Dan began his career as a university student running his own business in the Southwestern Advantage summer sales and leadership program. He paid for his tuition at Harvard by selling educational systems to families and building sales teams, all through his undergraduate years. 

Dan was promoted to District Sales Manager with Southwestern Advantage upon graduation. Among other roles within the company, he also served as Vice President of Marketing for many years and was credited with modernizing the company’s sales school, developing its highly regarded product line and helping to launch new businesses within the company. In July of 2007, he was named President. 

He has served as an adjunct faculty member at Vanderbilt’s Owen Graduate School of Business. While he has spoken to a variety of business audiences, his favorite audiences are university students across North America and Europe. In his spare time, he enjoys playing the guitar and piano, and is an avid runner. Since the age of 51, he has completed 21 half-marathons in four countries.