Dan Darrow

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States Contact Info
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Over 20 years of establishing and maintaining relationships in global enterprises with a…

Experience & Education

  • Harley-Davidson Motor Company

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  • Connected Rider

    - Present

    Led software development teams to establish Smartphone-to-radio integration, enabling "Send to Bike" and "Ride Transfer" functionality for the navigation system launched in August 2018

  • Video Gaming

    - Present

    Established and managed the vendor relationship, leading to an exclusive contract to add H-D motorcycles to The Crew™ 2 (Ubisoft), with the goal of reaching current and future customers
     Established the initial relationship with Ubisoft, which led to an agreement to add H-D motorcycles to The Crew™ 2, an open-world racing game with >1M active players/month
     Served as SME and liaison to ensure H-D was represented accurately and positioned favorably
     Served as public-facing…

    Established and managed the vendor relationship, leading to an exclusive contract to add H-D motorcycles to The Crew™ 2 (Ubisoft), with the goal of reaching current and future customers
     Established the initial relationship with Ubisoft, which led to an agreement to add H-D motorcycles to The Crew™ 2, an open-world racing game with >1M active players/month
     Served as SME and liaison to ensure H-D was represented accurately and positioned favorably
     Served as public-facing spokesperson during the launch of The Crew™ 2 at Gamescom 2017 (Cologne, Germany)

  • Connectivity Strategy

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    Led vehicle connectivity strategy with product planning, engineering, marketing and IT

  • Connected Bike

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    Designed, guided development teams, and deployed Harley-Davidson’s first rider-focused smartphone App internally to >100 riders; led a 4-month-long pilot study; presented and summarized analytics and findings to executive leadership and key stakeholders

  • 360 Video

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    Experimented with motorcycle-focused 360 video and various display technologies

  • 3D Printing

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    Investigated and experimented with offering custom 3D printed, full-color 1:12 statues of customers and their motorcycles

  • Augmented Reality

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    Utilized CAD data of motorcycles, parts and accessories to create a customer-facing Augmented Reality (AR) experience designed for use with an iPad

  • Bluetooth Audio Tour

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    Developed an audio tour smartphone App designed for H-D Museum patrons utilizing hidden Bluetooth beacons

  • Collaborative Innovation

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    Used off-the-shelf software (Hype) to distill lucrative opportunities from many ideas using a social approach; guided stakeholders through the process of creating their own internal- and external-facing challenges

  • Crowdsourced App Development

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    Executed software design and development crowdsourcing challenges with user interface (UI) designers and developers

  • Customer Analytics

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    Produced event attendee and retail shopper analytics using a combination of Wi-Fi hotspots, Bluetooth beacons, 3D cameras and infrared sensors

  • EventBook

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    Experimented with photography at high speeds utilizing GPS in riders’ smartphones

  • Head-mounted Displays

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    Led development of custom, purpose-built software for use by motorcyclists while riding

  • SAP Fiori:

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    Demonstrated Smartphone-friendly SAP interfaces to business stakeholders

  • Virtual Reality

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    Guided 50+ colleagues through their first Virtual Reality experience (room-scale, standing and sitting)

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