Daniel D. Escobar

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CTO @ ZenLedger | Venture-Backed, Blockchain, Big Data, AI @ ZenLedger
Daniel D. Escobar's Location
Greater Savannah Area, United States, United States
About Daniel D. Escobar

I am a seasoned technology executive with over 20 years of experience in enterprise software development, IT management, and consulting. I have a passion for building innovative and scalable solutions that leverage blockchain, big data, web3, and API web services for diverse industries and organizations, from startups to Fortune 100. Currently, I am the CTO at ZenLedger, a global leader in tax and compliance SaaS for digital assets, trusted by the IRS, top enterprises, and over 200,000 individual customers. In this role, I lead the global expansion of development and product teams, partner and integrate with hundreds of exchanges and wallets, and drive key strategic initiatives to enhance the accuracy and security of our platform. Previously, I held senior technology positions at BitPay, Danesc, Inside Injuries, and Digital Sherpa, where I spearheaded and directed projects with top crypto companies, secured 500+ satisfied clients, facilitated revenue generation, and optimized organizational performance. As a bilingual leader (English and Spanish), I align cutting-edge technologies with business priorities and inspire commitment and shared success among my teams and stakeholders. I excel at bridging business challenges and translating ambitious business requirements into industry-disrupting solutions, while maximizing technology ROI and driving key partnerships. I have broad knowledge across all aspects of development and infrastructure, and I have managed large-scale projects with teams across multiple countries and continents. I am always eager to learn new skills, explore new opportunities, and collaborate with like-minded professionals who share my vision and values.

