Dan Lewis
Dan Lewis is CEO and co-founder at two stealth startups and serves as an advisor and investor at various companies, as well as Corporate Vice President at Microsoft. He previously founded Convoy, which was acquired, and has expertise in pitching and selling, product systems and strategy, UX, marketplaces, venture and angel investing, machine learning and AI, e-commerce, supply chain, robotics, and enterprise software and services.
Learnings From Starting & Scaling Convoy As A B2B Marketplace With Dan Lewis | EM Group Chat #194
Recording of the Everything Marketplaces Group Chat #194 (7/1) with Dan Lewis. Dan previously started Convoy, which scaled to become one of the largest digital freight marketplaces. Convoy was often referred to as the "Uber for trucking" and raised over $1B+ in capital from investors like Y Combinator, Greylock, and Jeff Bezos. It was eventually acquired by Flexport in a technology acquisition and Dan has since joined Microsoft to lead their Copilot and AI Business initiatives. 0:05 Intro 1:11 Dan's background 2:15 The founding story for Convoy 4:14 How Convoy solved the cold start problem 8:52 How Convoy initially constrained…
Dan Lewis - CEO at Convoy
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Dan Lewis
Dan Lewis is the Co-Founder and CEO of Convoy, a digital trucking network that is transforming the trillion-dollar global trucking industry in service of its mission, “To transport the world with endless capacity and zero waste”. Before Convoy, Dan served as General Manager of New Shopping Experiences at Amazon, after having product and data roles at Microsoft, Google, and various startups. Dan started his career in supply-chain and strategy consulting for Oliver Wyman, working in operations across Europe, Latin America, and the US, after graduating from Yale University with a Bachelor’s degree in cognitive science. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Organizations
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Stealth startup CEO & Co-Founder 2026–present · current
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Microsoft Corporate Vice President 2025–2026, Chief Product Officer 2025, Group Product Manager 2008–2011, Chief Product Officer for Business & Industry Solutions and Copilot AI 2026 · current
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Various Companies Advisor and Investor 2012–present · current
Education
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Yale University Bachelor's, Cognitive Science/Psychology
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Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso Study Abroad (Yale), Studied cognitive science, spanish
