Dan is the Project Director for the Palestinian Political Risk Insurance Project and also serves as the Managing Director of 3rd Point International, a strategic consulting firm. From 2000 to 2004, he was a senior engagement manager at Prophet, an international management consulting firm that specializes in strategic brand management. While at Prophet, Dan established and managed the Tokyo office and worked with multinational corporations in the energy, automotive, retail, and business-to-business sectors. Dan holds a masters degree in Middle Eastern Studies from the University of Chicago and is an honors graduate of the University of Notre Dame.