Consulting, teaching, and facilitating workshops on innovation management, entrepreneurship, open innovation, design thinking, sustainability, and the circular economy.Main clients: Jaguar Land Rover, Stellantis, Technip FMC, Prudential, Vibra, Grupo Soma, Osklen and Grupo Petrópolis.

Responsible for the creation, recruitment, and development of Casa Firjan's innovation center, which works in an integrated manner with the Trends Lab, Education Lab, and Fablab, where the following deliveries stand out:- Conceptualization, design, and monitoring of Fablab's new architectural project, which opened in September 2023. - Consolidation and development of the portfolio of products and services aimed at companies and visitors in the areas of sustainability, digital manufacturing, innovation, management, and productivity.- Creation and implementation of the Trilha product, a new consultancy and training model with new facilitation methods and an agile and immersive approach based on the concepts of design thinking on the themes of Circular Economy, Future Studies, Digital Marketing, and Servitization with an impact on more than 250 companies and 700 employees throughout the state of Rio de Janeiro. - Development of executive education products in various formats on the themes of Design Thinking, Digital Manufacturing, Innovation Management, Future Studies, Digital Transformation, ESG, Data Science, Change Management and UX. - Opening of a new front of innovation consultancies aimed at internal innovation programs and open innovation programs for companies.Main clients: Lóreal, PSA Group, Michelin, Siemens, General Electric, Granado, Metro Rio, Boticário, Osklen, IED, S2 Holding, Rio de Janeiro City Hall and Rio de Janeiro State Government.

Development and application of new innovation-oriented courses and initial construction of the consulting portfolio for large, small, and medium-sized companies on the themes of innovation, sustainability, management, and productivity with the following highlights:- Construction and application of a new product to facilitate collaborative innovation processes for large companies using the Design Sprint method. - Creation and application of internal training courses aimed at good practices and innovation-oriented soft skills. - Supporting Fablab in the development of new educational products and consultancy services for large companies. - Construction and implementation of courses for young people in high school geared towards entrepreneurship and innovation.Main clients: Petrobras, Vibra (formerly BR Distribuidora) Prudential, SESI, IED, Grupo Petrópolis, Supergasbrás, and Farm.

Evaluation of the design projects in the international call for proposals and participation in the discussion forum with the Committee's International Board.

Responsible for coordinating the International Hub with the following deliverables: training multipliers, adapting and reviewing the circular economy methodology developed by the University of TU Delft (Netherlands), training, workshops, and consultancies for large companies, liaising with other International Hubs and supporting Hubs in the implementation phase. As a result, it has impacted more than 70 companies and trained more than 200 professionals on the subject of circular economy and design.

He shares his professional and learning experiences with market professionals and design students on: Service Design, Strategic Design, Design Thinking, Project Methodology, Creative Research and Innovation. Nowadays, he teaches the following courses:IED | Professional Master | Transversal Course: Design ThinkingIED | Professional Master in Branding | Course: Service DesignIED | Saperfare Furniture Design | Courses: Methodology, Creative Research and Project OrientationIED | Saperfare Graphic Design | Courses: Methodology and Creative Research

Creation, development and teaching of the Strategic Design Extension Course.

He has been responsible for academic management and content development in the past. He developed a new education methodology, a new evaluation system for all courses and a new online content platform. He repositioned and improved the IED Master Course product, adding 80 more hours of transversal studies to all Master Courses. He designed a new course for high school students called IED Design Experience, the first course ever designed for youngsters in the IED Group. Simultaneously, he ran and managed innovation projects in partnership with companies, teachers and students.

He worked as an adviser for education management. He developed actions, company partnerships, new products and education practices with the advisory group in all IED design areas: graphic design, fashion design, product design, interior design and strategic design.

He helped to bring forward a strategic repositioning for the designing of new products, projects, and methodology. He has extensive experience in service design, strategic design, design thinking and education. He was responsible for designing and running design sprints workshops, applying design-thinking methodology in big companies like Vale and Globo. He also helped Caos! to become a B Corp.

Firstly he was responsible for creating and building a new design field: product design, in an agency with a remarkable history in graphic design and with a changing business model context.Over 12 years he brought relevant and fundamental contributions with the following attributions: brand repositioning, hiring and setting up teams, dealing with prospection of new customers and relationships, designing and applying new methodologies and internal process, managing multidisciplinary teams and projects. He developed projects in different areas: service design, strategic design, product design, retail design and branding.He helped Crama win more than 5 awards in different fields of design. Major clients: Oi, Metrô Rio, Vale, Ipiranga, Beleza Natural, BodyTech, Rio2016, Diageo, Sonangol and Technos.

At Animus02, he merged his know-how from industrial design in factories to a design agency. He also had the opportunity for self-development as a designer, understanding the role of a professional designer on large design agencies. He learned and improved teamwork, feedback reports, presentation designs, as well as project planning and scheduling. He designed campaigns and packaging for companies, such as Lóreal, Publicis, Duty Free, GlaxoSmithKline.

Directed by Carlos Alcantarino, in this studio Daniel had the opportunity to develop his creativity and product styling skills in-depth. Beside Alcantarino, he developed furniture and object lines, architectural and scenographic projects, as well as design consulting. He also helped Alcantarino win national and international awards in product design.

Dirigido por Carlos Alcantarino, neste estúdio tive a oportunidade de desenvolver com mais profundidade a minha criatividade e o meu olhar para as proporções da forma. Junto com Alcantarino, desenvolvi linhas de mobiliário, linhas de objetos de decoração, eventos de design e workshops para diversos clientes. Clientes: Sebrae, John Sommers, Acqua Design, Italmóveis e IMI Móveis. Prêmios: IF Design Award 2004 Hannover (Alemanha): Linha de objetos Santa Fé para a John Sommers.

Arplam Plásticos was and still is a great school for any product designer. In that factory, with its huge structure, he had “classes” on the factory floor about production processes, prototyping, and product budgeting. In practice, he designed packaging and point of sale (POS) displays always aiming for feasibility at a low cost.