Experience

Seeds Training

• United States
• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Operations Lead

  • Sep 2022 - Present

  Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States I'm helping to build the operating procedures to support the growth of Seeds Training. I also occasionally support the facilitation team by working directly with students at in-person and virtual training events.



Perfect World SEL

• Consultant & Facilitator

  • Feb 2022 - Oct 2022

  I help bring Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) to schools, child care centers, and learning organizations. I do this through professional development programs, facilitated workshops, and keynote talks. Unlike most consultants, I use my background in child development and neuroscience to deliver scientifically validated content in a straightforward way that anyone can understand.



West Arete

• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Outreach

  • Apr 2020 - Sep 2021

  Denver, Colorado, United States West Arete builds mission-critical custom software for higher education. I'm currently focused on telling more people about the brilliant insights and expertise of the West Arete team.



Danilo Consulting

• United States
• Business Consulting and Services

• Sole Proprietor

  • Jan 2015 - Mar 2020

  Denver, Colorado, United States I help education companies and learning organizations be more productive. Unlike most consultants, I use elements of Lean, Agile, Empirically-Based Learning, and Industrial models to make it happen. Some clients include: - Measure Education - West Arete - Johnson & Johnson - Chartlytics - We! The People Company



Open World Events

• United States
• Events Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director Of Operations and Improvement

  • Jan 2017 - Dec 2019

  Warminster, PA Open World Events produced nationally known and touring events using Minecraft®, LEGO®, cutting-edge virtual-reality to educate and inspire young kids. In my 3 years there, I helped develop the "Push-To-Start" Event Operating System that served ~10,000 attendees per weekend, helped develop the marketing operations to become Eventbrite's #1 customer, and spoke to cities across the country on live TV via FOX, NBC, and CNN. I also worked alongside the founders as part of the… Show more Open World Events produced nationally known and touring events using Minecraft®, LEGO®, cutting-edge virtual-reality to educate and inspire young kids. In my 3 years there, I helped develop the "Push-To-Start" Event Operating System that served ~10,000 attendees per weekend, helped develop the marketing operations to become Eventbrite's #1 customer, and spoke to cities across the country on live TV via FOX, NBC, and CNN. I also worked alongside the founders as part of the strategic leadership team. Show less



Teach For America

• United States
• Education Administration Programs
• 700 & Above Employee

• Mentor

  • 2017 - 2019

  In my free time, I provided TFA Graduate Fellows at Delta State University with tools and coaching support to improve their social impact projects, especially in the education sector.



DecisionVis

• United States
• Software Development

• Chief Operating Officer

  • Nov 2013 - Jul 2015

  State College, Pennsylvania Area DecisionVis creates powerful data visualization software so engineers can help non-technical stakeholders make complex and high-stakes decisions. Involves the use of a class of artificial intelligence applications called "multi-objective evolutionary algorithms." DecisionVis' client list is still classified. Main contributions: - Implemented Agile framework - Used "Design Thinking" to innovate a game-changing product feature without extensive field knowledge



Penn State University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Project Director

  • Oct 2011 - Dec 2013

  University Park, Pa The CAT Lab studies the neuroscience of young children--specifically, the role of attention biases and anxiety on brain development by using neuro-imaging, electro-physiological, psycho-physiological, and behavioral research techniques across multiple National Institutes of Mental Health (NIH/NIMH) funded studies. Penn State's Developmental Psychology and Neuroscience programs are consistently rated within the top 10 in the country. (http://bit.ly/2dMpr94) Main Contributions: -… Show more The CAT Lab studies the neuroscience of young children--specifically, the role of attention biases and anxiety on brain development by using neuro-imaging, electro-physiological, psycho-physiological, and behavioral research techniques across multiple National Institutes of Mental Health (NIH/NIMH) funded studies. Penn State's Developmental Psychology and Neuroscience programs are consistently rated within the top 10 in the country. (http://bit.ly/2dMpr94) Main Contributions: - Developing standard operating procedures and protocols for longitudinal research - Acquiring new test subjects, running experiments, collecting and preserving data - Hiring and training undergraduate interns - Coding software for research experiments Show less



Groundswell

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Campaign Consultant and Activist

  • May 2011 - Nov 2012

  State College, Pennsylvania Area Groundswell is a non-profit organization based in State College Pa., focused on the environmental and community health of the town borough and surrounding regions. In its founding year, it successfully held the first popular vote on Environmental Rights in the world and banned hydraulic fracturing within the State College borough. The following year, it successfully banned hydraulic fracturing in Ferguson township. My contributions were to campaign strategy and door-to-door… Show more Groundswell is a non-profit organization based in State College Pa., focused on the environmental and community health of the town borough and surrounding regions. In its founding year, it successfully held the first popular vote on Environmental Rights in the world and banned hydraulic fracturing within the State College borough. The following year, it successfully banned hydraulic fracturing in Ferguson township. My contributions were to campaign strategy and door-to-door canvassing. http://groundswell.gs Show less

• Research Assistant - Human Electrophysiology Facility

  • Aug 2010 - Aug 2011

  Social, Life, and Engineering Sciences Imaging Center, University Park The HEF is a research facility that serves many labs at Penn State. In addition to full-time college coursework, I served as a Research Assistant working directly with principle investigators, participants and other researchers to collect electro-physiological data across different study paradigms and participant ages. I learned to use the technology and equipment to better prepare for a career in developmental neuroscience.



Helium Inc.

• Canada
• Artists and Writers

• Content Writer

  • Dec 2008 - 2011

  Helium.com Helium.com was a web publisher that curates non-biased resources and information across a wide array of topics including. In my free time (while also enrolled full-time in college and working part-time jobs) I wrote articles on Physiology, Anatomy, and Genetics as a freelancer.