Danny Gardner

Danny Gardner has held a variety of professional roles since 2011. In 2011, they worked as a Restaurant Manager at North Shore Country Club. In 2014, they were an OEM Product Management Intern at Philips Lighting, and also served as President of Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity, where they fostered an average GPA rise from 2.81 to 3.28. In 2015, they were an RF Electrical Engineering Intern at Chamberlain Group, Inc. and also worked as a Teaching Assistant and Research Assistant at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In 2016, they were an RF Electrical Engineering Intern at Fitbit and a Hardware Engineer at OceanComm, Inc., where they designed and implemented a high-throughput 8-channel ultrasonic receiver with digital I/Q demodulation. Since 2017, they have been the CEO / Founder of Mesh++, a company that is bringing internet access where it could never go before.

Danny Gardner attended Loyola Academy, Stanford University, and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. At Stanford University, they earned a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering. At the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, they earned a Bachelor's Degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering.