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In his first computer job, back in 1991, Daniel Stanton
worked for $100 a week answering phones for a former Wang
Laboratories manager at a startup technology company. That job
was supposed to help Daniel pay his way through college to
become a Civil Engineer. Instead it launched him down a whole
new path, and helped him build a professional career as an
information technology integrator and an entrepreneur.
Today, Mr. Stanton holds degrees in engineering, education,
business, and information technology. He has a B.S. in Workforce
Education and Development from Southern Illinois University in
Carbondale, a B.S. in Civil Engineering from the South Dakota
School of Mines and Technology, an M.S. in Technology for
Education and Training from the University of South Dakota and,
most recently, an M.B.A. from National American University. He
is currently enrolled in the Logistics and Supply Chain
Management program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Mr. Stanton has also earned a number of prestigious industry
certifications. These include Microsoft
Certified Systems Engineer, Microsoft Certified Trainer,
Microsoft Office Specialist Expert, Microsoft Office Specialist
Master Instructor, and Microsoft Certified Systems
Administrator. He has managed teams that worked on Internet
technologies, database development, applications development,
applications deployment, and network design.
From 1994 until 1999 he was a Yeoman in the U.S. Navy, and
was in charge of many of the administrative functions of an
F/A-18 squadron. While managing correspondence, personnel
records, financial reports, operational reports, and classified
materials during three deployments around the Mediterranean Sea
and the Arabian Gulf, Petty Officer Stanton developed a keen
perspective on many technological challenges that have become common issues for businesses, such as
information security, portability, connectivity, and
interoperability.
He has also, at various times, worked in research
laboratories and studied engineering public policy. He spent the
summer of 2001 in Washington, D.C. on an internship funded by
the National Science Foundation to study the public policy
issues surrounding the ambitious proposal to convert the Homestake Mine
into an underground laboratory. From 2002 until 2003 he was the
Information Technologies Division Manager for a global technical
services firm that does research for many U.S. and foreign
government agencies and corporations. He spent much of 2003 and
2004 as a laboratory assistant in the Friction Stir Welding
Laboratory of the Advanced Materials Processing Center at the
School of Mines. In 2005 he was hired by the State of South
Dakota to help develop an index for High Performance Campuses.
In 2006 he was invited to join the faculty of National American
University's Graduate School of Business as an adjunct
professor.
As a trainer, Daniel has had opportunities to work with all
kinds of organizations to help them understand how to use
technology to improve their workflow and expand their
capabilities. A few of the organizations that he's done
consulting and training for that you might recognize include:
RESPEC Inc, U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force, Microsoft, Navajo Nation,
IMC Global, Regal Computer, Hills Products Group, South Dakota
School of Mines, and Rushmore Borglum Story Museum.
His current interests run in the direction of the impact that
information technology has on business and society. He is
writing a book with the working title of Era of Convergence. He
speaks regularly to groups of all sizes about the evolution of
information technology, how it is impacting global business, and
how to use it effectively. And he works as a consultant, often
managing technology deployments and company startups. He has his
own company called “Real South Dakota,” and is starting a U.S.
office for Denhi, a global technical services company.
Daniel and his wife Ruth have been married for almost four
years, and they share their home with two dogs and a cat.
In his first computer job, back in 1991, Daniel Stanton
worked for $100 a week answering phones for a former Wang
Laboratories manager in a startup technology company. That job
was supposed to help Daniel pay his way through college to
become a Civil Engineer. Instead it launched him down a whole
new path, and helped him build a professional career as an
information technology integrator and an entrepreneur.
Today, Mr. Stanton holds degrees in engineering, education,
business, and information technology.
Mr. Stanton has also earned a number of prestigious industry
certifications. He has managed teams that
worked on Internet technologies, database development,
applications development, applications deployment, and network
design.
From 1994 until 1999 he was a Yeoman in the U.S. Navy. Petty
Officer Stanton developed a keen perspective on many
technological challenges that are now common issues for business, such as information security, portability,
connectivity, and interoperability.
He has also worked in research laboratories and studied
engineering public policy.
As a trainer, Daniel has had opportunities to work with all
kinds of organizations to help them understand how to use
technology to improve their workflow and expand their
capabilities.
His current interests run in the direction of the impact that
information technology has on business and society. He is
writing a book with the working title of Era of Convergence. He
speaks regularly to groups of all sizes about the evolution of
information technology, how it is impacting global business, and
how to use it effectively. And he works as a consultant, often
managing technology deployments and company startups.
Daniel and his wife Ruth have been married for almost four
years, and they share their home with two dogs and a cat.
In his first computer job, back in 1991, Daniel Stanton
worked for $100 a week answering phones for a former Wang
Laboratories manager in a startup technology company. That job
was supposed to help Daniel pay his way through college to
become a Civil Engineer. Instead it launched him down a whole
new path, and helped him build a professional career as an
information technology integrator and an entrepreneur.
Today, Mr. Stanton holds degrees in engineering, education,
business, and information technology. Mr. Stanton has also earned a number of
prestigious industry
certifications. He has managed teams that worked on Internet
technologies, database development, applications development,
applications deployment, and network design. He has also worked
in research laboratories and studied engineering public policy.
As a trainer, Daniel has had opportunities to work with all
kinds of organizations to help them understand how to use
technology to improve their workflow and expand their
capabilities.
His current interests run in the direction of the impact that
information technology has on business and society.
Daniel and his wife Ruth have been married for almost four
years, and they share their home with two dogs and a cat.
"Managers need to understand - and be able to explain - the
analytical basis for the decisions they make."
"I genuinely believe that the greatest financial
opportunities for many years to come will be presented to people
who have a strategic perspective on technology and a global
perspective on business. That does not mean that every manager
needs to understand the intricacies of any one computer program;
rather, it means that they need to be able to look at a new
technology and recognize the impact that it can have on their
business processes."
"The key to successful project management is to define both
the beginning and the end, and then take the most direct path
between them." "It is safe to assume that all forecasts
are wrong, but some are more wrong than others." "You can't
expect technology to fix a problem until you can explain it in
terms that a child could understand." "Knowledge
enables us to build the bridge between our past and our future.
Wisdom tells us how it should look." |
