Professional Background

Dan is the founder and CEO of CourseMax.  He is energized by the possibilities for enhancing the accessibility and quality of education resources worldwide through the use of advancing technology such as social networking, online community and collaboration tools, pervasive broadband, video/audio/messaging over the Internet, and Internet-connected devices.  Dan feels strongly that we should all be lifelong learners and that we can change the world by applying technology to learning.

Prior to founding CourseMax, Dan was the founder and CEO of Intelligix, Inc., an IT consulting firm specializing in CRM and network engineering.  Intelligix achieved Gold Partner status with Microsoft, Premier Partner with Cisco Systems, became a leading partner for Microsoft CRM in the Northern Virginia market, and performed critical, advanced network engineering and software development work for the Department of Veterans Affairs, FBI, and the DoD.  In January of 2007, Mr. Blake successfully negotiated the acquisition of Intelligix.  Dan also served as Director of Technical Services for Spherix, Inc., and VP of Consulting for Enterprise Technology Group.

Dan is a graduate of the Clark School of Engineering at the University of Maryland.

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