W. Dave Wakefield is a graduate of the University of Kansas with a B.S.J. in journalism. He began his career with the Southland Corporation, where he rose from store manager to a zone-level deptartment head over 11 years, working mainly in sales and operations. When Southland underwent a reverse buyout in 1988, Dave left to spend five years in direct sales as a licensed security and insurance broker with a leading KC financial services firm. He was hired by a client to become vice president of marketing, where he tripled sales volume from one to over $7 million in three years.
Since then he has served as director of marketing and sales for a regional KC firm, and as vice president of international business development and later as president for an international product company with sales in over 70 countries. Between executive positions, Dave served as a business consultant for a number of private and public firms including Sprint and Wells Fargo.
Most recently, Dave was chief business development officer for a $20-million-revenue Kansas-headquartered public firm selling infrastructure solutions to clients worldwide.
Dave joined Cohen-Esrey Tax Credit Advisors in November 2009 and serves as the director of business development.