902 Advizers
Daniel
Director Of Technology Alliances
Glia
Boston College
UCLA Anderson (MBA)
UCLA Anderson
Q1Career path
Career Pivoting
Strategic Partnerships
Business Development
6:56
"Coming out of college, I had considered a couple different career paths."
Q2Main responsibilities
Sales
Business Development
Partnership Management
2:25
"The goal of my role is to drive sales for my organization through an indirect channel...My role is to use the augmented sales capacity of our partners to sell our platform for us."
Q3Day in the life
Marketing and Co-marketing
Sales Growth
Partnership Management
1:45
"a day in the life is typically focused on managing the partnerships that I'm currently leading for the organization."
Q4Most important skills - role
Communication
Analytical Skills
Collaboration
2:08
"You have to be very analytical. You have to understand the business goals and objectives of the partner, and of your organization, and analyze what's working well."
Q5Favorite parts - role
Partnership Management
Business Development
Executive/Leadership
1:53
"I have ownership of a big part of the business. Meaning that, you know, over 30% of our total sales are driven by, uh, our partnership relationships."
Q6Biggest challenge - role
Communication
Problem-Solving
Executive/Leadership
1:28
"The biggest challenge is managing the expectations and priorities of your partner because they are not always aligned with your organization."
Q7Favorite parts - industry
Career Development
Artificial Intelligence
Technology
1:52
"The pace at which technology is evolving keeps the industry really interesting, and that allows for you to have a lot more opportunity in my career."
Q8Who thrives in industry
Technologically-minded
Problem-solving
Inquisitive
1:57
"People who thrive in technology are naturally inquisitive. You have to have an incentive or be inquisitive in wanting to understand how it works."
Q9Wish known before - industry
FinTech
Technology
Financial Services
2:24
"Fintechs are trying to address small problems within those two areas, to help financial institutions grow their business."
Q10Entry-level positions
Technology
Data Analysis
Business Operations
2:48
"What's nearly more important than finding out what you wanna do is finding out what you don't wanna do."
Q11Significant lesson - career
Career Strategy
Leadership
Mentorship
1:17
"Having a good mentor, having a good manager, is invaluable to your career."
Q12College ideas for success
Career Exploration
Communication
Relationship Building
2:01
"Focusing on the professors that are most engaging that you want to develop a relationship with, that's something that's gonna set you apart."

