Dan Beard
VP of Operational Excellence
Dan Beard is an operational excellence leader who helps software, technology, and services companies turn messy, manual operations into measurable, scalable systems.
He brings nearly three decades of experience across software development, business operations, and personnel management, with a track record of mapping how work actually flows and rebuilding it to move faster with less friction.
Before joining SalesSparx as a SEAL, Dan founded The Digital Custodian, where he coaches leaders on leadership skills and workflow optimization, including AI, automation, and technology, alongside Agile delivery. Earlier in his career he led software development, served as a director of operations, and handled technical and operational diligence for a mergers and acquisitions firm, evaluating targets for risk, scalability, and readiness.
Today Dan pairs that operations background with AI and automation, helping organizations reclaim the capacity their people lose to low-value work. As VP of Operational Excellence at SalesSparx, he leads operational assessments and process improvement engagements, giving clients a clear current-state picture and a practical roadmap for improvement.
Superpowers
- Pattern recognition: I spot the broken handoff everyone else has learned to live with.
- Translation: I turn tangled operations into a map a team can actually act on.
- Spirit animal, the border collie: I am relentless about moving the whole flock in one direction.