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Dan C. Engel

Dan Engel is CEO of FastSpring, a next generation Java-based e-commerce payment & merchandising solution for software publishers which is focused on customer service, flexibility, and reasonable pricing.

Prior to being CEO of FastSpring, Dan was Marketing Manager at Google, where he led online advertising for the company's multi-billion dollar products, AdSense and AdWords. Before Google, Dan was VP of Market Development at Picasa, a digital photo consumer software company that was sold to Google in 2004. Dan led Picasa's online marketing, sales, and business development initiatives. Today Picasa is a leading online photo destination with over 38 million unique monthly visitors.

Dan is a Partner at CPC Search, a search engine marketing agency, and is Co-Founder of Morpheus Software, a leading publisher of digital photo animation software for consumers.

Previously, Dan was Strategic Development Manager at Expertcity, where he marketed GoToMyPC software online, generating over $25 million in revenue over a two-year period, helping lead to a $225 million acquisition of Expertcity by Citrix Systems in 2003, and building what is today a leading online consumer brand generating $250 million in annual revenue.

Before then, Dan was VP of Business Development at Sanity Software, a digital photo consumer software start-up. Broderbund Software acquired Sanity Software in 2002.

During the dot com era, Dan was an entrepreneur-in-residence at idealab! and at Reach Ventures, two high-tech incubators, after having started an e-commerce company in college. Dan has appeared in various publications, including Entrepreneur Magazine, The Boston Globe and The Wall Street Journal. He graduated from Tulane University's Freeman School of Business with a BS in Management and a concentration in Finance in 1998. In 2006, Dan was named to Pacific Coast Business Times' 40 under 40 list, which highlights 40 leading business people under 40 years of age.

In addition to his entrepreneurial pursuits and enjoying spending time with his wife, Dan is interested in helping increase both corporate and individual social responsibility efforts and helping disadvantaged entrepreneurs thrive.  Most recently, Dan served in Chile as a Mentor to Endeavor, a non-profit organization which helps entrepreneurs in emerging market countries to accelerate their businesses. View articles (in Spanish) on Dan's visit here, an article about Dan's first company started in college here, or a 2008 feature in Entrepreneur Magazine here. Or checkout recent Morpheus news coverage here.