David Shpiz - Partner

David Shpiz is a Partner with The Curran Group based in the San Francisco office and member of the Financial Services Practice. Previously, he was a search professional with Heidrick & Struggles, located in their Menlo Park, CA office. He was a member of the firm’s financial services and technology practices, with a focus on recruiting executives for private equity and venture capital professionals as well as their portfolio companies. His clients also included hedge funds and publicly traded companies.

Prior to his work at Heidrick & Struggles, David worked for Thomas Weisel Partners in equity research, covering the communications software sector. While at Weisel, he worked with institutional and private funds. His career experience also includes working for Intel Corporation in various business development and product marketing roles. David was part of the team that created and directed the wireless communication strategy worldwide. He focused on wireless carriers and mobile device providers. In addition, he worked with the investing organization at Intel, sponsoring and raising funds for Intel investments.

Additional career experience includes working for Improvista, a venture backed start-up, as Vice President in charge of business development. He successfully led a round of venture financing and concluded with an exit via acquisition.

David received his B.A. from Rollins College and his M.B.A. from Pepperdine University, The Graziadio School of Business.