Dan is a senior technologist, futurist, executive leader, and popular public speaker. With 40 years of experience in the technology industry from IPO to fortune 100 companies, Dan has led many innovation and transformation initiatives over the years. He has been a podcast guest and guest blogger for Salesforce and Amazon. He was also a guest on ABC’s Rise and Shine talking about how small companies can use basic analytics to increase sales success. In Dan’s own Digital Dan High Beam Podcast, he shares his insights and lessons learned from a long career through the most dynamic era of digital advancement, which makes for an enjoyable, engaging, and informative experience for any audience.
Dan’s story telling spans his work with Amazon, his experiences in Silicon Valley during the “Dot Com Boom”, and his work at the world’s largest company at the time - Exxon. His career has led to some unique engagements such as his research in the ability of service dogs to use Alexa, his volunteer work with prison inmates on technology skills development, working with a Senate Subcommittee and Air Traffic Controllers in the control towers on technology improvements for flight safety, and working with Executive Producers as technology advisor at Warner Brothers Studios in Burbank California.
Dan is a returning speaker at events because of his ability to naturally engage, inform, and entertain audiences. “We need to get Dan back again to talk about AI Coworking”, said the Board of Directors for the California Joint Powers Association (2023).
Dan’s 40-year career includes experience in all aspects of technology from developer to telecom with work in multiple industries such as insurance, finance, Hi-tech, manufacturing, higher ed, and entertainment. He has held executive leadership positions as CIO, VP, and AVP.
Dan has a degree in Geology with a minor in Mathematics and Computer Science. He holds a Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Masters Certification from Wake Forest, is an Achieve Global Certified Facilitator, as well as a certified Futurist.
