Daniel Wert

Daniel Wert

Oakland & NYC

Work Experience

2020 — Now
Oakland, California

The Design community’s most trusted search firm, dedicated to building global businesses with creative leadership.

2020 — Now

PeopleTech Partners is an early stage advisory and investment group that leverages the insights of current People Leaders operating in top tier businesses to accelerate the growth of companies in our portfolio.

2020 — Now

Anchorage Digital is a regulated crypto platform that provides institutions with integrated financial services and infrastructure solutions. With the first federally chartered crypto bank in the US, Anchorage Digital offers institutions an unparalleled combination of secure custody, regulatory compliance, product breadth, and client service.

Founded in 2017, Anchorage Digital is valued at over $3 billion with funding from leading institutions, including Andreessen Horowitz, Goldman Sachs, VISA, PayPal Ventures, KKR, and GIC (Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund).

Headquartered in San Francisco, California, Anchorage Digital is remote-friendly, with offices in New York, New York; Porto, Portugal; Singapore; and Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

2017 — 2020
San Francisco, California

Employee #1.
Founding member of non-technical staff.

Lead the design of Anchorage’s original brand identity and managed the growth of the Global Recruiting, People Ops, & Workplace functions from 0 to 1 through Series-C.

2015 — 2017
San Francisco, California

Docker is an open platform for building, shipping, and running distributed applications.

2014 — 2015
San Fransisco, California

Executive search and technical recruiting firm dedicated to helping software engineers and early-stage startups fufill their potential.

2013 — 2014
New York, New York

Luxury boutique hotel located above the NYC High Line.

2011 — 2012
Boulder, Colorado

Technology company dedicated to thinking differently and enriching lives.

2009 — 2012

Local sports and fitness facility dedicated to improving the community’s mental and physical health.

Coached: Lacrosse (U-16), Soccer (U-12), and Baseball (U-10)

2008 — 2012
Boulder, Colorado

New York City based record label celebrating independence since 1995.

Credit: Executive produced a music video that aired on MTV.

Features

2012

Talib Kweli "Uh Oh" Music Video feat. Jean Grae

Awards

2012

At the 2012 Apple Choice Awards, I received the "Business Beginnings Award" for generating the most leads (on a +100 person team) for Apple's newest B2B solution - "Joint Venture."

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Education

Volunteering

2017 — 2017

ech for Campaigns’ (TFC) mission is to leverage the expanding reach of technology and digital communications to build electoral power for progressives and centrists throughout the United States.

Certifications

2003
Keelboat from American Sailing Association
2003
Rescue Diver from PADI Scuba

Contact

LinkedIn
Instagram
Twitter

Writing

2022

Making Design a force for your business