About

Dan Greenblatt

I grew up in Chicago, where I was exposed to Art and Architecture from a very young age, quickly adopting both as strong interests in my life. I grew up in an art collecting family, so I was no stranger for galleries and museums for most of my life. I attended the Latin School of Chicago, where I focused on my artistic skills learning drawing, photography and plastic model building.

I majored in Political Science at the Syracuse University, but then continued on to get my Master of Science in Information Management, where I studied User Experience and Enterprise Social Media strategy. After interning for both of Barack Obama's Presidential Campaigns, I went on to work for a Silicon Valley tech company, where I've worked for over five years.

During graduate school, I balanced working for President Obama in both Illinois and New York, my course load, and attempted my first Startup, NomNom.biz. NomNom was supposed to be a mobile app for people who were passionate about food. Users could photograph their food, and associate it with menu items at the restaurant they ate it at. They could also search for specific dishes they were hungry for, and look at the image results to find what they want. 

I was recruited to my current job before I even finished grad school, moving from New York to California over winter break, and finishing my final semester online.  I quickly adjusted to Silicon Valley lifestyle and pace of living, thriving in it. I started my first customer project a few months after completing my degree, and helped the design a Mortgage Insurance Origination System from the ground up. 

Over the past Five years of being in Silicon Valley I have honed my skills, and have been constantly trying to challenge myself and improve as a UX Architect. In April of 2017 I founded my second startup, Out of the Box Models. Out of the Box is the first service company catering to plastic model kit industry, allowing aspiring creators to design and manufacture their own designs.