823 Advizers

Daniel

Director Of Technology Alliances

Glia

Boston College
UCLA Anderson (MBA)

Dan Cuddy has over 15 years of experience in Business Development, Strategic Partnerships, and Business Strategy across industries including technology and financial services.
UCLA Anderson

UCLA Anderson

Finance (Banking, Fintech, Investing)
Technology
Business Strategy
Political Science, American Studies

Q1Career path

Career Pivoting

Business Development

Strategic Partnerships

6:56

"Coming out of college, I had considered a couple different career paths."

Q2Main responsibilities

Sales

Partnership Management

Business Development

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

Sales Growth

Marketing and Co-marketing

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

Collaboration

Analytical Skills

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

Business Development

Executive/Leadership

Partnership Management

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

Executive/Leadership

Problem-Solving

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

Artificial Intelligence

Career Development

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

Inquisitive

Technologically-minded

Problem-solving

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

Technology

Financial Services

FinTech

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

Leadership

Mentorship

Career Strategy

1:17

"Having a good mentor, having a good manager, is invaluable to your career."

Q12College ideas for success

Career Exploration

Relationship Building

Communication

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."