David A. Haug

Senior Associate

Dave has over thirty-five years of business experience; thirteen years as an employee of a large multinational corporation where he achieved Vice President status; and, twenty-two years as a small business owner/entrepreneur. In 1985 he started a cash commodity brokerage and quickly grew the business to be the dominant broker of corn in the country. After consolidation in the grain business in the late 1990’s, he moved on and in 1998 became the first franchisee in the United States with Pirtek Hoses and Assemblies. Dave took the business from start-up to a successful sale in four years. As a Pirtek franchisee, Dave was awarded Franchisee of the Year award twice, Mentor of the Year three times and was elected to membership in Pirtek’s Hall of Fame in 2003. Dave is a member of the California Association of Business Brokers and has earned his Certified Business Broker certification. He has a degree in Economics from the University of Minnesota and a Psychology degree from Moorhead State University, and lives in Del Mar with his wife Mim.