Bio
Dan Mocanu is a catalyst for accelerated growth in business through pioneering business strategies and breakthrough leadership.
He is one of the very few accredited Blue Ocean Strategy practitioners worldwide, an independent coach member of ICF (International Coaching Federation), and has over 500 credit hours in leadership development certified by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET) in the USA.
Dan has lived for 17 years in the United States, where he worked at Microsoft in Redmond, USA, and designed and taught over 35 courses in physics, math, and science in colleges in Seattle, USA.
The cumulative additional revenue catalyzed by Dan reaches over $50 million with an average ROI of 50 to 1 and at least 10 to 1.
Since 2004, thousands of entrepreneurs, executives, senior managers, and critical management persons of over 400 Romanian and global multinational companies have worked with Dan to design growth strategies, elevate performance, and transform the organizational culture.
His clients include PORR, BRD, HP, DLA Piper, C&A, Servier Pharma, Dale Carnegie, The American Chamber of Commerce in Romania, and The Romanian Royal Foundation.
Dan is an entrepreneur; he founded Aperio Executive Coaching®, TimePal®, Leap Forward, Blue Zygote™ Inception Lab, and Partitura™, and is a mentor at the renowned InnovX and StartUp Grind accelerators where he has worked with hundreds of local and regional entrepreneurs in the startup and scaleup stages to help them pivot towards accelerated and profitable growth.
Dan is also a TEDx speaker, keynote speaker, and facilitator of large groups at important business events, a passionate traveler, and a pipe organ player.
HM Margareta of Romania recently recognized Dan with the Romanian Crown Custodian Medal for his work in innovation and entrepreneurial thinking and for helping the Foundation redefine its programs and establish itself as a National Foundation.