Dan Pitt

Dan Pitt is a strategic executive and acknowledged industry thought leader in networking, telecom, SDN, NFV, and IT. They are the President of Palo Alto Innovation Advisors, the Executive-in-Residence at Plug and Play Tech Center, and the Senior VP (ret.) at MEF Forum. They also serve as Strategic Advisor and Investor at Join Digital; as Strategic Advisor at TECHiFAB (since 2024); and as Strategic Advisor and Investor at GigaIO and as Strategic Advisor and Head of Corporate Development at X-Celeprint. Their educational background includes a BS from Duke University; an MS and a PhD from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; and studies at Stanford University Graduate School of Business and the University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business, as well as time at Brookline High School.