Damon Danieli is a veteran technology entrepreneur and CEO with 14 years of executive experience and a 30+-year engineering career spanning Microsoft, multiple successful exits, and AI-first startups. He founded and scaled game and consumer platforms (Z2Live, Appuri) through acquisition, led DocuSign's Manage team and ML/AI strategy, and now runs Ekaya to make company data conversational for marketers. Damon blends deep product and systems engineering roots—from Xbox Live architecture to customer data platforms—with hands-on founder instincts that ship revenue-driving features. He also built Tikr, an automated marketplace for paid video consultations, and took a two-year global sabbatical that refreshed his perspective on product-market fit and creator economies. Based in Santa Monica, he pairs pragmatic technical leadership with a knack for turning research-grade ideas into high-ROI products.
14 years of coding experience
28 years of employment as a software developer
Masters Computer Science, Masters Computer Science at University of Washington
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