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Dan Chaparian

Thought Leadership Editor

Dan Chaparian led Product Marketing at Forge where he oversaw the go-to-market strategy of the company’s services and offerings. Before joining Forge, Dan spent three years at BlackRock working with the iShares ETF products. At Uber, Dan led Uber Eats for Business in addition to serving as their Global Product Marketing Lead for Uber for Business where he drove the go-to-market strategy for global product launches. At Apple, Dan managed the company’s iAd product marketing strategy and execution for mobile display advertising, audience targeting, first-party data, and closed-loop attribution products.