Dan Goldstein

Co-Founder

San Francisco, California, United States11 yrs 11 mos experience

Key Highlights

  • Led sales and business development at Freed.
  • Co-founded a startup backed by Sequoia.
  • Played a key role in Cloudflare's growth from $50M to $1B.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and Fintech expert with extensive experience in sales, product development, and customer relations.

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PoliticsPolicy AnalysisLegislationGovernmentPACGrassroots OrganizingPolitical CampaignsLegislative ResearchPolitical ScienceAuditingGovernment RelationsHTML + CSSCustomer ServiceGrassrootsCustomer Retention

Experience

11 yrs 11 mos
Total Experience
2 yrs 5 mos
Average Tenure
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Current Experience

Freed

VP of Sales

Nov 2025Apr 2026 · 5 mos

  • Leading Freed's Business Development, Sales, Partnerships and Account Management teams.

Startups

Advisor

Oct 2024Present · 1 yr 7 mos

  • Helping founders navigate the tricky water of early customers, product positioning and generally figuring it out.

Plaid

Head of Solutions & Sales Engineering

Oct 2024Nov 2025 · 1 yr 1 mo · San Francisco Bay Area · Hybrid

  • Turning fintech APIs into solutions for customers of all sizes!

Stealth startup

Co-Founder

Jun 2023Sep 2024 · 1 yr 3 mos · San Francisco, California, United States · On-site

  • Raised venture funding from Sequoia and top angels to pursue an idea that ended up not sticking. After pivoting around for a while in search of new problem to work on I decided to step away and pursue new opportunities. Bummed it didn't play out as expected but I learned a lot about starting a company, raising venture capital and problem hunting.

Cloudflare

GTM Leadership

Jan 2016Jun 2023 · 7 yrs 5 mos

  • Started as a Customer Success Manager at Cloudflare managing key accounts, then transitioned to launching and selling new solutions. Built the Zero Trust sales function from the ground up—closing initial deals as an individual contributor, then scaling to lead a global team of 30+ reporting to the CRO.
  • Managed opportunities ranging from startups to Fortune 100 companies, including working on the team that helped Apple launch Private Relay. Drove market strategy including customer profiling, competitive analysis, pricing, and go-to-market planning. Also handled team hiring, budgeting, and operations.
  • Moved to the Product team to gain product development experience and apply go-to-market expertise to broader product strategy.
  • A $50M --> $1B+ ride is not something many people get to experience and I'm honored to have played a part in it.
  • Very grateful for my time at Cloudflare. Incredible people, product and company.
  • My roles were:
  • Customer Success Manager -- May 2016 – Jan 2018
  • Head of New Product GTM -- Jan 2018 – Jan 2020
  • Head of Zero Trust and SASE (Secure Access Service Edge) Sales -- Jan 2020 – July 2022
  • Head of Product Operations -- July 2022 – July 2023

Ddc public affairs

Associate Vice President, Client Relations

Apr 2014Apr 2016 · 2 yrs · Washington D.C. Metro Area

  • Client relations lead for five- and six-figure political affairs and technology engagements. Managed several of the company's largest and most complex accounts ($3M+ ARR) at optimal profitability rate (~70%).
  • Play leading role in business development efforts including proposal drafting and pitch presentations; assisted in securing multiple five- and six-figure customers.
  • Served as customers' primary day-to-day contact; coach and scale internal teams to onboard and service new account acquisitions and existing accounts.
  • Work with product, engineering, and data teams to provide onboarding and adoption guidance; help customers more effectively use in-house CRM software and third party add-ons.

Education

Temple University

B.A. — Political Science

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