Dan Petersen
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Matt Blackmore
I've worked with Dan at two different companies in the last 6+ years and always knew he was a brilliant CTO. Now reporting directly to him, I have more recently come to realize that he is also a tremendous manager. He can be counted on to give thoughtful insight and direction and is always looking for ways to improve every part of the business. Everyone who has worked with Dan knows that he can build almost anything you can think of from the ground up. His talents reach far beyond building complex consumer-facing products, internal tools and reporting. He has a business savvy that is very rare in a CTO and an ability to gather multiple viewpoints and make well thought out business-critical decisions. If I was to start any new business venture, Dan would be the first person I'd build that business around.
Isabel Sopoglian
I worked with Dan for five years and he was not only a talented VP of Technology who was able to build his department from a one-man shop to a very efficient and productive team that took care of website and tool development, as well as creating a solid technical network architecture but he also had great input on business development and process solutions. He was highly regarded by his employees and peers, especially because he never hesitated to help out with programming tasks to build our systems when resources where limited. He is the perfect person to hire if you are planning on taking your start-up company to the next level.
Matt Blackmore
I've worked with Dan at two different companies in the last 6+ years and always knew he was a brilliant CTO. Now reporting directly to him, I have more recently come to realize that he is also a tremendous manager. He can be counted on to give thoughtful insight and direction and is always looking for ways to improve every part of the business. Everyone who has worked with Dan knows that he can build almost anything you can think of from the ground up. His talents reach far beyond building complex consumer-facing products, internal tools and reporting. He has a business savvy that is very rare in a CTO and an ability to gather multiple viewpoints and make well thought out business-critical decisions. If I was to start any new business venture, Dan would be the first person I'd build that business around.
Isabel Sopoglian
I worked with Dan for five years and he was not only a talented VP of Technology who was able to build his department from a one-man shop to a very efficient and productive team that took care of website and tool development, as well as creating a solid technical network architecture but he also had great input on business development and process solutions. He was highly regarded by his employees and peers, especially because he never hesitated to help out with programming tasks to build our systems when resources where limited. He is the perfect person to hire if you are planning on taking your start-up company to the next level.
Matt Blackmore
I've worked with Dan at two different companies in the last 6+ years and always knew he was a brilliant CTO. Now reporting directly to him, I have more recently come to realize that he is also a tremendous manager. He can be counted on to give thoughtful insight and direction and is always looking for ways to improve every part of the business. Everyone who has worked with Dan knows that he can build almost anything you can think of from the ground up. His talents reach far beyond building complex consumer-facing products, internal tools and reporting. He has a business savvy that is very rare in a CTO and an ability to gather multiple viewpoints and make well thought out business-critical decisions. If I was to start any new business venture, Dan would be the first person I'd build that business around.
Isabel Sopoglian
I worked with Dan for five years and he was not only a talented VP of Technology who was able to build his department from a one-man shop to a very efficient and productive team that took care of website and tool development, as well as creating a solid technical network architecture but he also had great input on business development and process solutions. He was highly regarded by his employees and peers, especially because he never hesitated to help out with programming tasks to build our systems when resources where limited. He is the perfect person to hire if you are planning on taking your start-up company to the next level.
Matt Blackmore
I've worked with Dan at two different companies in the last 6+ years and always knew he was a brilliant CTO. Now reporting directly to him, I have more recently come to realize that he is also a tremendous manager. He can be counted on to give thoughtful insight and direction and is always looking for ways to improve every part of the business. Everyone who has worked with Dan knows that he can build almost anything you can think of from the ground up. His talents reach far beyond building complex consumer-facing products, internal tools and reporting. He has a business savvy that is very rare in a CTO and an ability to gather multiple viewpoints and make well thought out business-critical decisions. If I was to start any new business venture, Dan would be the first person I'd build that business around.
