Daniel Clemens

Senior Business Manager, Google

Serial Entrepreneur

Rhodes Scholar

Practical Idealist

I am naturally drawn towards exploration and experimentation. I prize team accomplishments over "I" awards. A work of art, a philosophical treatise, an innovative technology product are never finished. We leave our latest drafts to be improved upon and thus we all can contribute to the collective tapestry of human progress like Leonardo, Copernicus, Homer and others were heroes in their times and contributed mightily to the river of human understanding even though many of their drafts (theories) have long since been supplanted.

I have found that imagination and intuition, vision and true grit, are too often neglected. They are mighty cousins to the powerful forces of logic, reason, and reflection. My most magical experiences have been as a result of the unification of these facets and trusting that wisdom gleaned and skills cultivated along the way will show up when I need them most, like an old jazz musician on stage at a speakeasy.