Welcome to the "Spark the Conversation" Podcast where we get to know individuals around Pulte Financial Services, what makes them unique and the collection of experiences they bring to our team and customers. You may know Dave Meyers as the West Area Manager for Pulte Financial Services, but did you know this about Dave?

• Dave grew up in the Seattle-Bellevue area in Washington state and later moved to Northern California during his High School years. He completed his Undergraduate degree from California State University in Fullerton, CA and his master’s degree in Education at Azusa Pacific University.
• He started his career in financial services working for a private equipment financing company. He did his first career change and transitions into job as a high school algebra teacher and then as an assistant principal. He did his second career change back to financial services when he started working for Pulte Mortgage in 2006.
• Dave offices out of the Pulte Southern California division in Mission Viejo and has been in his current role for 4 years. He finds his early career experiences of working in equipment financing and education gave him skills that he uses on a daily basis educating the Sales team on how to use Pulte Mortgage financing to sell homes.
• Dave and his wife have 4 children. Their oldest is 17 years old and is a competitive rock climber who plans to join the Coast Guard to become a rescue swimmer. They have twin 16 year old girls who play volleyball and soccer, and their youngest who is in 7th grade also plays soccer. All of his kids to well with math.
• Outdoor family and enjoy camping in the Sierra mountains with they are not on a volleyball court or soccer field.
• Dave feels he is in his element when he is climbing mountains on his own. He has climbed Denali in Alaska, Mt Shasta and Mt Rannier. He has more climbs on his bucket list in the Himalayas and South America.
• In his downtime he likes to read every day. He recently re-read Malcom Gladwell's "Outliers". Dave also likes to cook and take on wood working projects.
• Dave enjoys getting to know others and find out what he has in common with people.