Founder of Mentor Capital Management, Inc., David S. Dury currently is Chairman for Intevac, Inc. Mr. Dury is also on the board of Aceva Technologies, Inc.

In the past he was President for Priam Corp., Chairman for Phoenix Technologies Ltd., Chief Operating Officer at Boole & Babbage, Inc., Chief Financial Officer for NetFRAME Systems, Inc., Chief Financial Officer & Senior Vice President of Aspect Development, Inc. and Chief Financial Officer at Conformia Software, Inc.

David S. Dury received an MBA from Cornell University and an undergraduate degree from Duke University.