Born and raised in Hawaii, after high school David came to the ‘mainland’ to attend the University of San Francisco, where he received his BA degree in Accounting. From there, David embarked on a career in corporate finance, working as a Controller, Vice-President of Finance, and Chief Financial Officer in various public and private companies based in the Bay Area. In 2005, David decided to make the leap from his career as a corporate financial executive to the relatively new, burgeoning world of reverse mortgages.