Dan Shapiro
Senior Research Fellow at The Wharton School
Dan Shapiro is the co-founder and CEO of Glowforge and founder of Robot Turtles, and serves as Senior Research Fellow at The Wharton School. He previously founded Ontela, which was acquired, and has held leadership roles at Google, Microsoft, RealNetworks, and Photobucket.com. His expertise includes entrepreneurship and innovation.
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The Wharton School Senior Research Fellow 2025–present · current
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Glowforge Executive Officer, Director, Promoter 2016–present, Co-founder and CEO 2014–present · current
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Robot Turtles Founder 2013–present · current
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Generative AI Labs current
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Google CEO, Google Comparison Inc 2011–2013 · past
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Sparkbuy CEO 2010–2011 · past
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Photobucket.com Board of directors 2009–2011 · past
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Ontela CEO 2005–2009 · past
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RealNetworks Group Manager, RealArcade 2005 · past
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Wildseed Senior Program Manager 2002–2005 · past
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Microsoft Lead Program Manager 1997–2002 · past
Education
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Harvey Mudd College B.S., Engineering · 1993–1997
Organizations
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The Wharton School Senior Research Fellow 2025–present · current
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Glowforge Executive Officer, Director, Promoter 2016–present, Co-founder and CEO 2014–present · current
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Robot Turtles Founder 2013–present · current
Education
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Harvey Mudd College B.S., Engineering · 1993–1997
