Dave Liefeld, MANAGING DIRECTOR
At Timberline, LLC
As an avid hiker, Dave loves to get up in the mountains. His favorite place is at the tree line. It's here, where the view is vast, new, and unexpected. A fresh perspective can be found. Yet, it's not far removed from the beauty of the trees, mountain lakes, and streams. He brings this new perspective to each company he works with.
Dave is a pragmatic go-to partner who will work alongside you to create greater impact. He will provide flexible and responsive support, whether you need him to fill a short-term or long-term position. His broad range of skills that combine positive high energy and stable know-how will stand out as he enters your environment with no personal agenda.
Coach-like and supportive, Dave will work together with you, your leaders, and your people to build team culture and implement key initiatives.
Qualified professional
Dave draws on a broad range of business and executive experience to shape his approach. A small business owner with over 12 years of experience using the Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS®), he has worked with more than 15 companies across multiple industries. His leadership background includes serving as COO and CAO at an innovation consultancy, co-founding and co-owning a marketing communications agency, and leading a firm specializing in industrial machinery performance as President. Dave holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Champaign and completed the Management Institute Program at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management.
WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING
"David Liefeld is one-of-a-kind. His unique blend of smarts, heart, experience and thoughtfulness has led me to rely on him when faced with my toughest business and personal challenges. He’s pragmatic, measured, thorough and kind. And he brings a level of integrity to every challenge that I find both humbling and inspiring. If your executive team is faced with a critical challenge, David can be trusted to help them see new possibilities and help create a path towards success–even under the most difficult circumstances." ~ Mike Maddock, Maddock Douglas, Inc.
"Dave is like the ‘Swiss Army Knife’ of executive leadership roles. He doesn’t just dabble in a variety of roles, he owns them. Over the years, I’ve seen and benefitted from Dave's depth of experience in operations, finance, strategy, HR, benefits, etc, whatever role the company needed him to perform, he delivered. His selflessness, versatility/capacity to lead and execute in some of the fastest-moving, complex, real-life situations always proves to be a very effective and efficient business boost." ~ Raphael Louis Vitón, raffviton.com
"Dave was an exceptional leader and mentor. He is highly optimistic, always leading with yes, but at the same time, an incredibly thoughtful decision maker. Whether it’s a new hire or a change in operations or business strategy, Dave can be trusted to do the exhaustive research necessary to make the best final decision. Dave is kind and genuine with an amazing ability to remain steady in even the most stressful and difficult of situations. He is versatile, willing to do what needs to be done regardless of his title. With extensive knowledge and experience in business administration, operations, HR and marketing Dave is an asset to any business organization." ~ Karly Vocalino, Umbrellas on The Beach
"One of the bright stars in business management is David Liefeld from At Timberline LLC. He excels in his capacity to partner with owner/ operators as an interim or fractional member of an organization’s leadership team. David was able to fully study the situation, conduct an objective SWOT analysis and recommend not only a strategy for implementation but also where we might navigate around potential hurdles. David has employed his sense of focus, problem-solving, coaching, cheerleading and humor to rally our staff." ~ Wes Douglas, Maddock Douglas, Inc.
"Dave is a uniquely talented operator focused on the smartest, most-efficient AND realistic solutions, balanced with exceptional relationship skills. He's wise in every aspect of running a business profitably while doing the right thing right. Combine that with a witty sense of humor and an open-minded curiosity and you have an unbeatable pro! I'd welcome the chance to collaborate with Dave again!" ~ Peggy Sweeney Furlong, SquareStack
"Dave Liefeld, who after 3 years of dedicated leadership, believes the team is ready to take off on its own. In my definition, a leader is one who inspires a group of people to new places and new levels of performance that they have not known before. Leaders are also those who take the arrows in the back, but never lose hope. Dave has done all this and more in a difficult assignment in any church, but has done an outstanding job. To me, Dave is a leader's leader, a model for all of us in leadership roles." ~ Mid-Sized Church Ministry Staff
"Dave is completely outstanding and glows with an inexhaustible supply of ability, enthusiasm and commitment. Dave has built an incredible culture of innovation that promotes every employee’s emotional, financial, physical and mental well-being." ~ Lauren Schwartz, Maddock Douglas, Inc.