Dave O'Brien

Dave O’Brien is the CEO of the Business Catapult a start-up software as a service company that connects investors and entrepreneurs. Dave is also the Entrepreneur in Residence for the University of Colorado Bard Center for Entrepreneurship where he helps entrepreneurs develop, manage, obtain funding, and grow their companies. In the last year he has supported over 40 companies in a variety of stages of growth.

Dave has over 20 years of Senior Management experience as the COO and CFO roles in two successful startups, as well as Senior Operational management positions for four fortune 500 companies, including GE and AMD. Most recently Dave was the COO/CFO for P2 Energy Solutions, a privately held $100M software and services company based in Denver.

Dave has MBA in Finance and Strategy from the University of Michigan, and a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering from Northwestern University. He is on the Board of Directors of Progressive Health Center, a non-profit complementary health care facility. Dave also participates as a board advisor to several local software companies.