About
David Chavez owns Assured Strategy. He and his team successfully coaches CEOs, executives, and their teams Scaling Up, getting back to healthy profit or just going from Good to Great. His Firm focuses on guiding leaders through change to find their freedom by helping them get back to doing what they love. He has been a Certified Scaling Up Coach for 14 years, helping over 280 companies Scale Up. He focuses on creating alignment in the company by helping CEOs and executives manage the change process using methods developed by Assured Strategy for the implementation of Scaling Up system found in the book Scaling Up by Verne Harnish.

A military veteran who served four years with the U.S. Army in Germany during the Cold War as a Field Artillery Sergeant, David earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and went on to work with Arthur Andersen for five years after college. During his time at Arthur Andersen, he became a CPA and had the opportunity to take five companies public, expanding Gaming (Casinos) throughout the world prior to starting his own CPA firm in 1996. David owned his firm until 2007 and had offices in Las Vegas and San Diego. In his firm he was a certified valuation expert doing due diligence on over 100 buy/sell business transactions and sourcing funds for most of the transactions. After Scaling Up his firm, using the Scaling Up system, which he learned by reading “Mastering the Rockefeller Habits,” (now Scaling Up) he wanted to share what he learned with others. He uses his own experience to help guide others to get what they want out of themselves and their company.

David sat on the boards of several public companies and speaks regularly to executives through EO, YPO, and Vistage. He is an official member of the Forbes Coaches Council, focusing on the areas of business growth, strategic planning, and executive coaching. He loves helping others learn how to take their business to the next level by working on their business instead of in it.

David runs Assured Strategy from its Las Vegas, Nevada, headquarters and travels throughout North America sharing what he has learned as a certified strategic coach.

Professional Highlights
• Scaling Up Coach for 14 years
• CPA for 26 years
• Advisory Board for UNLV Lee Business School
• Past President of Nevada Society of CPA's
• Past President of an Entrepreneurs Organization
• Board of Directors to two public companies
• Audit Committee Chair of a public company
• Published several articles in various magazines
• Nevada State College President's Medal
• Helped over 280 companies Scale Up
• Lead over 70 Scaling Up public workshops

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Coaching Regions
US - Northeast
US - Southeast
US - Midwest
US - Southwest
US - West
Canada - Atlantic Region
Canada - Central Canada
Canada - Prairie Provinces
Canada - North
Canada - West Coast
Mexico
Caribbean

Industry of Expertise
Accounting/Finance
Banking/Real Estate
Building/Construction
Coaching/Business Consulting
Computer/IT/Software Development
Creative/Design
Customer Support
Education/Training
Engineering
Food Services/Hospitality
Installation/Maintenance
Insurance
Legal Services
Logistics/Transportation
Marketing
Medical/Health
Retail
Other