Danny Goodman
Co-Founder & CEO at Swarm Aero
Los Angeles Metropolitan Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDanny Goodman is a founder and technology executive with 15 years of experience building mission-driven hard tech and AI systems for national security and commercial customers. He co-founded Vannevar Labs and scaled a product to $10M+ ARR and $100M+ contract value, then led Swarm Aero from founding to raising $60M and designing large swarming UAVs while securing significant customer funding. A hands-on engineer by training (MS CS, Stanford; ML work at MIT), he blends deep learning, computer vision, and NLP expertise with product and go-to-market leadership. His background includes platform and data science leadership at MetaMind and MetroMile, plus early engineering roles at acquisitions like Chai Labs and Outright. He contributes to open-source Python tooling—improving Bluetooth LE Python compatibility—and favors rapid paths to deployable, operational systems in high-stakes environments. Based in Los Angeles, he pairs academic rigor with founder-level execution to move complex defense and AI ideas into production.
15 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
ASP Machine Learning, ASP Machine Learning at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyBachelor's Degree Mathematics major Physics minor, Bachelor's Degree Mathematics major Physics minor at Harvard UniversityMS Computer Science, MS Computer Science at Stanford University
Github Skills (9)
bluetooth-le10
lib10
btle10
bluetooth-low-energy10
python10
compatibility9
compatible9
cross-platform8
multiplatform8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
adafruit/Adafruit_Python_BluefruitLE
Jul 2017 - Jul 2017
Python library to simplify access to Bluetooth low energy devices and services on Linux (using bluez) and Mac OSX.
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:6 commits, 3 PRs in 2 days
Contributions summary:Danny primarily focused on enhancing Python 3 compatibility within the `adafruit_python_bluefruitle` library. Their contributions involved modifying import statements, adjusting code in several modules to align with Python 3 syntax, and updating the `setup.py` file to include necessary dependencies. Furthermore, the user addressed issues related to object-c bundle loading and compatibility with the `map` function. The changes indicate a focus on ensuring the library functions correctly with Python 3.
bluezpython-librarymac-osxpythonosx
dgboy2000/spl
Mar 2011 - Jun 2011
Contributions:194 commits in 2 months
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