David’s expertise is in outcome-based learning. He is the owner and principal consultant of Catalysis Consulting, and over a span of more than 20 years he has led the development entry-to-practice competency profiles for upwards of 30 Canadian professions. More recently David’s focus has expanded to incorporate “continuing competence”, and together with colleagues in the CSC Collaborative he has done groundbreaking work to develop an understanding how a professional’s competence evolves over their career- span. This has led to innovative regulatory approaches to quality assurance and quality improvement.