Dan Hilt

Co-founded LaneCalc, a freight shipping industry disruptor, and performed extensive research and product planning. ● Built the entirety of the MVP in Rails/React/Postgres working with customers and industry experts. ● Led product analysis, planning, and roadmapping. ● Oversaw all operations, including accounting and feasibility metrics for competitive opportunities. ● Successfully launched to the first 300 customers. ● Acquisition in early discussion. Founder - Salt San Francisco, CA, USA

USA 06/2021 - 10/2022 ● Spearheaded an innovative SaaS payment provider tailored for the rental industry, aiming to process $100MM/yr in bookings. ● Built the PoC using Python/Django/Postgres on GCloud VPS servers. ● Developed product roadmaps, OKRs, and KPIs, orchestrating all product and technical tasks. ● Hired and managed a remote team of ten engineers. ● Streamlined the organization's hiring process to improve time-to-hire and candidate quantity 150%. ● Fostered cross-functional collaboration, implementing product roadmaps with internal teams. ● Internally pioneered early AI adoption to enhance engineering productivity. ● Collaborated with stakeholders to deliver the first product iteration and ensured legal compliance. ● Built forecasting models to support team and resource growth. ● Conducted meetings, 1:1s, retrospectives, and presented progress reports to senior management. ● Planned AI/ML pipeline for anomaly and fraud detection.

● Orchestrated the planning and delivery of a novel retail B2C product. ● Developed the web app using Rails/React/Postgres on AWS EC2. ● Developed mobile apps for iOS and Android using React Native integrating into the backend APIs. ● Coordinated a successful launch in multiple countries via multiple app stores, leading to company acquisition. General Product Manager - Maker Media San Francisco, CA, USA 01/2015 - 10/2019 ● Led the development of a flagship social property under the corporate brand. ● Built the MVP in Rails/React/Postgres using Amazon AWS EC2. ● Also helped develop their CMS in PHP/Wordpress when needed. ● Specified the product and engineering roadmap. ● Managed engineering and design teams. ● Met with customers around the world for user research. ● Launched to 70,000 users, significantly increasing traffic and revenue across all brands.

● Provided ample deal flow for potential investment opportunities. ● Worked closely with portfolio company CEOs to overhaul product roadmaps and enhance offerings. ● Transformed boutique offerings to improve market positioning. ● Created a "Founders Camp" community for both potential and portfolio companies that helped founders work together to build a support network. ● Managed quantitative finance application in Rails/Postgres, and a bunch of algorithms.

● Co-founded a peer-to-peer luxury car rental service, securing $1.3M in funding. ● Built the entire app in Rails, Postgres, Amazon AWS EC2 ● Led a team of engineers and QA. ● Set the strategy for future security concerns, ultimately resulting in company acquisition.

● Pioneered dish-level menu item reviews, pivoting into the first food delivery app. ● Prototyped an iOS app (Objective C) and developed a web app MVP in Rails, Postgres, Heroku. ● Led product roadmap and long-term strategy. ● Oversaw team recruitment and pitched to potential investors, ultimately leading to acquisition.

● Specialized in entity recognition using algorithmic machine learning methods. ● Developed in PHP/MySQL on rackmount servers. ● Contributed to building a site for entity extraction and knowledge graph creation. ● Developed generative articles based on mined topics and entities, resulting in company acquisition.