Before Reuters, Dan held sales and Sales Management positions with both IBM and Interactive Data Corporation. In these positions he was reponsible for sales of computer hardware, financial data and consulting services to major Wall Street accounts. Among his accounts were Merrill Lynch, Prudential Securities, Citicorp and Chase Bank. In his sales career, he consistently surpassed assigned goals and was a member of every quota club for which he was eligible. Dan earned an MBA from New York University and is a graduate of a Federal Academy.

Through his career selling financial services to the demanding Wall Street market, he became familiar with the technology, data, technical and consulting services that are the lifeblood financial services.

He has an excellent appreciation of what it takes to succeed in this market. Through the years in the business, he has developed a people network second to none.