David Gustafson

Current

• Business Development Manager at Mel Foster Company
• Volunteer at World Vision
• President at Ethic Investments, Inc.

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Past

• Regional Sales Manager at PFU Systems, Inc.
• Field Applications Engineer at PFU Systems, Inc.
• Sales Engineer at Mel Foster Company

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Education

• Lappeenrannan teknillinen yliopisto
• Institute of Technology, University of Minnesota

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Industry

Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing

David Gustafson’s Experience

• Business Development Manager

  Mel Foster Company

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Semiconductors industry)

  February 2007 — Present (2 years 11 months)

  Business Development Manager and Systems Specialist supporting OEMs with system-level solutions involving single board computers, wireless modules, enclosures, solid-state hard drives, and displays.

• Volunteer

  World Vision

  (Non-Profit; 10,001 or more employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  March 2006 — Present (3 years 10 months)

  World Vision is a Christian relief and development organization dedicated to helping children and their communities reach their full potential by tackling the causes of poverty. I've committed to a 15 year program to support a community in Sierra Leone, Africa to recover from a terrible 10 year war famously portrayed by the movie Blood Diamond.

• President

  Ethic Investments, Inc.

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Investment Management industry)

  October 2005 — Present (4 years 3 months)

  Investing in residential rental real estate and foreign exchange markets.

• Regional Sales Manager

  PFU Systems, Inc.

  (Public Company; 11-50 employees; Computer Hardware industry)

  October 2006 — February 2007 (5 months)

  Central Region Sales Manager supporting 22 sales representatives from South Dakota to Texas to Western Pennsylvania. PFU Systems is a subsidiary of PFU in Japan which is a joint venture between Panasonic and Fujitsu. PFU manufactures computing modules and systems for the embedded markets including medical and military.

• Field Applications Engineer

  PFU Systems, Inc.

  (Public Company; 11-50 employees; Computer Hardware industry)

  February 2006 — October 2006 (9 months)

  Western Region Field Applications Engineer supporting customers and sales representatives in Washington, California, Colorado, etc.

• Sales Engineer

  Mel Foster Company

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Semiconductors industry)

  October 2000 — February 2006 (5 years 5 months)

  Manufacturer's representative for Intel, International Rectifier, Seiko, TDK, Zilog and other electronic component manufacturers supporting OEM design & procurement and distribution sales.

David Gustafson’s Education

• Lappeenrannan teknillinen yliopisto

  International Technical Marketing 2000 — 2000

• Institute of Technology, University of Minnesota

  B.S.E.E. , Electrical Engineering , September 1996 — May 2000

Additional Information

David Gustafson’s Interests:

Family, Faith, Technology, Investing, Culture, Mountain Biking