages a wide variety of business entities in all economic sectors including not-for-profit corporations, industrial manufacturers, medical diagnostics, pharmaceutical manufacturing, and IT corporations.

Boards, Affiliations and Education

Dave holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electronics Engineering and is a Master of Business Administration. Dave is a member of the Professional Coaches and Mentors Association (PCMA). He is active in the Association for Corporate Growth (ACG), the Forum for Corporate Directors (FCD), the Newport Business Forum, is a long-time member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), sits on the board of the California Conference for Equity and Justice (CCEJ), and sits on other not-for-profit and private for-profit boards. Dave is also an executive-to-executive mentor to Executive MBA students at the UCI Paul Merage School of Business and Entrepreneur in Residence at the Center for Entrepreneurship at California State University at Fullerton (CSUF).

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