Dan has extensive experience investing in and advising companies ranging from start-up through IPO. He brings an operational perspective reflecting his hands on experience working with management teams to drive growth and operational efficiency. Prior to forming Salt Creek Capital, Dan was a General Partner at Opus Capital, a $280M Menlo Park, CA based fund formed in 2006 where he led growth equity and buyout efforts focusing on the middle market.

Previously, Dan was a General Partner and founding member of Duchossois Technology Partners (DTEC), a Chicago based venture capital firm, where he led software and networking investments. Some of the investments Dan led at DTEC include Infoblox, Intellon (Nasdaq: ITLN), Mobilitec (acquired by Lucent), NetNearU, NextHop (acquired by U4EA), Clarity (acquired by Cambridge Silicon Radio) and Rubicon Genomics. DTEC is affiliated with The Duchossois Group, a privately held organization which represents over 60 years of entrepreneurship and the development of dozens of companies with an aggregate value in excess of $3B.

Before joining DTEC, Dan spent five years at the financial office of the Pritzker Family, owners of a wide range of companies including Hyatt, the Marmon Group and TransUnion. His responsibilities included financial, accounting, tax and investment structuring work on a broad range of privately held companies. Dan began his career in the Financial Services group at Ernst & Young.

Dan graduated with Honors from The Ohio State University with a BSBA and holds an MBA from the University of Chicago. He is a Certified Public Accountant.