Short bio for Dave Dayton, BSEE 1966
Guest speaker for ECE400, Spring 2014
Dave spent more than 35 years in a variety of Chief Executive and General Management roles at several high technology companies. This included 21 years at Hewlett Packard, in various different positions in marketing, manufacturing and customer service, and the last ten years in division General Management positions. After HP, Dave spent ten years in CEO positions in smaller, venture backed high tech firms, spending time in Providence, RI, Toronto, Canada, and Spokane, Washington
While at Hewlett-Packard, Dave was one of the company’s major business line managers, growing the Logic Systems Division’s total business from $10 million to over $150 million in revenue.
After leaving HP in 1990, Dave was the CEO of three other venture capital backed high technology companies, including Cadre Technologies Inc., a $45 million application development software firm employing over 300 employees worldwide, Cantoc Business Systems, Inc., a supply chain, application software and services firm specializing in order and warehouse management, located in Toronto. And lastly, Itronix Corporation, a leading company in specialty ruggedized, wireless, personal computers for the field service industry, located in Spokane, Washington
In addition to a BSEE from Purdue, Dave has an MBA from the University of Colorado. Additionally, Dave has served as Adjunct Marketing Professor at the University of Colorado and a lecturer at Purdue’s Electrical and Computer Engineering School, focusing on career management.
Dave has served as a Board Member for several public companies, including a savings and loan, as well as a community bank. He has also served as a board member for numerous charitable and not-for-profit organizations, including the United Way and the Urban League.
Dave and his wife, Janiel, live in Naples, FL and Denver, CO. They have two children, a Boilermaker and a Hoosier, as well as four granddaughters.
