Daniel Becker

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Mr. Daniel Becker is a Co-Founder & serves as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer at AscentOS. He served as a Venture Partner at Impact Venture Capital. He works with the management teams at Impact's portfolio companies and innovation programs. His extensive experience with corporate venture and innovation programs provides Impact's perspective on its platform of corporate venture services. In addition to Impact, he is Vice President of Strategy and Corporate Development at Gracenote and its parent Tribune Media. He works on capital expenditure projects, acquisitions, and investments in the entertainment data and technologies markets. He enjoys Impact Venture Capital for its grounded leadership on entrepreneurship and innovation, the people who comprise our team, and the innovators we serve. He was previously with Samsung Electronics. He started at headquarters in South Korea as a member of the strategic planning team and helped establish its corporate development group. He transferred to the Bay area as Director to kick start investments with the new Open Innovation Fund and run strategy and corporate development for the new Media Solution Center. Earlier he was a management consultant with Accenture's Media and Entertainment practice. He provided strategy and operations execution on pioneering new media projects for industry clients, including: Discovery, Disney, WebMD, Cable Labs, Verizon, Telstra, and The Travel Channel. His entrepreneurial roots include Founder of AdTag Airport Media, Northwind Services, and Santiago Almada -an agri-business cooperative while serving in the Peace Corps. Currently, he serves as Board Director to Watchwith and Advisor to MOVL (acquired by Samsung). A member of the Society of Kauffman Fellows- Class 16, he acquired his MBA from Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University with majors in Private Equity, Entrepreneurship & Media Management. He has a BA in economics and anthropology from Marquette University, and an MBA from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management.