Dave Collins is the Founder and CEO of Oak and Reeds, a corporate training firm dedicated to using the tools of improvisational comedy to train clients on everyday communication skills they can use at work and in life. At Oak and Reeds, Dave works as a speaker, facilitator and executive coach. In the eight years since founding the business he’s worked with clients like Nike, Salesforce, Airbus and Google to train leaders how to communicate and lead more collaboratively.

Dave is also an award-winning improviser with seventeen years of experience performing and coaching students in the art of improvisational comedy. Along with his teammates, Dave won the 2010 National Collegiate Improv Tournament, has headlined festival shows across the country, and individually has coached hundreds of students and professionals in the art and practice of applied improvisation.