Isabel Sopoglian
I worked with Dan for five years and he was not only a talented VP of Technology who was able to build his department from a one-man shop to a very efficient and productive team that took care of website and tool development, as well as creating a solid technical network architecture but he also had great input on business development and process solutions. He was highly regarded by his employees and peers, especially because he never hesitated to help out with programming tasks to build our systems when resources where limited. He is the perfect person to hire if you are planning on taking your start-up company to the next level.
Experience
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Quantum Ventures
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United States
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Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
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1 - 100 Employee
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CTO
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Mar 2021 - Present
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Ansira
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United States
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Advertising Services
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700 & Above Employee
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SVP Product & Development
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Oct 2017 - Mar 2021
After Ansira acquired LocalBizNow.com, became SVP of Product & Development. - Responsible for architecting and leading implementation on Ansira's Local Digital Marketing product offering (LMA) - Responsible for designing future product releases with the Media team - Leading team consisting of developers, technical operations, QA and product analysts - Continued to lead product and technology efforts for LocalBizNow.com's digital marketing product offerings. After Ansira acquired LocalBizNow.com, became SVP of Product & Development. - Responsible for architecting and leading implementation on Ansira's Local Digital Marketing product offering (LMA) - Responsible for designing future product releases with the Media team - Leading team consisting of developers, technical operations, QA and product analysts - Continued to lead product and technology efforts for LocalBizNow.com's digital marketing product offerings.
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LocalBizNow (LBN)
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United States
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Advertising Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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CTO
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Jul 2008 - Oct 2017
Acquired by Ansira in October 2017 - Worked with the other members of the executive staff to determine the business and technological roadmap. - Brought all technology in house resulting in 50% reduction of expenses to the business, a faster time to market for product enhancements and improved client performance. - Created and led Product and Technology teams - Architected and led technical implementation for all company offerings using .Net - Led efforts to automate Business, Technical and Media processes - Architected and implemented automated local digital marketing platform which served as the backbone of the company's product offering. Show less
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CTO
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Oct 2006 - Jul 2008
Sold to Quantum Ventures - Worked with the other owners to define the company’s technological and business roadmap and prioritized which projects the company would execute to achieve maximum growth. - Architected and led the implementation of all technology for the company using LAMP stack - Led efforts to measure, test and improve the consumer website’s conversion through design changes, product additions and improving business rules of the site. - Led efforts to create and maximize Paid Search and SEO campaigns. Show less
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Cars.com
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United States
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Internet Publishing
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700 & Above Employee
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VP of Technology, NewCars Division
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Jul 2005 - Mar 2007
- After Cars.com acquired NewCars.com in 2005, became VP of Technology of the Newcars.com division. - Continued to lead the NewCars.com Technology team - Led technical efforts to transform NewCars.com's Lead Generation product into Cars.com's New Lead Plus product. - After Cars.com acquired NewCars.com in 2005, became VP of Technology of the Newcars.com division. - Continued to lead the NewCars.com Technology team - Led technical efforts to transform NewCars.com's Lead Generation product into Cars.com's New Lead Plus product.
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CTO/Equity Partner
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Jul 2002 - Jul 2005
Sold to Cars.com in 2005. - Worked with the other members of the executive staff to determine the business and technological roadmap. - Created, built, led and managed the Technology department - Architected and led implementation on the technological foundations of the company using LAMP stack. - Defined the processes the Business, Search and Product Development departments would follow when interacting with the Technology team - Lead designer and developer on proprietary automated search engine ad bidding algorithm that maximized profit at the keyword level. Show less
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Connexity, Inc.
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United States
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Technology, Information and Internet
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100 - 200 Employee
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Director of Online Applications
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Jun 2000 - Jan 2002
- Responsible for the design and implementation of the Shopzilla's product search engine using Java/Sybase.- Led and managed a team of 13 developers.- Worked with the Sales and Business teams to design technical solutions for their business objectives.
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Technology Development Manager
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Jun 1999 - Jun 2000
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Programmer
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Jun 1998 - Jun 1999
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Education
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1993 - 1997
University of Oregon
Bachelors, Computer Science Major, Math Minor
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