"Without Dave Taber, the Forté for Java portal would never have happened."

"Dave Taber is the one irreplaceable member of my team."

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"Without Dave Taber, the acquisition by Sun would never have happened."

"Of all the Forté VPs, you turned out to be the one with true staying power and the one who actually got something meaningful done."

"There are only three people in my Marketing Hall of Fame: Tom Herring that put PowerSoft on the map, Rich Scheffer that put Forté on the map, and you."

"You've done great work for us."

"You've been a tremendous help to me  in sharp-shooting our business strategy and commercial issues."

"That was a very dramatic presentation you made at the quarterly meeting yesterday.  Your extraordinary presence and timing at work again ..."

"You were not just a mentor, you were almost a marketing professor for us.  You were the best manager I ever had."

"You did more for business development in six weeks than we did in the previous year."

"For what you were doing, you didn't charge enough."

"Your work was pivotal in helping Moonlight get its next round of funding."

"Of all the consultants Moonlight has used, you are the only one which we would hire again ... in a heartbeat."

"We can't express how much your work has meant to the company...quite literally, helped keep us alive."

"You've added so much value to the company."

"Without you on the team, I don't think we would have gotten anywhere."

"Working with you is amazing.  I get exactly the advice and business guidance I need, but it's all in about 15 minutes."

"Your business and negotiating acumen have been essential ingredients to our success."

"Your thoughts crystallized what I’ve suspected for a long time and have provided a common framework for enhancing lead processing at DataDirect."

"David came in when we had no marketing strategy, no marketing collaterals and a poor website. In a year, we won Red Herring 100, we have 500,000 downloads, we are in the list of the companies IDC considers when writing a report on mobile email. David has done an outstanding job for Funambol, I would strongly recommend him to any company on the planet."

"You are one of those rare people whose ego is actually smaller than their capabilities."

"I was fortunate enough to be at your talk ... it was without a doubt one of the most edifying and interesting talks I've heard. Your speaking style combined with your wealth of knowledge was engrossing. It is indeed refreshing to listen to some one with such a firm grasp on both the market and all manner of technical issues as well. Your insights and opinions added bright color to what could have been very dry material. I was disappointed when it ended."

"Just wanted to thank you for allowing me the opportunity to work with you.  The portal has been the most rewarding project that I've worked on while at Sun and I have you to thank for that. You have been an outstanding leader and mentor. I've learned so much from you - how to persevere to get things done,  how to be creative with little resource, and how to work effectively with a  diverse and evolving team. I admire how dedicated and how extremely sharp  you are, and I especially appreciate how you genuinely cared about each  individual on the team. I take a lot with me from my experience working with  you and I feel like a much better person for having been part of your team."