Dan Coates

Dan Coates is the current President at YPulse, a company that specializes in youth marketing. Prior to their current position, Dan held various executive positions at various companies.

Dan’s first executive position was at Globalpark, Inc. where they served as President from March 2007 to July 2011. During their time as President, Dan led the introduction of Globalpark's SAAS platform into the North American marketplace. The SAAS platform was a success and led to the acquisition of Globalpark by QuestBack AS of Norway.

From October 2005 to February 2007, Dan served as the VP of Sales & Marketing at Polimetrix. In this role, they were responsible for commercializing a new approach to online sample called “sample matching”. This new technique was designed to bring new levels of accuracy and representativeness to online research.

Prior to Polimetrix, Dan served as the VP Consumer Intelligence at PlanetFeedback.com from January 1999 to December 2000. As co-founder, they developed the business plan and secured $31MM in venture funding. Dan also architected the business strategy, including the consumer product offering as well as the associated B2B positioning and revenue producing products and services. In addition, they directed the technical and creative development of products and established initial operations for technology & customer services. Dan was also responsible for securing patents on the underlying IP.

Dan Coates has a degree in Management Systems Science from Simon Fraser University, as well as a degree in English Literature from Western University. Dan also has a certification from LinkedIn in The Secret to Better Decisions: Stop Hoarding Chips.

A direct report to Dan Coates is and Nick Zeckets - EVP, Growth.