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Director Of Technology Alliances

Glia

Boston College
UCLA Anderson (MBA)

Dan Cuddy has over 15 years of experience in Business Development, Strategic Partnerships, and Business Strategy across industries including technology and financial services.
UCLA Anderson

UCLA Anderson

MBA
Finance (Banking, Fintech, Investing)
Technology
Business Strategy
Political Science, American Studies

Q1Career path

Strategic Partnerships

Career Pivoting

Business Development

6:56

"Coming out of college, I had considered a couple different career paths."

Q2Main responsibilities

Business Development

Sales

Partnership Management

2:25

"The goal of my role is to drive sales for my organization through an indirect channel...My role is to use the augmented sales capacity of our partners to sell our platform for us."

Q3Day in the life

Marketing and Co-marketing

Sales Growth

Partnership Management

1:45

"a day in the life is typically focused on managing the partnerships that I'm currently leading for the organization."

Q4Most important skills - role

Communication

Analytical Skills

Collaboration

2:08

"You have to be very analytical. You have to understand the business goals and objectives of the partner, and of your organization, and analyze what's working well."

Q5Favorite parts - role

Partnership Management

Business Development

Executive/Leadership

1:53

"I have ownership of a big part of the business. Meaning that, you know, over 30% of our total sales are driven by, uh, our partnership relationships."

Q6Biggest challenge - role

Problem-Solving

Communication

Executive/Leadership

1:28

"The biggest challenge is managing the expectations and priorities of your partner because they are not always aligned with your organization."

Q7Favorite parts - industry

Artificial Intelligence

Career Development

Technology

1:52

"The pace at which technology is evolving keeps the industry really interesting, and that allows for you to have a lot more opportunity in my career."

Q8Who thrives in industry

Technologically-minded

Inquisitive

Problem-solving

1:57

"People who thrive in technology are naturally inquisitive. You have to have an incentive or be inquisitive in wanting to understand how it works."

Q9Wish known before - industry

Financial Services

FinTech

Technology

2:24

"Fintechs are trying to address small problems within those two areas, to help financial institutions grow their business."

Q10Entry-level positions

Data Analysis

Technology

Business Operations

2:48

"What's nearly more important than finding out what you wanna do is finding out what you don't wanna do."

Q11Significant lesson - career

Leadership

Career Strategy

Mentorship

1:17

"Having a good mentor, having a good manager, is invaluable to your career."

Q12College ideas for success

Communication

Career Exploration

Relationship Building

2:01

"Focusing on the professors that are most engaging that you want to develop a relationship with, that's something that's gonna set you apart."

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