"Dan is someone that you drop into the most challenging department, and he will influence the entire organization in a positive way to solve the problems." Dan Fortner is a technical pre- and post-sales software professional, specializing in Enterprise SaaS. Fortner's strengths are explaining complex technical topics to customers, technical execution, and organizing and managing the business process around those activities. In Fortner's world, the customer comes first; and if we give them great service, then we will do great business in return.Dan has been described by co-workers as a "positive energy that draws others in," a very necessary skill for a Solutions Consultant or Implementation Manager, working closely with a multitude of departments and managing a team. Beyond his "normal" career path of Sales Engineering and Implementation, Dan is known to be a fixer of departments and is often air dropped into the hardest accounts, or most troubled departments, to fix them, and make all stakeholders happy again.Dan's background is in sales and sales management. But he was so passionate about technology that he left his career in sales, learned to code, and attained a Masters Degree from Carnegie Mellon University with a focus on Software Engineering. Dan has had 1 successful startup exit, is a major shareholder of a $1 billion + Unicorn, and his career goal is to find the next big company and settle in for the long term, to build a house, have a family, and go racing.
Listed skills include Software Engineering, Java Application Development, Ruby On Rails, Software Craftsmanship, and 27 others.
