Daniel Selz Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

I'm responsible for building Leadership Now Project's innovation framework for investment and partnershipopportunities to broaden the base of democracy-focused voters, modernize politics and improve theelectoral system.

Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

I lead the Partnerships & Impact department at XPRIZE, tasked with leading on our impact reporting and verification, as well as building out our partnership ecosystem across all of our amazing programs and prizes. If you're interested in helping create or scale early stage technology to solve some of humanity's grandest challenges, let me know!

Greater Los Angeles Area

Formerly, lead the initial design of the $100M XPRIZE Carbon Removal challenge, sponsored by Elon Musk. Currently lead the design and implementation of impact initiatives to maximize the reach and efficacy of our activities. Core competencies include:Management o Co-manage four project teamso Lead cross-functional internal teams o Have recruited, trained, and managed ten remote global teams of crowdsourced consultants Fundraising o Co-lead fundraising efforts that have directly resulted in $3.2M in pledged funding and worked on project development that has led to over $70M in pledged fundraisingPartnershipso Identify, initiate, develop and manage relationships with strategic partners to provide resources to the Foundation at zero cost (services provided to date valued at $4.5M+)New Program Developmento Oversee the creation and lead execution of new initiatives to scale breakthrough technology, from prototype to million-person impactResearch o Lead project teams in developing comprehensive prize designs. Process includes: assessing Grand Challenges, conducting landscape analysis, creating judging criteria, evaluating required timelines for innovation and setting operational budgets Growth and scalingo Create programs to scale up breakthrough technology. For each team, conduct due diligence of business model, consult on business pitch deck, improve key messages to investor audience, and conduct needs analysis to find relevant partners to advance development goals

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Developed customer acquisition plan for early-stage fintech startup to address targeted areas of concern, such as engagement, referrals, and raw dollar amounts committed, resulting in 6X increase in new sign-ups• Ran choice-based conjoint analysis to segment customers and determine their preference for different products• Crafted and implemented the “voice of the brand” across website, social media and email campaigns, led to earned media exposure on Forbes, MSN and Techly

Los Angeles, California, United States

Conducted market research and wrote targeted scripts for feature film producers including 20th Century Fox with project budgets ranging from $500k-$100M. Represented by manager Eric WilliamsCommissioned to write Indian “Bollywood” script for Shiamak Davar, winner of Indian National Film Award; conducted on the ground research including 50+ interviews in Mumbai’s Dharavi Slum

• Oversaw and managed test prep division, comprising 8-12 tutors and 60-80 clients at a given time • Created and delivered targeted messaging for company via website, email, conferences, and face-to-face sales meetings with prospective clients in markets ranging from the U.S. to Latin America to China• Drove 30% year-to-year growth (3% industry average) through superior customer engagement and new offerings

Greater New York City Area

Created, executed and managed campaigns for clients ranging from the Bronx Zoo to Monster Energy DrinksObtained earned media exposure and drove over 5.5M impressions by utilizing tactics such as purchasing gorilla suits and strategically gaining exposure at high profile events including tapings of The Today Show and New Jersey Nets NBA games

Trained and organized a team of over 250 people. Built, nurtured and managed relationships with local community leaders and politicians. Composed and delivered speeches at local Democratic banquets and various functions.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), 3.85

Activities and Societies: Leadership: Associate VP of Marketing for Marshall Net Impact clubs as well as Entrepreneur and Venture.

B.A., Philosophy, 3.81

Graduated Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa, and Dean’s List Ranked 5th best liberal arts college by US News and World Report