Daniel D. Escobar's Current Company Details
ZenLedger

Zenledger

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CTO @ ZenLedger | Venture-Backed, Blockchain, Big Data, AI
Daniel D. Escobar Work Experience Details
  • Zenledger
    Cto
    Zenledger Feb 2022 - Present
    Chadds Ford, Pa, Us
    ZenLedger is a global leader in big data that specializes in blockchain/digital assets transactions and accuracy for B2B, B2C and B2G. Trusted by the IRS since 2020, top Fortune enterprises and over 200,000 individual customers, ZenLedger is the most accurate tax and compliance SaaS for digital assets, used by individuals and CPAs, enterprises, and governments while tracking billions in market value. Venture backed, $30M Series B funding from top investors Bloccelerate VC, ParaFi Capital, Vestigo Ventures, Castle Island Ventures, Sally Nordstrom, and Ben Davenport.Led global expansion of development and product teams of 20+ across Asia, EUR and USA. Successfully partnered and integrated with top leading crypto companies, hundreds of exchanges, wallets and thousands of cryptocurrency tokens/coins. Responsible for development and product teams, related expenditures and strategic growth roadmaps.
  • Bitpay
    Director Of Enterprise Onboarding, Sales Support & Engineering Services
    Bitpay Jun 2018 - Jan 2022
    Atlanta, Georgia, Us
    BitPay is the world's largest digital assets & cryptocurrency payment service provider, processing $1B+ in Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum, Litecoin, DOGE, XRP & other crypto coins for merchants globally, & has raised over $70M in venture capital. Managed three teams, Enterprise Integrations, Sales Support & Engineering Services, located in USA & Europe. Ensure enterprise merchants integrate technically to accept crypto via BitPay in a safe & secure manner using approved/current connections. • Spearheaded & Directed projects with top crypto companies across all blockchain sectors, including Top Crypto Exchanges, Blockchains, Crypto mining companies, Wallets (Custodial & non-Custodial), NFT / Auction Companies, Governments across the world and Leading Fortune 500 companies.• Managed full lifecycle development & support of SDK libraries & plugins used by merchants to accept cryptocurrency payments. SDK Libraries include Java, .Net C#, PHP, Perl, Python, Ruby, Go, Node.js. Plugins include major platforms such as WordPress, WooCommerce, Magento 1, Magento 2, Drupal, WHMCS, PrestaShop, Shopify, Wix & BigCommerce.• Led strategic E-commerce websites, mobile Enterprise Integrations, and Point-of-Sale (POS) systems to accept cryptocurrency payments via secure API and instant payment notification (IPN). Key merchants, Verifone, PACSUN, AT&T, Microsoft, Turner, Twitch, Xsolla, Newegg, Rackspace, Namecheap, APMEX, Dish TV, Beliani, Birks Group, Avnet, Wikimedia, Godaddy, Ohio State, US Senators, Gov. Agencies, Red Cross and Care.org.• Engaged new customers & strengthened existing relationships through account management.• Improved by 350% merchant acquisition, onboarding, conversion to first transaction acceptance. Executed customer data strategy & insights, managed DOMO, Salesforce & Marketo CRMs across the organization. • Liaison across the Exec. team for Key KPI metrics & data analytics, including finance, marketing & compliance.
  • Danesc, Llc
    Principal Consultant / Cto
    Danesc, Llc Jan 1998 - Jun 2018
    Atlanta, Georgia, Us
    Danesc is a data focused consulting company. Trusted by hundreds of customers across the world, from SMB to Fortune 100. We believe in Bridging Opportunities with Smarter Solutions. We specialize in blockchain, ecommerce, enterprise applications & big data driven solutions.Led full lifecycle software development in strategic projects of large-scale, Cloud Migration, Big Data & integration with CMS, CRM & ERP systems. Leadership as part-time CTO; managed client Dev/Ops projects development & Developer Relations.• Developed hundreds of websites, E-commerce & CRM/ERP system integrations. Tech used includes PHP, MySQL, WordPress, BigCommerce, Magento, Shopify & WooCommerce. CRM & ERP Integrations with DOMO, Eclipse, Mincron, Salesforce, SugarCRM, Marketo, FreshSales, MailChimp, Zoho & HubSpot. Secure POS integrations with FirstData, Authorize.net, PayPal, Stripe & WePay APIs.• Managed 100+ Cloud Networks across the globe using various technologies & Cloud Networks, including Co-Locations, RackSpace, 1&1, VMWare, Azure & Amazon AWS.• Managed Dev/Ops teams & automation implementations using various tools such as AWS DevOps Services, GitHub, Docker, Jira, Basecamp, Trello, Slack, Google Apps & Office 365.• Gained 300+ satisfied clients, from small businesses to Fortune 100 corporations; produce 25%+ YOY growth.• Serve as trusted technology advisor & consultant on multi-million dollar projects.• Multiplied client platform efficiency & profitability 30%+ on average YOY by automation & artificial intelligence, shrinking overhead costs & accelerating sale processes.• Slashed client monthly hosting costs 90%+ & accelerated real-time processing 500%. • Led strategic development of Fanschoice.com, a fully interactive social platform for NFL fans to vote for favorite Professional Football Hall of Fame nominees. 4M+ votes in 4-month season, winner announced live during 2010 Super Bowl. Spearheaded build of entire infrastructure, web development, & partner websites.
  • Inside Injuries
    Head Of Technology
    Inside Injuries Dec 2015 - Nov 2017
    Atlanta, Ga, Us
    Leading sports injury/data science company, using real-time injury analytics to predict injury impact on player performance.Head product strategy, optimizing innovation and exceeding customer needs. Implemented in-house and outsourced offshore development teams. Hands-on involvement with full lifecycle software development. • Designed & Configured Cloud infrastructure using various technologies and Linux Cloud Networks, including 1&1 Cloud and Amazon AWS Services like EC2, DynamoDB, S3, OpsWorks for Chef, GitHub and Simple Email Service. • Developed Proprietary Platform, Website, API & Web services using PHP, MySQL, Python, WordPress & other technologies. Dev/Ops using GitHub & AWS services like CodePipeline, CodeBuild, CodeDeploy & CodeStar. Aggregate, automate, sanitize & process Big Data sets. Developed secure RESTful XML/JSON API B2B web services.• Generated over 200K+ users for a platform that analyzes data from 50+ websites for all NFL, MBA and MLB professional athletes and teams. Fulfilled successful analysis of 135M data points.• Designed infrastructure and automated, scalable platform framework from scratch, based on a set of medical algorithms, with focus on professional athletes; Deployed B2C mobile apps for iOS/Android, website and B2B APIs. • Managed team of 15 people and cut IT budget by over 30% with strategic global design/development partners.
  • Digitalsherpa
    Director Of Technology
    Digitalsherpa Oct 2012 - Mar 2014
    Norcross, Ga, Us
    Provides lead generation, advertising, and Internet marketing solutions to the multifamily industry and 5,000+ businesses.Managed product strategy, development and execution of social media marketing service solutions for local businesses. • Developed Proprietary Platform and websites using PHP, WordPress, MySQL, RESTful APIs & Amazon AWS Cloud. • Propelled Digital Sherpa revenues up 20%+ in new channels and product offerings by training and coaching sales and marketing teams on promoting technology services/products to non-technical business leaders.• Added $700K+ in new revenue for Digital Sherpa by pioneering product offerings and contract negotiations.• Managed over 100 people, across different teams. Saved Digital Sherpa 15% on IT budget by launching platforms and projects in 90% of scheduled time.
  • Maestro Music, Inc
    Chief Technology Officer
    Maestro Music, Inc Mar 2004 - Sep 2012
    Social media company that enables users to back-up media in the cloud and on-demand access via any connected device.Led cross-functional, geographically dispersed teams responsible for full lifecycle software development. Identified marketing, product development, business development, partnerships and funding opportunities. • Designed & Configured Dedicated Servers & Cloud Infrastructure using co-locations and Amazon AWS Services like S3, EC2 and Simple Email Service. Integration with CDN networks to manage & deliver Terabytes of data.• Developed Proprietary Platform, API & Web services using PHP, MySQL, Perl & other technologies. Created automated crawlers for Big Data aggregation and data management. Dev/Ops using GitHub, Basecamp & Jenkins. • Engineered infrastructure and platform framework for media back-up in the cloud, serving 1M+ pages monthly, 24M+ media files and 3M+ web pages, from the ground-up, before the existence of mobile fast data networks.• Managed team of 40 people and secured $2.5M+ in funding for the IT budget.
  • Cox Media Group
    Senior Software Engineer
    Cox Media Group Mar 2000 - May 2002
    Atlanta, Georgia, Us
    Atlanta-based division of Cox Radio, Inc. that focused on its new media opportunities and managed its Internet assets.Spearheaded development of proprietary Content Management System (CMS) to manage 80+ major websites in the USA.• Developed platform primarily in PERL & MySQL. Managed hosting on co-locations & Unix servers. Launched two versions in 85% of scheduled timeline; used by 1K+ personnel and 13M website page views/month.

Daniel D. Escobar Education Details

  • The University Of Georgia
    The University Of Georgia
    Computer Science
  • Inter-American Consultants
    Inter-American Consultants
    Information Systems

Frequently Asked Questions about Daniel D. Escobar

What company does Daniel D. Escobar work for?

Daniel D. Escobar works for Zenledger

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Daniel D. Escobar's current role is CTO @ ZenLedger | Venture-Backed, Blockchain, Big Data, AI.

What schools did Daniel D. Escobar attend?

Daniel D. Escobar attended The University Of Georgia, Inter-American Consultants.

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