Daniel Shapero

COO

Mountain View, California, United States25 yrs 9 mos experience

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Key Highlights

Led LinkedIn's Global Business Organization as COO.
Transformed Talent Solutions from $50M to $1.5B in bookings.
Founded and sold a successful startup at age 21.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS executive with extensive experience in leadership, product management, and sales.

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Skills

Core Skills

LeadershipStrategyBusiness StrategySales ManagementProduct ManagementAnalyticsSales

Other Skills

Business DevelopmentConsultingBusiness IntelligenceTeam LeadershipChatGPTMicrosoft CopilotEntrepreneurshipMarketing StrategyCRMEnterprise SoftwareManagementInspirationWeb 2.0SaaSMarketing

About

I'm passionate about building companies, growing great teams, and having my work change the world for the better. I've had a diverse mix of experiences, but I'm an operator and problem solver at heart. I studied math and computer science in college. Started my first company when I was 19, which I sold when I was 21. I've worked as an entrepreneur, management consultant, start-up utility player, global sales leader, and product management exec. Why am I at LinkedIn after more than a decade? The vision of creating economic opportunity for billions and the people at LinkedIn who inspire me on a daily basis. As COO, my responsibilities include leading the Global Business Organization, strategic planning, and cross-company coordination.

Experience

4 roles

Chief Operating Officer

Promoted

Jan 2021 – Present · 5 yrs 2 mos

Responsible for LinkedIn's product, sales, operations, marketing, pricing, economist, and success/support teams.

LeadershipStrategySalesProduct ManagementBusiness Development

Chief Business Officer (SVP)

Feb 2019 – Jan 2021 · 1 yr 11 mos

Responsible for helping companies harness the transformational power of LinkedIn.

Business StrategySales ManagementConsulting

VP Product

Promoted

Jan 2014 – Jan 2019 · 5 yrs

Responsible for the products and content behind LinkedIn's $3B+ talent solutions and learning businesses. As a team we are very proud of the fact that we help millions of people get jobs and learn new skills each year.

Product ManagementAnalyticsBusiness Intelligence

VP Global Sales, Talent Solutions

Jan 2008 – Jan 2014 · 6 yrs

Responsible for the global field sales, product consulting, and product specialist organizations for LinkedIn's Talent Solutions business, representing roughly 1200 people worldwide. During my tenure, Talent Solutions grew bookings from ~$50M to ~$1.5B. I am also responsible for the analytics & insights teams for LinkedIn's sales organization, including the Merlin platform.
Specific roles and progression in the Global Sales Organization of LinkedIn
2012-2014 VP Global Sales
2011 VP North America Sales
2010 Senior Director of Enterprise Sales
2008-2009 GM LinkedIn Research Network

SalesAnalyticsTeam Leadership

Brightwheel

Advisor

Jan 2021 – Present · 5 yrs 2 mos

Faire

Advisor

Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 · 1 yr

Scoop technologies, inc.

Board Member

Mar 2017 – Jan 2021 · 3 yrs 10 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

Springboard

Advisor

Jan 2016 – Jan 2018 · 2 yrs · San Francisco Bay Area

(various)

Angel Investor

Jan 2015 – Present · 11 yrs 2 mos

Invest in people and causes I'm passionate about. Companies include brightwheel (early education), EdLyft (graduate education), Springboard (professional mentorship and learning), Curated (ecommerce), Scoop (carpooling), Latitude (allergy care), Esusu (credit reporting for underserved communities), Truework (employment verification), & Wealthfront (personal finance).

Dropbox

Advisor

Mar 2014 – Feb 2016 · 1 yr 11 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

I work with the Dropbox leadership team on enterprise and go-to-market strategy

Bain & company

Manager

Sep 2004 – May 2008 · 3 yrs 8 mos

Managed strategy consulting projects for a wide array of businesses - most work focused on technology/media/telecommunications clients or private equity diligence. Assisted in sale and renewal of multi-million $$ consulting projects with both corporate and financial clients. Managed teams on a global basis, including direct staffing in Boston, San Francisco, Sydney, and New Delhi.
Winner of Polaris Award for Mentorship (05) & Case Team of the Year (06).

Paramark

Senior Marketing Manager

Nov 2001 – May 2002 · 6 mos

Responsible for supporting sales team as sales engineer/product expert. Handled all marketing communications, collateral, and interfaced with media. Managed inside sales pipeline and implemented in-house CRM system.

Zembu

Product Marketing Manager

Jan 2001 – Sep 2001 · 8 mos

Designed and implemented go to market strategy for Zembu's enterprise application platform. Assisted sales team in constructing business case for key clients. Created collateral and web-based marketing materials.

Collegiate recruiting technologies

Founder and CEO

Jun 1998 – Jul 2000 · 2 yrs 1 mo

Founded Internet service designed to help high school athletes through the college recruiting process. Company launched SoccerRecruiting.com and RecruitingUniversity.com the leading websites for identifying high school soccer talent online. Sold company to InternetSoccer.com in Summer 2000.

Brookings institution

Research Assistant (Programmer)

Jun 1997 – May 1998 · 11 mos

Programmed object oriented agent-based economic models in Java for Dr Robert Axtell and Dr Joshua Epstein. Supported efforts presented at Santa Fe Institute.