Dan Engel

FastSpring

Dan Engel is Co-Founder, SVP of Marketing, and Board Member at FastSpring, a next generation e-commerce payment, merchandising & fulfillment solution for software products and SaaS services. From 2005 through March 2013, Dan was FastSpring's CEO. Under Dan's leadership, FastSpring has been bootstrapped to become the #1 fastest-growing company in the Greater Los Angeles area and #13 in North America, according to the Deloitte & Touche 2011 Technology Fast 500™ awards covering the years 2006-2010 – with over 17 thousand percent growth. During the recession (2009-2011) FastSpring grew at a compounded growth rate of over 10% per month.

FastSpring services over 2,200 clients worldwide, including Adobe Systems, Toshiba, Random House, the American Heart Association, and Smith Micro. The business model is 100% recurring revenue and FastSpring has almost zero churn, with only a handful of clients leaving the service since 2005, a testament to the company's reputation for the best customer service in the e-commerce industry.

FastSpring's latest offering is SaaSy, an all-in-one subscription e-commerce solution for SaaS companies.

Google & Picasa

Prior to being CEO of FastSpring, Dan was Marketing Manager at Google, where he led online advertising for the company's multi-billion dollar products, AdSense and AdWords. Before Google, Dan was VP of Market Development at Picasa, a digital photo consumer software company that was sold to Google in 2004. Dan led Picasa's online marketing, sales, and business development initiatives. Today Picasa is a leading online photo destination with over 50 million unique monthly visitors.

GoToMyPC / GoToMeeting / Citrix
Previously, Dan did Strategic Development at Expertcity, where he marketed GoToMyPC and GoToMeeting software, generating over $25 million in revenue over 18 months, helping lead to a $225 million acquisition of Expertcity by Citrix Systems in 2003, and building what is today a leading online consumer brand. With profits of over $250 million annually, it has become one of a handful of web-based software companies that is worth more than $1 billion today.

Previously, Dan was an EIR at Idealab.