David Coakley

“David and I worked together on several joint projects: I was continually pleased by his responsiveness and his ability to get the "impossible" done. He is creative in his approaches and knows how to execute projects, design and implementation. I recommend him highly for his skills and expertise.”

“Dave came to me while in College back in 86. I started off as doing Deliveries/UPS service and within 5 years learned the skills and methods of moving to a Sales manager position within the Company . Throughout the 14 years spent I tiook what I have learned to another company with a totally different customer base concerning Telecom needs.”

“I first met David as a consultant to Comstor and I was immediately impressed by the company and underlying culture he had created. I joined at ~ employee #20 and when we exited the business just a few years later we had quintupled most of the KPI's in the business- employees, sales, profitability, customer sat, and product lines. As a leader, David set the bar for vision matched with outcome, and to me it didn't matter where you worked or what you did at Comstor, YOU WERE A LEADER. Our reputation with all stakeholders was sterling, and working with David contributed a great deal to my continued growth and success as a technology executive. As I have many times since Comstor, I hope to continue collaboration with David as long as I have an entrepreneurial bone in my body!”

“I worked for David Coakley at a company called Comstor. David had the insight to see an opportunity and create a high technology company before the high tech industry really took off . He started his company in the basement of a townhouse. Under his leadership the company s' value grew large enough to be sold in the private equity market. David is a true entrepreneur that knows how to motivate his employees to work hard. We became a family in the process and we all still keep in touch with each other to this day. It was a great place to work and still is. I would highly recommend David as I would certainly work for him again in any endeavor he pursues in the future.”

“Starting with two-stepping 20MB Seagate drives across his coffee table at home, Dave grew one hell of a business with Comstor Distributors in the 80's and early 90's. A lot of fun was had there selling a ton of gear both from a supplier standpoint (my position) and from the standpoint of his sales staff. Dave showed a great capacity for vision navigating through what became the very choppy waters of a rapidly consolidating PC/Peripherals distribution industry. Dave can sell, has vision, and likes to work with other people that have ideas to put into action.”

“Dave and I became friends through our association in the National Fraternity, Tau Kappa Epsilon (TKE). Dave and I joined during the same semester. Dave quickly demonstrated his community service and natural leadership abilities by being one our more vocal leaders as we joined the organization. Dave balanced both his academic priorities and work priorities (we all worked and went to school at the same time) better than most. I attributed that at the time to his ability to multi-task and his natural sense of accountability for his actions. Dave since college has had a distinguished entrepreneurial career in the IT industry and remains a friend today!”

“David gave me my biggest break in my career by hiring me on as the CFO of Comstor and then giving me the chance to run the day-to-day operations of the business. He was a great entrepreneur, who had the business savvy and guts to start a small computer business to compete against the billion dollar per year giants. This small company that he started in the late 80s, is now a billion dollar, international corporation. I would recommend him for any size or type of business that needs this type of leadership, skill and experience Barry”

“Dave bring a lot of creativity to business development. He has a unique ability to identify and capitalize on trends to maximize a company's investment when reaching out to acquire new customers.”