David Duwe, Then and Now
Open the image full screen.What has happened in your life since you left SDSU 10 years ago?
The last 10 years have been full of exciting moments, both privately and professionally.
On the private side, I got married to the woman I love and had first met before my time at SDSU. Also, we have two wonderful girls who are energetic and curious to explore the world.
Where are you working now? What is your title?
On the professional side, I started two companies: one failed, one was a success. Based on the latter, I eventually joined my current company, Ottobock, as the vice president of a new business unit, which aims to keep working people healthy, fit and productive using a new technology, called exoskeletons.
What was your favorite memory from SDSU?
My favorite memory at SDSU was participating in the Venture Capital Investment Competition (VCIC), representing SDSU against other business schools from across the U.S. We prepared with a mixture of very good entrepreneurial lectures and practical experiences.
What was the most important lesson you learned at SDSU?
Friendship. To this day, I am in close contact with those I met during my time at SDSU that I now call friends and my network. They include the faculty, mentors, and fellow students that shaped and guided me then, as they do today.
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What advice would you give current SDSU business students?
Enroll in as many exercises and activities as early as you can. I signed up for some activities even before I arrived in the U.S. (from Germany) to start my studies at SDSU.
This way you will learn a lot about yourself, including your strengths and weaknesses, and about your own destiny.
You can discontinue activities that are not that interesting so that you can focus on the remaining one, two, or (maximum) three activities to learn new things and develop yourself in a way that you had never even imagined possible.
