Dan Steketee
B.A. from Amherst College, Working for 10+ years at Cambridge Associates,Stax Inc., ByAllAccounts, Meradia Group, and a bunch of small start-ups.
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Work status: | Employed Full-Time |
| Industries: | Biotech, Cleantech, Computing, Education, Entertainment, Financial, Food and Drink, Gaming, Health, Information Technology, Internet, Lifestyle, Media, Mobile, Nanotech, Real Estate, Retail, Sports, Travel |
| Skills: | Business, Copy Writing, Corporate, Databases, Design, Engineering, English, Entrepreneurship, Event planning, Human-Computer Interaction, Investment, Languages, Languages and Platforms, Leadership, Management, Marketing, Product design, Public Relations, Public speaking, Recruitment, Retail, Sales, Software Engineering, SQL, System Administration, Web Development, Windows, Windows applications, Writing |
| Location: | Boston, MA |
| Groups: | Boston Young Entrepreneurs, Gumball Capital, Online Advertising Professionals (OAP), STARTit |
| Interested in: | Advising startups, Brainstorming, Consulting opportunities, Employment opportunities, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding experts, Finding mentors, Finding team mates, Giving back, Helping friends, Investing in projects, Joining a startup, Meeting new people, Mentoring, Offering Expertise, Participating in a competition, Patenting my idea, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Providing services to startups, Raising money, Recruiting for my startup, Sharing my projects, Starting a company, Supporting my investments |
| Tags: | clean tech, emerging companies, entrepeneur, hedge funds, Tennis, Venture Capital |
| Schools: | Amherst College |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Meradia Group, Inc. |
| Position: | Consultant |
| Time period: | October 2006 - December 2009 |
| Description: | Workflow, Processes, Procedures, and Design of Middle and Front Office Platforms .Created and revised report specifications for 40 plus reporting building blocks, 65 plus reports, and 10 plus specialized performance reports pulling from a new performance data warehouse. Business Process Management::Improved the efficiency of 30+ Performance Analysts by over 40%; for two premier accounts worth $185 billion by developing robust decision tools through VBA based Analytics. |
| Employer: | DRAGON CAPITAL MANAGEMENT |
| Position: | Analyst |
| Time period: | June 2005 - December 2009 |
| Employer: | BYALLACCOUNTS, INC |
| Position: | Data Analyst |
| Time period: | August 2004 - October 2005 |
| Employer: | BYALLACCOUNTS, INC |
| Position: | Senior Data Analyst |
| Time period: | January 2004 - December 2006 |
| Description: | Review investment data for financial services firms before accounting and analytical software is released to clients, working with the software engineering team to identify better ways to minimize data translation issues. |
| Employer: | STAX, INC., |
| Position: | Research Associate |
| Time period: | April 2002 - July 2003 |
| Employer: | STAX, INC. |
| Position: | Marketing Analys |
| Time period: | January 2002 - December 2004 |
| Description: | Managed and trained a team of Research Associates, assisting them in gathering primary and secondary research and getting the answers to client’s top questions. Created a new model to develop “idea generated” multi-client studies to sell to the hedge fund community. |
| Employer: | EAGLE-I, INC. |
| Position: | Senior Consultant |
| Time period: | September 2001 - February 2002 |
| Employer: | BRAINTRUST |
| Position: | Account Coordinator |
| Time period: | February 2001 - May 2001 |
| Employer: | WORLDINSURE.COM |
| Position: | Customer Relationship Manager |
| Time period: | December 2000 - February 2001 |
| Description: | Helped small startups build business platforms by conducting extensive market research, creating and managing client relationships and partnerships, and inventing and implementing cost-effective ways to grow the business. Worldinsure.com, BrainTrust, and Eagle-I Inc. have since all closed their doors. |
| Employer: | CAMBRIDGE ASSOCIATES |
| Position: | Senior Associate |
| Time period: | May 1998 - December 1998 |
| Description: | Produced forty-two client reports highlighting historical performance, asset allocation, and portfolio analysis. |
| Employer: | CAMBRIDGE ASSOCIATES |
| Position: | Investment Associate |
| Time period: | June 1997 - May 1998 |
| Description: | Prepared monthly/quarterly investment performance reports for clients including endowed universities, high net worth family trusts and not-for-profit institutions. |
| Employer: | CAMBRIDGE ASSOCIATES |
| Position: | Analyst |
| Time period: | January 1997 - December 2000 |
| Description: | CA provides investment consulting, performance reporting, and research service. |
| Employer: | ABRENA |
| Position: | Senior Consultant |
| Time period: | April 2002 |
EDUCATION
| University: | Amherst College |
| Time period: | 1997 |
| Degree: | Economics and Political Science, concentration in Maths, BA |
INFORMATION
| Sports: | Intramural Indoor Soccer and Tennis, running, hiking, rock-climbing, and investing in the stock market. |
| Memberships: | Contributing member of the GIFT (Giving Inspiration for Tomorrow) ,
Assisting producers CNN |
Dan's Startups (7)
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TechStars
With the motto the geeks shall inherit the earth, TechStars is truly motivated to getting good ideas off the ground
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31favors.com
31favors is a B2B internet service for socially-minded organizations which connects organizations with users by harnessing the power of online micro-volunteering.
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Medpedia
The Medpedia Project is a long term effort to evolve the new model for sharing and advancing medical knowledge
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College Media
Iâve been kicking this idea around for awhile and felt like publishing it because 1) ideas are cheap and 2) the amount of energy/passion required to execute on this idea are so great that I think the only people that could do it need to contact me.
Dan is Following (68)
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Yankee Group
Yankee Group is an independent technology research firm founded in 1973 by Howard Anderson
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Fundspire
Fundspire redefines hedge fund investing with a clear, easy to understand, hedge fund research platform.
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UpNext
UpNext is a tiny 4-person startup developing extremely detailed 3D maps for the internet browser
Dan's Contacts (93)
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Karen Martell
Bachelors of Arts , Masters in Communications from STANFORD UNIVERSITY .3 year at SNP Communications as a Management and Communication Consultant , Presently working with Livra Panels as a Project Manager,and also providing Consultant to Endeavor
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Vladimir Filipov
Founder and Managing Director at NearSoft Europe GmbH, NearSoft Ltd.
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sheryl flynn
CEO of Blue Marble Game Co, Neuroscientist, Physical Therapist, interested in building and modifying video games for use in the physical rehabilitation arena