| Harvey Mudd College, B.S. | |
| Engineering |
Ontela
Dan is CEO and co-founder of Ontela, where he has taken his experience developing and managing both enterprise and end-user applications to deliver on a simple idea: make it ridiculously easy for wireless customers get at the pictures trapped in their phones.
Prior to founding Ontela, Dan managed development of the RealArcade service at RealNetworks, enabling thousands of end-users to play classic games such as Monopoly, Scrabble and Rollercoaster Tycoon on their desktops. He arrived at RealNetworks by way of Wildseed, where he managed software development for the Identity Cellular Phone, from the modem to the Linux platform to the user interface. Dan started his career at Microsoft, where he was responsible for Windows XP user interface components, the critically acclaimed Windows PowerToys, Windows 2000 Storage Management, and consumer storage in Windows 98.
Dan is a frequent speaker and serves on the Board of Directors of the Washington Technology Industry Association. He received his B.S. in Engineering from Harvey Mudd College.
