Dave Schwensen is the author of How To Be A Working Comic: An Insider’s Guide To A Career In Stand-Up Comedy, Comedy FAQs And Answers: How The Stand-Up Biz Really Works, and How To Be A Working Corporate Comedian: A Step-By-Step Guide Into Launching & Building Your Career.

His credits include Talent Coordinator for the television show A&E’s An Evening at the Improv, The Hollywood Improv, New York City's Original Improv Comedy Club, and Assistant to Improv founder Budd Friedman.

With The Improv in Hollywood and New York, Dave coordinated talent showcases and auditions for major television shows, networks and film studios. Included in this list are Comedy Central, HBO, MTV, VH-1, The Tonight Show, Late Night, The Today Show, The Montreal Just For Laughs Festival, Disney, Paramount, ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, Showtime and more.

As a comedy coach, author and consultant, Dave has been featured on PBS Television and Radio, Chicago Tribune, Ohio Magazine, The Hollywood Reporter, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Cleveland Magazine, U.S. News & World Report, Backstage (industry) newspaper and many others.

Dave has extensive experience within the comedy industry as a talent booker / coordinator for theaters, comedy clubs, festivals, corporate events, colleges and universities (comedians, speakers and variety acts), talent manager, publicist, radio / podcast host, entertainment journalist, and award-winning humor columnist. In addition to his comedy workshops and entertainment business seminars, which have been held in many major cities throughout the U.S. from New York to Los Angeles, Dave has designed and instructed business courses in communications and presentation skills for Cleveland State University, Youngstown State University and other “halls of higher learning.”

Dave is a three-time Pinnacle Award Winner for excellence in learning programs. “Awarded for remarkable quality of educational content and exceptional skill at program delivery.”

Yes, he really can be called "The Nutty Professor."