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Dan West · A Portfolio · Open to Conversation & New Roles
I’m Dan West. I like big ideas, and I like them even more when they work. Fifteen years in technology taught me that good ideas rarely fail for lack of vision. They fail in the quieter places: adoption, trust, and whether anyone tells the builders what customers are actually saying. That’s where I like to work.
A hand-picked guide to the Bay Area’s hole-in-the-wall counters, diners, bakeries and bars. Human curated, AI enriched, built on a budget under $100.
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Great capability doesn’t change the world. Capability that people understand, trust and use well does.
I’ve spent fifteen years in technology watching good products fail for boring reasons: nobody adopted them, nobody trusted them, or nobody told the builders what customers were actually saying. It’s made me a big-picture thinker with a soft spot for the details, from the strategy on the whiteboard to the last mile with the customer.
I’m happiest helping a team see where we’re going, then getting us there together. I’ll set the direction and hold a high bar, and when the work needs another pair of hands, mine are usually free.
I also think we’re living through one of the most consequential moments in human history. I’d rather understand AI than admire it, so I use it every day, at work and at home, and I’ve earned an MIT certification and the Claude CCAO-F certification along the way.
This portfolio is where that curiosity meets the work. A résumé lists what you’ve done; this shows how I do it, including what didn’t work the first time.