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Dan loves games and the people who make them. He is an expert at uniting and empowering developers, brands and fans through video games. He has extensive experience with Fortune 500 companies alongside ground-up work with thousands of game developers and studios around the world. Dan cares deeply about games as an industry and art form. And he has a strong affection for the people who make them.
In his most recent work as CEO and Founder of Playcrafting, Dan gained decades of experience in just 9 years. He grew a local NYC Meetup group of 35 game developers to a vetted and engaged global network of 30,000. All this while envisioning and executing enterprise-level partnerships with the world’s top companies, resulting in 140 digital games, demos and experiences; 300+ programs, events and courses; and 100+ promotional videos and streams.
Dan is the definition of a detail-oriented generalist with a 360 degree view of how games and game developers work. As the head of a bootstrapped startup with many kinds of initiatives and stakeholders, he wore countless hats, including: Business Development Director, Lead Producer, Project Manager, Program Manager, Game Producer, Account Manager, Event Producer, Community Manager, Public Speaker, Graphic Designer, Office Manager and Sales Lead. He credits his degree in social work, deep knowledge of games, an eye for creating diverse and inclusive spaces, and a metric ton of caffeine with his ability to build and sustain business, projects and teams that make an impact.
Previous clients and partners: Microsoft, Rockstar Games, Google, Niantic, Epic Games, Verizon, Dolby, Bose, Square Enix, Meta, the NFL, L’Oreal, Samsung, Edgewell
Dan's work has been featured in: The New York Times, Kotaku, Polygon, NY1, Fox News, The Super Bowl, NY Fashion Week, GDC, PAX, The Tribeca Festival, E3
Skills include: project management, business development, product development, developer relations, internal and external pitching, cross-functional team reporting, team leadership, game assessment, developer assessment, game production, content production, industry analysis, deal structure and negotiation, DEI initiative development, community building, community management, event production, public speaking, financial forecasting and tracking, media and spokesperson training