GRIP INNOVATIONS - Key Persons

Job Titles:

• CEO
• Grip®'S President and CEO

David Saar, is Grip®'s President and CEO. Prior to founding the company in 2003, David held a senior level product management position at Lucent Technologies. He has had a distinguished 26 year career working in high tech companies such as Advanced Fiber Optics Corp, GTE, Siemens, and AGCS (a GTE-AT&T joint venture). He has served in positions of increasing responsibility including hardware design and planning, manufacturing, product management, sales, marketing, and business development. David has laid the vision for Grip® as the first company to transform the professional AV environment with network-based solutions that simplify operations while providing more control, functionality and flexibility. As a performer most of his life, touring with several groups as a musician, vocalist, and production engineer, David's diverse experience gives him a solid understanding of the professional AV environment and various aspects of event production. David has received several top awards for business impact and technical achievement, holds a U.S. Patent and represents the company in national standards development. He earned an MBA, with distinction, from Keller Graduate School of Management and has a BSEE from Colorado State University.