Daniel Chait

CEO

New York, New York, United States28 yrs 10 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

CEO of a leading Talent Acquisition Suite.
Over 20 years of technology entrepreneurship.
Frequent speaker on recruiting and entrepreneurship.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and Fintech expert with extensive leadership experience.

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Skills

Core Skills

RecruitingTalent ManagementConsultingPerformance ManagementProfessional ServicesSoftware DevelopmentProduct DevelopmentSoftware Engineering

Other Skills

TrainingSoftwareMarketingEntrepreneurshipSalesSoftware ConsultingPublic SpeakingStrategy.NETProject ManagementStart-upsLeadershipEnterprise SoftwareProcess ImprovementAgile Methodologies

About

Daniel Chait is CEO & co-founder of Greenhouse, the fastest-growing enterprise Talent Acquisition Suite. Greenhouse helps thousands of companies around the world become great at hiring, by creating tools to help deliver exceptional candidate experiences; identify and attract top talent; make smarter hiring decisions; and drive continuous improvement in every aspect of the hiring process. Daniel has been a technology entrepreneur in New York for over 20 years. Before Greenhouse, he co-founded Lab49, a global firm providing technology consulting solutions for the world's leading investment banks. Daniel is a frequent speaker on the topics of recruiting and entrepreneurship. He is a frequent speaker and guest-lecturer at numerous venues including the Wharton Entrepreneurship Conference, Stanford Graduate School of Business, and the University of Michigan Center for Entrepreneurship. Daniel graduated in 1995 from the University of Michigan with a degree in Computer Engineering (#GoBlue!).

Experience

28 yrs 10 mos

Total Experience

4 yrs 7 mos

Average Tenure

2 yrs 4 mos

Current Experience

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Advisory Board Member

Jan 2025 – Present · 1 yr 4 mos

Paradigm

Advisory Board Member

Jan 2024 – Present · 2 yrs 4 mos

Greenhouse software

CEO

Jan 2012 – Present · 14 yrs 4 mos · New York, NY

The leader in hiring software. Greenhouse has led in hiring innovation since 2012. Our AI-powered platform empowers teams to make smarter, faster decisions and consistently hire top talent, transforming recruiting into a strategic engine for growth.

Performance ManagementRecruitingTrainingSoftwareMarketingEntrepreneurship+26

Lab49

Cofounder

Apr 2002 – Sep 2011 · 9 yrs 5 mos · New York City Metropolitan Area

In 2002 I cofounded Lab49, a strategy, design and technology consulting firm that builds advanced solutions for the world's leading investment banks, hedge funds and exchanges.
With offices in New York, London and Dublin, Lab49 counts most of the world's largest banks as clients and is an industry leader in capital markets technology.
I was most recently responsible for global Human Capital, including recruitment, strategic HR, performance management, and training.
Previously within Lab49 I have done sales & new business development, marketing, project delivery and I have worked on a number of corporate finance and investment rounds.

Performance ManagementRecruitingStrategic HRSalesNew Business DevelopmentMarketing+1

Simile software, inc.

Director of Professional Services

Apr 2001 – Apr 2002 · 1 yr

As Director of Professional Services, I was responsible for building end-user products that integrated with Similes core
technology, implementing custom solutions on disparate platforms for enterprise customer deployments, and providing
customer-facing technical information and expertise in support of sales and marketing objectives.

Software DevelopmentCustomer-facing Technical ExpertiseProject ManagementProfessional Services

Business velocity, inc.

Co-founder

Apr 1998 – Apr 2001 · 3 yrs

Business Velocity was both a software product company and a professional services company.
In my professional services role, I secured and executed key contracts with Fortune 500 firms, including Bank of America, Chase Manhattan, Lehman Brothers, AXA/Equitable, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, and Prudential.
In my product development role, I conceived, designed, and executed the creation of Compose, an enterprise presentation authoring and digital asset management system.

Software DevelopmentProject ManagementSalesProduct DevelopmentProfessional Services