Dan Stickel

Current

• CEO at WebTrends

Past

• Syndication Products at Google
• EVP & GM at Macrovision
• President at Conomae

• EVP at AltaVista
• SVP at K2 Technologies
• VP & GM at Delfin Systems
• Member of Technical Staff at AT&T Bell Laboratories

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Education

• Harvard University
• Harvard University

Connections

286 connections

Industry

Computer Software

Dan Stickel’s Summary

Co-founded 2 successful companies, responsible for $2B+ product lines, managed 500+ person organizations, both enterprise and consumer markets, international responsibilities, 2 Harvard degrees. Able to create, evangelize, and execute a vision that optimizes a company's position and dramatically impacts marketplace dynamics.

Dan Stickel’s Experience

• CEO

  WebTrends

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Computer Software industry)

  2008 — Present (less than a year)

  CEO of several hundred person company that provides software and on-demand solutions to improve web marketing results.

• Syndication Products

  Google

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; GOOG; Internet industry)

  August 2005 — 2008 (3 years)

  Global responsibility for Google's $2B+ syndication partner product lines including services such as web search and Google Apps for Partners. Optimized existing product lines and launched new offerings to add 10's of millions of users and significantly increase revenue growth rates.

• EVP & GM

  Macrovision

  (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; MVSN; Computer Software industry)

  August 2002 — August 2005 (3 years 1 month)

  Grew sales 4x in 3 years of previously flat division; complete ownership of sales, marketing, engineering, services, and support: 500 people and $100M worldwide P&L. Product focus on software value management for publishers and enterprises, ranging from installation to licensing to updates to usage monitoring.

• President

  Conomae

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

  March 2001 — August 2002 (1 year 6 months)

  Founded wireless venture to bring broadband connectivity to underserved regions via innovative distribution approach, in conjunction with Qwest.

• EVP

  AltaVista

  (Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; YHOO; Internet industry)

  April 2000 — February 2001 (11 months)

  Initially responsible for enterprise search business unit, reporting to the CEO; promoted to run all of engineering with 350+ employees. Web site was #8 in world during my tenure. Company now part of Yahoo.

• SVP

  K2 Technologies

  (Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Computer Software industry)

  May 1996 — April 2000 (4 years)

  Co-founded company to focus on data integration and analysis; built early grid-based analysis engine with web interface focused on insurance market. Sold company in 1998 to our largest customer/VAR, and stayed on as VP Software Products, promoted to SVP in 2000.

• VP & GM

  Delfin Systems

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; TTN; Computer Software industry)

  February 1987 — May 1996 (9 years 4 months)

  Joined this venture funded by Hambrecht & Quist in its early days, rising over the years to run one of the company's 3 divisions, focused on software for decision support and competitive intelligence. Company eventually sold to Titan Systems.

• Member of Technical Staff

  AT&T Bell Laboratories

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; T; Telecommunications industry)

  June 1984 — January 1987 (2 years 8 months)

  Co-created sophisticated software for optimizing $100MM modernization and growth plans for telecommunications networks. Supervised 10-person team responsible for forecasting future of U.S. network.

Dan Stickel’s Education

• Harvard University

  MS, Computer Science, June 1985

• Harvard University

  BA, Applied Mathematics, June 1984

  Activities and Societies:

  Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude