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Daniel S.

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Head of Product Operations at Automata
📍 London, England, United Kingdom

Daniel is a product leader with 20 years of experience, currently serving as the Head of Product Operations at Automata. His expertise spans B2B SaaS, consumer electronics, and media technologies. He holds degrees from Carnegie Mellon University and the Royal College of Art. Colleagues describe him as a "clear thinker, " "visionary, " and "empathetic leader. "

Originally from the San Francisco Bay Area and now based in London, Daniel has a strong entrepreneurial background, having co-founded two companies. He is energized by solving complex problems and is focused on building and scaling product teams by streamlining processes and eliminating operational hurdles.

Unique fact: Daniel founded a media tech company that won a £250K grant to develop hyper-scale "persistence of vision" display technology.

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Experience
17 Years
Current Role
Head of Product Operations
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
London, England, United Kingdom
Personality Overview

How Daniel shows up

Dynamic But Sincere
Friendly But Fast
Driven But Considerate

If they are convinced, they can become very strong champions for your product They combine a unique set of diverse traits where they are fast and friendly but can slow down to be thorough when needed They have the unique ability to win both love and respect from their team (or outsiders)

Priorities

Topics Daniel cares about

Product Operations
As Head of Product Operations and being certified in the field, he focuses on building exceptional product teams by streamlining processes and removing operational barriers.
Lab Automation
His current work at Automata is centered on advancing life sciences by developing total workflow automation systems for laboratories.
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Career

Work history

11-2024
Head of Product Operations
Automata
2-2022 - 12-2024
Director of Robotics Platform
Automata
5-2020 - 3-2022
Director of Product Management - Consumer Hardware
ROLI
10-2018 - 5-2020
Product Manager - Consumer Products
ROLI
1-2016 - 1-2018
Founder / Head of Product
Lightvert Ltd.
In the press

Media appearances

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Education
2004 - 2006
MA
Royal College of Art
9-1995 - 9-1999
Bachelor of Applied Science - BASc
Carnegie Mellon University
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

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