Dave Lane is a Founder and Lead Strategist at Dave Lane Consulting LLC. He possess expertise in marketing strategy, wine, brand management, pricing, p&l management and 45 more skills. Colleagues describe him as "I’ve worked with Dave for 13 years and have served on his leadership team (as VP of Marketing) since 2012. Dave is a consistent, transparent leader with exceptional people skills. During his tenure at Terlato, Dave has worked hard to cultivate a vibrant, inclusive culture with a team that’s motivated to deliver on the strategic plan, even when that’s difficult. He empowers his team to succeed and fail, but most of all trusts us to make decisions and encourages us to own our work. Dave understands the heart of the company and is tapped into the needs and values of the most junior employees up to the most senior. His authenticity, humility and perseverance has made him a well respected leader at Terlato (and a great boss).", "David Lane is a commensurate professional, a dedicated goal driven, results oriented yet compassionate caring manager, and this all comes with intelligence and thoughtful executive presence. I had the opportunity to work with David over 8 years at Gallo. I can directly say he was the cornerstone of building the fine wine division at Gallo and stepped up to every occasion. He has innate sales skills, yet was so dedicated to building his all round business and marketing acumen, he endured going after an MBA while he still worked with me at Gallo. Of course he succeeded extraordinarily. David is a leader of people and is a man who gets to the heart of the issue and gets things done. Simple. To be clear, as David did work for me, I would gladly work for him now as he is that rare executive whom knows how to balance business and people. I hope in the future we may just combine our talents and write a real teaching and meaningful educational book, sharing our experiences in how to build a truly meaningful portfolio of brands and develop the people to their highest level to make it real. I am honored to have worked with David. He made a difference to my career and life.", and "I’ve worked with Dave for nearly two decades starting when Darden Restaurants was a customer of Gallo. He recruited me to Terlato, and he’s been my direct supervisor for the past 11 years. As VP of Sales, I have great respect for his visionary ability to weather any storms and make a company successful by focusing on building great brands and teams. He’s a trusted leader because he’s hands-off in expecting his executive team to perform and, when necessary, he’ll always give the candid feedback needed to grow in your leadership. You couldn’t ask for a better boss than Dave Lane."