Dan Panozzo is a Delivery Project Executive with over 30 years of cross-industry experience and 18 years focused on IT delivery, currently leading global production support and managed services at IBM from Aurora, Illinois. He began as a mechanical engineer in petrochemicals before transitioning to SAP functional consulting and evolving into program-level delivery, project management, and outsourcing governance. Dan has led day-to-day support for broad SAP landscapes and adjacent technologies (Salesforce, Ariba, AWS/GCP, BI, EDI) across pharmaceutical, retail, energy, finance and media clients, consistently earning contract extensions and expanded scope. He mentors teams, writes SOWs and PCRs, manages SLAs, and navigates complex staffing, visa, privacy and security requirements for large outsourcing engagements. Beyond operations, he advises on emerging tech—RPA, AI, blockchain, cloud, big data and even quantum computing—bringing strategic perspective to adoption. An active contributor to open-source mesh and geometry projects, he pairs hands-on development experience with enterprise delivery discipline.
18 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
1996, Masters in Business Administration, 1996, Masters in Business Administration at Loyola University Chicago
BSME, Mechanical Engineering, BSME, Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University
Contributions summary:Dan contributed to the development of the "Rgb Triangulations Plugin" for the MeshLab open-source mesh processing system. They implemented new tools, specifically a brush and eraser, for interactive mesh editing functionality. The commits indicate modifications to both the plugin's core C++ code (rgbt.cpp, controlPoint.cpp, rgbInfo.h, rgbPrimitives.cpp, modButterfly.cpp, interactiveEdit.cpp) and the user interface (widgetRgbT.ui). The work involved color handling and modifications to the mesh structure.
Contributions summary:Dan primarily contributed to the `gptoolbox` repository by implementing and refining geometry processing algorithms. The commits involve adding new functions for geodesic calculations, distance field generation, and mesh smoothing. The user also made improvements to existing code, fixed documentation, and optimized various mesh-related functions and data structures.
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