Dan Santos

Market Launcher, Sendwave

Dan Santos (he/him/his) is a proud second generation Filipino American and currently works on Sendwave’s Growth Marketing team. Born and raised in the Chicagoland area and a 2017 graduate of the Gies College of Business of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, he has spent time working in education, financial services, and politics. He previously worked for the Teach for America regional team in Las Vegas, coordinating professional development conferences for educators serving in Title I schools and managing budgets and communications for programming. Dan was previously chair of the AAPI Democratic Caucus of Clark County. His passion for Sendwave’s mission stems from his immigrant family’s journey and the sacrifices his parents made to provide him with better opportunities in the U.S. He also previously served as a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant in Malaysia, where he worked as a cultural ambassador and developed innovative English programming for high school students. In his free time, Dan enjoys running, yoga, travel, live music, and hiking.