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Dave Clapp is a Partner at CarterBaldwin Executive Search and leads the firm's B2B technology & business/professional services practice areas. In addition, Dave also focuses on select B2C executive recruitment assignments for brand and consumer driven businesses.
Before joining CarterBaldwin, Dave was SVP & GM for Thomson Reuters Corporation with P&L responsibility for the global indirect tax software and service business portfolio. His organization delivered tax & accounting software and managed services solutions to Fortune 1000 and mid-market customers and processed over 1MM tax returns and $20B in tax remittances annually to 10,000+ state & local jurisdictions.
Prior to his years as a business GM, Dave was VP of Business Development for Thomson where he led strategy and acquisitions for the company's corporate tax & accounting division. In addition to his strategy responsibilities, Dave was personally responsible for spearheading and negotiating a number of key acquisitions for the company. Dave was also a member of the Executive Committee of Thomson Reuters' $1B tax & accounting business, playing an active role in global expansion, product and human capital strategies for the company.
Prior to Thomson Reuters, Dave was a founder and senior executive of Tax Partners, responsible for sales and marketing. Under his leadership, the company grew rapidly from a VC funded startup into the nation's largest indirect tax outsourcing business and was successfully sold to Thomson in 2005. Earlier, Dave held senior leadership positions in marketing and brand management with the Coca-Cola Company and Cadbury Schweppes. Dave started his career in sales with the Xerox Corporation.
Dave has a Masters in Management from the Kellogg business school at Northwestern University and a BA in Political Science from Lawrence University. He and his wife Mary Anne live in Marietta, GA and have four children. Besides his family, Dave loves running, cooking and pretty much anything that allows him to be "active and outdoors".
