Dan leads Data Science at the Solana Foundation, where he guides the development of everything from data foundations to causal inference and predictive analytics. Before Solana, Dan worked at Coursera for eight years, building the Growth and Decision Science teams. Both helped guide company strategy while assisting stakeholders in making data-informed decisions. Dan holds degrees in Math and Economics from U.C.L.A. and began his career in finance, where he analyzed the debt securities of risky companies while wishing he’d chosen to do something less soul-crushing.

In addition to his professional experience, Dan is an avid writer. His original data journalism has appeared in The Economist, and he publishes a blog and Substack on technical and management topics.