Dave Markel
Vice President — National Sales
Dave joined Meridian One-Cap in April 2020 as the Vice President, National Sales after a successful 14-year career in Sales leadership with RCAP Leasing, a 100% owned subsidiary of RBC, and its predecessor MCAP Leasing. Since 2014, as a member of the Executive team, he was responsible for the sales results and strategy for RCAP. Prior to 2014 he held a series of progressive management and leadership positions commencing in 2004.
Dave entered the finance industry in 2001 as a partner in a start-up equipment finance brokerage with operations in Toronto, Vancouver, Victoria and Seattle which was sold to MCAP in 2006.
Prior to that, he held a variety of sales leadership positions in the Information Technology space with IBM Canada and a leading computer hardware distributor, Supercom, that was subsequently sold to Synnex.
Dave has an entrepreneurial spirit having founded a software company with four partners when he was only 20, as well as having completed his real estate license requirements and numerous corporate coaching and leadership courses and programs.
Dave is an active volunteer in the community and is a provincially certified coach, currently holding coaching and leadership positions in youth soccer and baseball. He is also involved with the Marine Mammal Rescue Society of Vancouver, Blue Water Day and the Coquitlam River Watershed Society.