Dan Priest
- Sr. Director, Client Delivery
- Neudesic
School Information
School: West Chester University of PA
College Major: Business
Years at College Works: 2009 to 2012
Career Information
Working For: Neudesic
Title: Sr. Director, Client Delivery
Industry: TechnologyWhat Has Been Your Proudest Accomplishment Post-CWP?
Applying lessons learned in College Works Painting to a new market and gaining expedient recognition as a direct result.
College Works Career Impact
In one sentence, what has CW meant to you?
The most scorching forge brings about the purest steel.
How did your CW experience impact your career? Immediately after graduation? Now?
Success in College Works Painting guarantees very little as the example of many of its graduates would show, but combined with a bigger next step it proves invaluable.
What do you want to tell your clients about what it meant to work with them and how it has helped you get to where you are today?
Ron Probert: You didn’t quit on me when the whole world went south, and I now strive to bring that same mentality to my teams. I’ll owe you a Budweiser if ever our paths should ever cross again, two if it’s not until the next life.
What was the greatest lesson you learned from your CW experience?
Be humble; life has far more to throw at you after being a 19yr old with a quasi-successful business.
How have the friendships and networks you built during CW affected you?
I hope they’re all doing well.
Advice
What advice do you have for potential CW participants? Current CW participants?
1) If you are bent on leading, lead from the front. 2) Life is a game. You will almost certainly fail most battles, this is a war. Always keep the end in mind and even failure becomes a step in the right direction.
What’s your best advice for someone interested in entering your career field?
1) Find a niche 2) Find it sooner rather than later 3) Actively seek to be the best in that chosen field
What’s your favorite memory from CW?
1) Grabbing a beer with my best crew after after completing the first summer.2) With the help of my homeowner, facing down a monster painter who stole from him and tricking him into giving the stolen property back.
Last words of wisdom?
Work for what you want immediately so you can enjoy life when most people are starting from scratch. That said, college is a unique time to try tons of things, and it is very important that you have all of it’s quintessential experiences. Find your balance.