Dave Steel is a serial entrepreneur and longtime audiophile. His unsighted college roommate introduced him to the transcendent powers of state-of-the-art audio systems, playing the Eagles, Elton John, the Doobie Brothers and other favorites of the era.
When Dave had an opportunity to build a dedicated listening room, he sought out experts in acoustics and design. An extensive search led him to work with Grimani Systems’ cofounders Anthony Grimani and Manny LaCarrubba.
A consummate sales professional, in 1983, Dave cofounded American Ad Management, which provides marketing services for all media platforms, including Internet Marketing Pay Per Click performance based Search Engine Marketing, Internet Yellow Pages, Print Yellow Pages, Video Production, Commercials, and Search Engine Optimization. He served as the firm’s vice president from 1983-2005, and as president from 2005 and 2013.
Dave holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of California Santa Barbara. He resides in California with his wife. They have two adult children.