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Dave Hansen
Dave has been an entrepreneur and selling since he was 5 years old.
Professionally, he's been selling and leading sales teams for more than 20 years.
Dave is currently the CEO of ClientTether, where he coaches franchise systems, franchise consultants, FSOs, and FranDev teams on sales best practices and sales automation solutions.
He has consulted across several industries, such as high-tech, learning & development, manufacturing, logistics/3PL, consulting services, avionics, career-tech student organizations, language services, and e-commerce.
He holds a BA in communications from Brigham Young University, an MBA, and a plethora of industry certifications.
He and his wife, Amy are both from Illinois and have 4 children, including a cancer-survivor and a set of twins. In his “spare time” Dave loves to coach baseball (including 5 different championship teams and a high school varsity program), read, write, blacksmith, rockhound, build crazy things, and explore the outdoors with his family.
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