Dan O'Neill

Dan O’Neill is Portfolio Manager for the Sustainability Solutions Extension Service for the Global Institute of Sustainability. In this role, he connects the sustainability needs of stakeholders to the knowledge and delivery capabilities of ASU and its global network of partners through the delivery of real, practical, effective sustainability solutions.  In prior roles with ASU, Dan was Lecturer and Program Director for the Technological Entrepreneurship and Management (TEM) program in the College of Technology & Innovation on the Polytechnic Campus.  Dan's role includes growing the TEM program, as well as developing and teaching a variety of technology development, innovation and entrepreneurship courses.  Dan worked for ASU in the Office of Knowledge Enterprise Development as the Director of Venture Acceleration where he helped faculty, student, alumni and community entrepreneurs create and grow their ventures.  For OKED, Dan also helped create and grow the Edson Student Entrepreneur Initiative.  Prior to ASU, Dan co-founded and ran Hologix, an enterprise software company backed by $25 million of venture capital. Dan is Past President of the Board of Trustees of Childsplay, Arizona's professional theatre for young audiences, and is a member of the boards of Arizona MultiBank and Navajo FlexCrete Building Systems.  His research focus is applying sustainability frameworks to innovation and entrepreneurship, with a concentration on innovation and entrepreneurship in a developing world context.