In the 1960s, he headed marketing for Union Carbide Corp.'s ceramic capacitor business. He was using the Internet 10 years ago, when it was just words, and few knew about it. Today, he's got the latest navigational system mounted on the dashboard of his Lexus sport utility vehicle, which tells him exactly where to turn. In a Box At Encad, Dave oversees the production of remarkably complex machines, up to five feet wide, which fire microscopic dots of ink capable of 16 million different shades of color. In the end, though, Encad's product is still put together on a manufacturing floor, packed into boxes, and loaded onto trucks.
Planning is paramount.
Dave holds monthly, four-hour meetings to make sure everyone is following the annual plan. If someone is short of projections, a report is generated on why. I think it's because he's a star. Near his desk is a large, framed card signed by hundreds of his employees. Early Entrepreneur Growing up in Weymouth, Mass., Dave was in business for himself by his 10th birthday.