Dan Sears
Founder Precode OS | Builder of AI-Native Platforms & Marketplaces | 17 Years of Applied AI (ML, NLP, GenAI, Agentic AI) | $750M+ Attributable Revenue | GTM & Ecosystem Leader | Ex-Microsoft, eBay, CapitalOne
I'm a high rate-of-learning executive in high rate-of-change environments, often at the pioneering stage (Series A-D) of frontier tech (AI: LLM, ML, NLP, etc). My entire career reflects this.
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I am very good at solving for PMF and starting, building, and commercializing high-growth enterprise product / platform businesses. My 15 years of operationalizing and commercializing AI capabilities, data platforms and marketplace products span a wide swath: LLM in SportsTech, ML in HealthTech, NLP (Conversational AI), Recommendation Systems for Marketplaces, Expert Systems, Data Quality in Health, Data Science, Data Management in FinTech, I have a strong commercial orientation with 25 years of P&L ownership in pre-IPO start-ups, corporate enterprises and product and data strategy consulting practices. I am entrepreneurial and technically-adept with Product, Engineering, Data, Partnership Ecosystem, and Growth Team athletics and performance were woven across my life; I played 6 different sports in S. and College. Today, I move a little slower but still enjoy mountain running, freediving, and skiing with RESULTSMy contributions, collaborations, and leadership have resulted in -Product: 3 pioneering products, 5 technology and data platforms, 3 new ventures, 2 start-ups, 1 joint venture in Japan-Growth & GTM: 4 GTM programs, $700M+ in attributable revenue-Ecosystem: 20+ strategic Big Tech alliances, 100+ channel partnerships, 50+ technical alliances and OEM partnerships𝗖𝗟𝗜𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗦70+ executive-level strategic client engagements in the F500: Microsoft, Meta, Google, Amazon, com, Snowflake, Capital One, PayPal, eBay, Cisco, GSK, T-Mobile, Xerox Parc, F5, Providence Health, Weyerhaeuser, etc.
GTM Index
- RECODEJOB
- Founder & Principal Advisor3Y 7M
Founder & Principal Advisor
Recode
- SIDEBARJOB
- Founding Member1Y 3M
Founding Member
Sidebar
- RUNTALUS (AI-NATIVE CONSUMER MARKETPLACE)JOB
- Founder9M
Founder
RunTalus (AI-Native Consumer Marketplace)
- PRECODE OSJOB
- Founder10M
Founder
Precode OS
- UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONJOB
- Instructor - Applied AI fo…3M
Instructor - Applied AI for Product Management
University of Washington
- VOLUNTEERMATCHJOB
- Chief Product Officer & Ch…5M
Chief Product Officer & Chief Growth Officer
VolunteerMatch
- SPUR REPLYJOB
- Managing Dir8M
Managing Director / GM - Data Science, AI & Engineering
Spur Reply
- SIAJOB
- Managing Dir3Y 3M
Managing Director / GM - Data & AI
Sia
- T-MOBILEJOB
- New Venture - API Platform…5M
New Venture - API Platform, GTM & Partnership Strategy - Identity for Fraud Protection
T-Mobile
- PARCJOB
- New Venture - A.I. Asset C…5M
New Venture - A.I. Asset Commercialization & GTM Strategy - Office of CTO
PARC
- Job: University of Washington — Instructor - Applied AI for Product Management · 2025-09 – 2025-12
- Job: Recode — Founder & Principal Advisor · 2023-01 – present
- Job: T-Mobile — New Venture - API Platform, GTM & Partnership Strategy - Identity for Fraud Protection · 2020-09 – 2021-02
- Job: PARC — New Venture - A.I. Asset Commercialization & GTM Strategy - Office of CTO · 2020-08 – 2021-01
- Job: Spur Reply — Managing Director / GM - Data Science, AI & Engineering · 2021-05 – 2022-01
- Job: Sidebar — Founding Member · 2025-05 – present
- Job: RunTalus (AI-Native Consumer Marketplace) — Founder · 2025-11 – present
- Job: VolunteerMatch — Chief Product Officer & Chief Growth Officer · 2022-07 – 2022-12
- Job: Precode OS — Founder · 2025-10 – present
- Job: Sia — Managing Director / GM - Data & AI · 2018-01 – 2021-04
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ex-Deloitte
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Amazon Web Services (AWS)
ex-Accenture