Dan is a Senior Consultant with over 40 years of proven success in Information Technology and has held multiple executive leadership positions. Dan has worked for a broad range of companies, from working in Silicon Valley for a start-up during the “Dot Com” era to Fortune 100 companies.
Dan’s focus has been on Digital Leadership and working with companies on developing digital strategies and capabilities that produce measurable business results. Dan is passionate about the new business and technology dynamics driving an evolution in how IT departments must evolve.
Because of his innovative work, Salesforce invited Dan to speak on his successes at their national convention. He also recently spoke at the Amazon Web Services (AWS) national convention regarding Natural Language Processing and AI to assist people with disabilities. He was a recent guest on Amazon’s AWS podcast, Amazon Webcast, and has been a contributor to the AWS technology blog. He was a guest on ABC’s Rise & Shine to “discuss day-to-day analytics for sales professionals.”
Dan has interesting stories from his professional life – about his work with Amazon and his experiences in Silicon Valley during the 90’s. His career has led to some unique engagements such as working with researchers on the ability to train service dogs to use Alexa, training prison inmates on technology skill development, to working with Air Traffic Controllers while in the control towers.
Dan has a BS degree in Geology with a minor in Mathematics and Computer Science. He holds a Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Masters Certification from Wake Forest and Certified Facilitator from Achieve Global, and Dan’s podcast and vlog “Digital Dan” provides insights and trends in the world of Information Technology and digital transformation.