Kevin Danser

Enthusiast
DISC Type : i

Portfolio Operations & Value Creation at Lightspeed

San Francisco Bay Area, United States

Overview

Kevin Danser drives value creation within Lightspeeds portfolio, leveraging his expertise in data analytics and operational strategy. With a background at Lyft and PwC and a Masters from UC Berkeley, he helps high-growth companies build robust analytics frameworks and optimize go-to-market strategies to accelerate business performance.

Outside of work, Kevin has a background as a high-level athlete, having played offensive guard for Stanford Universitys football team. He is also involved in his community, participating in charity events like the SV Turkey Trot to support local food banks.

Unique fact: He was an All-Pac-12 offensive guard for Stanford, playing in two Rose Bowl-winning teams before transitioning his career to technology and finance.

Personality Overview

Non-Confrontational

Amiable & Agreeable

Story Driven

Unlike D or C types, they are convinced more by stories and testimonials.  They agree with others often, so exercise caution when relying on their word. They prefer to build relationships rather than staying totally transactional.

Topics They Care About

Portfolio Value Creation
His role at Lightspeed is focused on partnering with portfolio companies to improve operational efficiency, build analytics frameworks, and find strategic opportunities.
Data-Driven Strategy
He specializes in translating complex data into actionable growth strategies, supported by his certifications in Applied Machine Learning and Tableau.
Stanford Football
As a former starting offensive guard for the Stanford Cardinal who played in two Rose Bowls, he has a deep connection to the team and college football.

Media Appearances

Kevin has no verified media appearances

Work History

3-2023
Portfolio Operations & Value Creation at Lightspeed
1-2022 - 3-2023
Strategic Operations Manager at Workrise
3-2020 - 1-2022
Business Insights Manager at Lyft
10-2018 - 3-2020
Business Insights Analyst at Lyft
8-2016 - 10-2018
Associate | Advisory - Deals at PwC

Education

2015 - 2016
Master of Engineering (M.Eng.) from UC Berkeley College of Engineering
2009 - 2014
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) from Stanford University

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Insights For Selling To Kevin

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Invite them for a lunch or a drink/coffee
  • Ask them how their day is going or exchange some other pleasantries
  • Speak from experience about success that the product has seen with other customers

DONT's

  • Avoid overloading them with too much information
  • Don’t ask too many questions in one go, weave them into the flow
  • Don’t push them for a direct ‘no’, take lack of ‘yes’ as ‘no’ after some time

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Kevin is

  • Relationship and rapport are valuable for them, but so is proven product value.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Kevin

  • They probably won't say no directly.


Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Kevin move?

  • They are not the ones to make fast decisions, even while they stay committed.
  • Can Kevin take some risk or not?

  • They can take some low-probability risks if needed.

You And Kevin

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