David (Dave) Graff

Founder & Board Chairman, Playtimetech.org Certified Pickleball Coach (2023) USA Pickleball Ambassador

Eden Prairie, Minnesota, United States

About

Dave serves as founder and Board Chairman of Playtime Tech (www.playtimetech.org). A 501(c)(3) Minnesota nonprofit which creates and donates Playboards for kids at Children’s Hospitals, Ronald McDonald Houses and autism organizations throughout the United States. Dave also heads up a book publishing consultancy (333Pathways) and recently published his wife’s memoir, 6 Kids and a Ping-Pong Table, available on Amazon. Dave retired as President of Graff Group Market Intelligence in 2022. To expand his passion for pickleball, Dave became a PPR Certified Pickleball Coach and USA Pickleball Ambassador in 2023.

Experience

  • Board Chairman, Playtimetech.org at Playtime Tech
    May 2018 - Present · 8 yrs 3 mos

  • PPR Certified Pickleball Coach (2023) at Professional Pickleball Registry - PPR
    Sep 2023 - Dec 2024 · 1 yr 4 mos

  • Playtimetech.org (7 yrs 1 mo)
    • President & Founder Playtimetech.org
      Sep 2023 - Sep 2023 · 1 mo

    • Founder & Board Chairman
      Sep 2016 - Sep 2023 · 7 yrs 1 mo

      As a Minnesota based 501(c)(3) charitable organization, Playtime Tech provides Playboards at no cost to Children’s Hospitals, Shriners Hospitals for Children, Ronald McDonald Houses and other institutions serving and caring for toddlers and special needs kids.

  • Graff Group Market Intelligence (30 yrs 9 mos)
    • President
      1993 - Sep 2023 · 30 yrs 9 mos

      Expert in filling market, customer and competitive data gaps with objective insights. Semi-retired and only working with existing clients.

    • President
      Jan 1993 - Jan 2022 · 29 yrs 1 mo

  • Senior Management, Sales and Marketing at Eli Lilly, Stryker, Mallinckrodt Medical (Covidien), and Abbott Laboratories
    1977 - 1993 · 16 yrs

    Responsible for the sales and unique blend of marketing strategy, programs and tactics to achieve ambitious sales and marketing goals.