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Dan serves as Operating Principal at Quadrangle Capital Partners, a private investment firm based in London, where he is involved in all aspects of the private equity investment process, works closely with various portfolio companies and is responsible for opening an office in silicon valley. Prior to joining Quadrangle, Dan was Chief Operating Officer of Yahoo!, running the operations of Yahoo! worldwide. Functions reporting to him included product development, marketing, international operations, and North American operations, which encompasses the company's six business units and advertising sales. Before joining Yahoo!, Dan was President of CNET Networks, a position he took on following the merger of ZDNet and CNET in 2000. In this capacity he was responsible for many of the operations globally, and played a critical role in overseeing the successful integration of the two companies. Prior to joining CNET Networks, Dan was an 18-year veteran of Ziff-Davis, where he served in many capacities, including President and Chief Executive Officer of ZDNet, Inc. from 1997 to 2000. Dan built ZDNet as a standalone company from Ziff-Davis, successfully took the company public, grew the business to become both profitable and among the top 20 most visited networks on the Internet, and finally merged with CNET. Dan was President of Ziff-Davis Internet Publishing Group from 1996 to 1997, where he oversaw magazine titles such as Inter@ctive Week and Yahoo! Internet Life. He was Vice President and Publisher of PC Magazine from 1994 to 1996, and Associate Publisher from 1992 to 1994. Under his tenure, PC Magazine became the leading computer magazine in both audience reach and revenue. He also held various other positions at Ziff-Davis in advertising sales, classified ad sales, and circulation. Dan received a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from Hobart College, Geneva, New York. | 