Daniel A.

Daniel A.

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Studied at Harvard Business School

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Worked at Santander Bank

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About Daniel

I'm Dani, born and raised in Mallorca! Over the past years, I've worked as an advisor and operator at large technology and banking firms within Spain. Most recently, I was admitted into Harvard's MBA program. As a first-gen student, I did not have many resources to effectively chart my own path. Sure, I've always had great professional mentors, but sometimes we just didn't share common upbringing and perspectives, so I had to mostly figure things out step by step, from applying to schools to selecting careers and companies. Through this experiences, I've learned something. I've always believed that talent is equally distributed, but opportunity is not. Giving back is very important to me: I want to empower others (including maybe you!) to achieve their potential.

Why do I coach?

I have had strong mentors in the past, including now. They helped me broaden my horizon, consider alternative perspectives, and self-reflect on my values and path. On the back of my positive experiences, I now coach to contribute some of my learnings and advice to those seeking career or college / MBA application advice. If you are reading this, please make sure the rule of 3 in coaching. You should always have a person you coach yourself, someone who coaches you, and a peer whom you can exchange feedback. I encourage you to apply this rule, wherever you are in your journey, to maximize your learning!

Work Experience

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Director, Business Transformation

Santander Bank

July 2023 - June 2024

Hiring Manager

Focused on an exciting transformation journey to make our Retail & Commercial franchise a global business within Santander, working at the intersection of business and tech.

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Business Transformation Manager

Santander Bank

April 2023 - July 2023

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Digital Advisor

Microsoft

January 2022 - March 2023

Digital Advisor @ Customer Transformation, Industry Solutions unit, trying to do some innovative stuff with FinTechs and banks, sometimes succeeding and mostly failing - both are great learning experiences. Focused on envisioning and delivering business-driven initiatives to unlock growth leveraging MSFT tech. Key activities: - Led C-suite presales activities for 4 banks, 2 utilities, and 2 public agencies in EMEA, developing value propositions and co-innovation initiatives to influence a +€xxbn partnership pipeline. Contributed to €xxmn in sales and directly owned €xxmn - Acted as Chief Architect in a technical program for an insurer with €2bn in premiums, overseeing xx FTE (customer and internal employees) and executing initiatives to drive a xx% profit uplift through Cloud, AI, and productivity technologies - Reverse mentored x executives on transitioning to tech and bridging generational gaps; mentored 2 underserved students starting their professional careers and x junior employees on career development; coached a startup on tech strategy

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Digital Innovation + Strategy Advisor

Microsoft

May 2020 - January 2022

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Consultant

Gartner

January 2020 - May 2020

Delivering digital strategy projects, with focus on telcos / software companies and financial services organizations. My goal is to serve clients bringing them high-impact consulting work at an accelerated pace. Key activities: - Executed 9 IT strategy consulting projects across Europe and 5 different industries within 1 year, generating +€xxxmn in incremental revenue over a 3-year timeframe. Out of 9 projects, led 4 to completion - Created 6 proposals (led 3) and pitched to clients with Managing Partner, resulting in €xmn deals sold in 2019 (xx% success) Sample projects include: - Digital competitive benchmark for intl. pharma - Defining the IT services portfolio for a fully-digital bank targeting international expansion - Defining the cloud risk management framework for a top retailer - Defining the hybrid, multicloud strategy of a Fortune 500 high-tech company - Developing the target skills architecture for the entire organization of a major telco in line with its future growth strategy as a tech player - Conducting an independent technology assessment review of a core insurance package to assist a top Spanish insurer in its decision-making process - Designing and executing a sourcing process to select an ERP and a Portfolio Management solution for a Spanish insurer

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Associate Consultant / Senior Associate Consultant

Gartner

May 2019 - January 2020

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Senior Digital Strategy Consultant

IBM

July 2018 - May 2019

- Led a team of xx to implement the first Open Banking strategy in Spain for a tier 1 bank. Program resulted in x% revenue increase for bank and €xxmn incremental revenue for IBM over 3 years. Awarded top 1% in ‘16, ‘17, and ‘18 - Acted as go-to expert in new tech (APIs, Cloud, and process automation), executing operating model projects for x customers; led content for xx proposals, pitching and selling €xmn deals, becoming the first junior consultant to do so - Acted as PMO for the first Hybrid Cloud program in Spain; coordinated xx FTE and €xxmn budget exceeding targets by xx% - Selected to mentor 3 early hires for 2 years, helping to accelerate their promotions by 1 year vs. their peers

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Digital Strategy Consultant

IBM

July 2017 - June 2018

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Associate Consultant

IBM

June 2016 - June 2017

Selected to be part of the Graduate Associate program

Education

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Harvard Business School

Master of Business Administration - MBA

2024 - 2026

Ascend Leaders program Clubs: Investment Management, Women's Student Association (Director of Nominations), Bitcoin & Crypto (VP), VCPE (PE Director of Education)

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Utrecht University

Master of Science (MSc), Business Informatics

2014 - 2017

Grade: 4.0 (GPA) Activities and societies: Teaching assistantship Top of class

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Universitat de les Illes Balears

Bachelor's Degree, Computer Engineering

2010 - 2014

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