Bio

Dan is an innovative and hands-on technical leader with over a decade of career success developing and executing operational and technical strategies to promote organisational growth and optimal utilisation of emerging technologies for the Financial Services sector. Dan has held various positions including: • Head of IT Europe at General Atlantic ($86Billion AUM Leading Private Equity firm) • Lead Technical Architect at Triton Partners (€18Billion AUM European Private Equity firm) • Lead RTC Consultant at Deutsche Bank (Leading Investment Bank with 200k+ Endpoints) Core Technical Achievements Include: • Design, Build, Deliver, Maintain ~£50Million CAT-B Fit-Out Facilities & IT Budgets • Architecture and Deployment of Business Applications for organisations of up to 120,000 users. • Data-Centre Consolidation and rapid enablement to cloud-first strategy. • Real Time Communications (Consultancy) to Low-Latency, Buy-side and Sell-Side Financial Services Organisations. Media Coverage & Speaker Engagements: • Inavate ''40 under 40'' Class of 2021 focussed on AV Professionals shaping, leading and disrupting the industry. • Inavate ''40 under 40'' Class of 2022 focussed on AV Professionals shaping, leading and disrupting the industry. • Featured in AV Magazine: ''The Meeting Room of the Future - Post COVID'' • Featured in AV Magazine: ''Supply Chain impact during Brexit and COVID-19'' • Featured in AV Magazine: ''Native room systems vs UC agnosticism: the pros and cons'' • Featured in Enterprise Viewpoint Magazine: ''Cisco & Microsoft Partnership: What does this mean for a UC Agnostic Enterprise?'' • Finalist for ''Global Partner of the Year'' in UC Today Partner Awards 2021 • Speaker at Zoomtopia 2021 ''Zoom in Financial Services: Enabling Compliant Communications'' • Speaker at UC Expo 2022 ''User Adoption: Is your team setup for success'' • Speaker at Integrated Systems Europe 2023 ''Challenges of a UC Agnostic Enterprise'' External Affiliations: • Board Trustee: RSPCA North West Kent • Board Trustee: MIND Mid and North East Essex Mind • Mental Health Ambassador: London Build Expo