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Daniel Heyman

President and Chief Strategy Officer at Candy

Daniel Heyman has an extensive work experience in various leadership roles, primarily in the technology and blockchain industries. Daniel is currently serving as the President and Chief Strategy Officer at Candy Digital since June 2023. Prior to this, they were a Board Member at Enterprise Ethereum Alliance starting from March 2022.

From February 2021 to June 2023, Daniel was the Co-Founder and CEO of Palm NFT Studio. Before that, they worked at ConsenSys, where they held the positions of General Manager, Protocol Engineering (PegaSys) from July 2019 to October 2021, and Co-Founder, Protocol Engineering Groups and Systems from July 2017 to July 2019.

Daniel had also co-founded PegaSys Protocol Engineering in July 2017, which later became the protocol engineering group at ConsenSys. Daniel worked there till February 2021, focusing on building enterprise-grade blockchain technology using Ethereum.

Prior to their roles in the blockchain industry, Daniel worked as a Consultant, New Product Development at Prudential Financial from October 2016 to March 2017. Daniel also served as an MBA Intern - Data Analytics at PolicyGenius Inc. in July and August 2016.

Furthermore, Daniel has entrepreneurial experience, having co-founded Stack AI, Inc. in June 2014, where they developed AI-enhanced mobile tools for networking and relationship management. Daniel served as the Chief Operating Officer at Demeter Entrepreneurs Support Network from January 2014 to May 2015, supporting entrepreneurs in low-income countries.

Daniel started their career as a Project Manager at Innovations for Poverty Action / Jameel Poverty Action Lab, MIT, from October 2011 to September 2012. In this role, they worked on developing partnerships and projects with private companies implementing new technologies across East and West Africa.

Daniel Heyman's education history begins with their attendance at The Hotchkiss School, although no specific dates or degrees are provided. Following this, they pursued a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree at Columbia University from 2005 to 2009, where they focused on Economics and Mathematics. Subsequently, from 2012 to 2017, they enrolled at the MIT Sloan School of Management, obtaining a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree. No specific field of study is mentioned in relation to their MBA. Additionally, Daniel Heyman has a certification named "UserTesting Partnered Course" from UserTesting, although details regarding the obtained month and year are not provided.

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  • President and Chief Strategy Officer

    June, 2023 - present

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