Daniel Szabo

San Francisco Bay Area

Business Development Expert, SAP Digital

Summary
Experience in Tech & IT, Telco & Media and Public Admin sectors – at multinational companies and
startups, building solutions for various stakeholders.
After having founded my Microsoft BizSpark (online video communication) startup, and before
finishing my MBA in San Francisco, I was Head of Sales at Telemedia InteracTV, producing live TV
game shows in 40 countries. I have also worked in the European Parliament and Magyar Telekom
(T-Mobile). After my MBA studies, I joined Mobile Programming LLC's Silicon Valley office, the leader
in mobile app development. Currently, I am working at SAP as a Business Development Expert in the
SAP Digital team, focusing on SAP HCP.

Experience
Business Development Expert, SAP Digital at SAP
January 2016  -  Present  (6 months)
GTM Lead for SAP HANA Cloud Platform

VP of Business Strategy / Mobile / SAP at Mobile Programming LLC.

September 2014  -  January 2016  (1 year 5 months)
50% of my time in Silicon Valley (Santa Clara - Palo Alto - San Francisco)
Remaining time: Germany SAP Walldorf & traveling

SAP
As Global SAP Preferred Vendors, worked on several projects for SAP (100+).
Some examples:
Internet of Things applications using real live sensors that connect with HANA Cloud Platform,
leveraging IoT Services, Mobile Services, BigData RDS, HANA Cloud Integration Solutions, all
built on the beautiful next generation Fiori. Several projects leveraging Beacons, Home Automation
Platforms, IoT Platforms and Boards, and implementing native iOS & Android as well as HTLM5
(SAP UI5) responsive solutions.

Events
SAPPHIRE, TechEd, FKom, MWC, & other conferences

Additional work:
 With 50+ Fortune 500 companies (Google, Samsung, Roche-Genentech, Novartis, Amgen, HBO,
Toyota, Office Depot, Weight Watchers, etc.)- over 1,300 applications developed - Wearables,
Internet of Things, Connected Devices & Vehicles, Smart Homes, Smart Vending Machines,
iBeacons, Healthcare Platforms, etc.

Founder & CEO at Professional Partners Hungary Ltd.

March 2009  -  2015  (6 years)
My company for the development of Netbeszéd.hu and ExpertsOnCam.com webcam technology
startups. Idea: connect with experts online via webcam. No waiting in line. No need to travel.
Minute-based billing.

We were developing a portal (based mainly on Flash, .Net, Azure) where our users could connect
online with experts from different fields (psychologists, lawyers, teachers, etc.) through webcam.
I was managing a team of 7 (4 developers, 1 designer, 1 marketing manager, 1 sales person).
We received unvaluable help through Microsoft's BizSpark program. We were the first webshop in
Hungary based on Windows Azure.

MBA Internship at Prezi

July 2014  -  August 2014  (2 months)
Prezi is a virtual whiteboard that transforms presentations from monologues into conversations,
enabling people to see, understand, and remember ideas. As an EDU Marketing Intern, I helped
manage Prezi's Global Brand Ambassador Program in the San Francisco office. This program is a
key driver of Prezi’s adoption and success. During my work, I kept in touch with students, created
Prezi’s, and helped out in other tasks for the marketing department.

VP Sales at Telemedia InteracTV

February 2013  -  August 2013  (7 months)
Telemedia InteracTV is the leading live TV game show producer with reference in over 40
countries. My job included negotiating timeslots with TV’s at countries where Telemedia had
ran shows earlier or where it was planning to start, while keeping in touch with the 10 sales
representatives in each countries. Markets I focused on included Denmark, Sweden and Pakistan.

Communication Associate at Magyar Telekom

February 2012  -  January 2013  (1 year)
Magyar Telekom Nyrt. is the largest Hungarian telecommunications company. The former
monopolist is now a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom. At MT, I helped communicate the
developments of a project that aimed at redesigningand implementing the company's CRM and
Billing platforms.

Financial Analyst at OVB Vermögensberatung AG

October 2007  -  October 2008  (1 year 1 month)
 My main task was the sales of financial products (loans and investments). Telesales and personal
selling.

Executive Assistant at European Parliament

January 2008  -  August 2008  (8 months)
I helped manage the office of an MEP (Member of the European Parliament) specialized in
women's rights. I attended press conferences, committee meetings in the European and Hungarian
Parliament and wrote memos, helped write press releases.

English and Hungarian teacher at English teacher

January 2006  -  January 2007  (1 year 1 month)

Education
Hult International Business School
Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Disruptive Business Models, International Negotiatons,
Entrepreneurship, New Product Development, 2013 - 2014
Activities and Societies:  Projects: TechSoup Global; Action Project: PayPal
Budapest Corvinus University
Master's degree, leadership and management - process flow management and organisational
design, 2010 - 2012
Activities and Societies:  Media club
Budapest Business School
Bachelor's degree, International Business/Trade/Commerce, 2006 - 2010
Activities and Societies:  School band, Track & Field, Drama class
ELTE Radnóti Miklós High School - Hungary
High School diploma, 2001 - 2005
Collége Jean XXIII, Brussels
High School, 2000 - 2001
Brussels American School
Middle School, 1996 - 2000
Táncsics Mihály School, Budapest Hungary
Elementarty School, 1994 - 1996
Pakistani International School in Cairo, Egypt
Elementary School, 1992 - 1994

Interests
Help facilitate LEGO SeriousPlay Business Model Simulation Workshops.
I love playing the drums, and making music.
Always open to discuss the coolest trends, startups, business models.
Daniel Szabo
San Francisco Bay Area
Business Development Expert, SAP Digital

4 people have recommended Daniel

"Dani was theoretically a junior associate of my team - but in reality a lot more than that. We could
delegate him tasks that was beyond his level of expertise - he was alone responsible for internal
communication activities in Magyar Telekom's biggest program. Dani is a very motivated person, he
is talented, creative, proactive, hard-working, and autonomous. I recommend him for all positions
where the above skills can be exploited."

—András Rozmán, Head of Project Management Support Department,  Telekom HU,  managed

Daniel at Magyar Telekom

"Daniel and his team at Mobile Programming LLC have built several mobile iOS apps over the last
year for SAP. They did an outstanding job under enormous pressure and quick turn-around times to
deliver a Beautiful asset that has been use on stages all over the world in SAP Global Field Kick Off
meetings. The executive presenters and audiences of 1,000s at every venue loved what they saw.
I was confident through the project that Daniel and team would delivery on every deadline. A huge
thank to everyone at Mobile Programming LLC and - thank you Daniel for the wonderful asset. High
fidelity and High Quality - I'm looking forward to working with you again on future projects."

—Malissa Morrow, Global Demo Portfolio Manager - Emerging Industries & Emerging Solutions, 
SAP,  was Daniel's client

"Daniel an enthusiastic young creative guy.He has a strong communication skills, also he designs
and creates good quality marketing and sales support docs."

—Sandor Kardos, Head of Business Transformation and PMO,  Vodafone,  managed Daniel at

Magyar Telekom

"Dani is a person, who stands his ground in every situation. This is a quite useful capability
nowadays. He has been one of the most supporting and knowledgeable colleague I have worked
with. He is diligent and easy to relate to which makes him a great person to work with. I wish him
all the best for the coming positions and would be looking for another opportunity to work with him
again."
 —András Subicz, IT Expert,  Telekom HU,  worked directly with Daniel at Magyar Telekom

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