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Dan Donovan

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Head of Engineering at Voiceflow
📍 Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Dan Donovan is a technology executive and the current Head of Engineering at Voiceflow. With a background that includes degrees in both Computer Engineering and Business from the University of Waterloo, he has led large engineering teams of over 120 at companies like Faire and managed hyperscale automation software development at Amazon. Colleagues describe him as "motivational, " "inspirational, " and "personable. "

Beyond his professional life, Dan maintains a strong connection to his alma mater, the University of Waterloo. He was a member of the varsity football team and currently serves on the universitys Alumni Council, representing the Faculty of Engineering. This demonstrates a long-standing commitment to the university community through both athletics and service.

Unique fact: While studying Computer Engineering, Dan was also a varsity football player and received the Academic All-Canadian award for his performance.

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Experience
10 Years
Current Role
Head of Engineering
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Scaling Eng Teams
He has extensive experience building and managing rapidly growing, high-performing technology teams, including leading over 120 engineers at Faire.
Conversational AI
As the current Head of Engineering at Voiceflow, his work is focused on the platform for building and launching conversational AI agents.
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Career

Work history

6-2024
Head of Engineering
Voiceflow
11-2022 - 11-2023
Sr. Director of Engineering
Faire
11-2021 - 10-2022
Director Of Engineering
Faire
8-2019 - 11-2021
Software Development Manager
Amazon
6-2017 - 12-2018
Chief Technology Officer
FanXchange
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Education
2006 - 2007
MBET
University of Waterloo
1997 - 2002
BASc
University of Waterloo
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