The answer for the question would be – Daniel Raffel. Being jack of all trades is a good quality to inculcate but to be a master of them requires, a special grey cell. Dan Raffel has many such trades to boast about. He is the creator of Yahoo Pipes and Songbird, co-founder of two record labels and a chef in a restaurant at New York!

He is now a senior product manager at Yahoo, working on Y!OS. He has ten years of leadership experience taking software products from initial concept to highly successful product lines and what’s more, he is one of the keynote speakers at echelon 2010!

Dan with his ten years of experience in product management, has dealt with many startups, telcos and new media companies. His industry experience includes Web Development, Cross-Platform Desktop Software Development, Software-as-a-service (SaaS), VoIP, Real-Time Communication (RTC), and Flash application development. He is a highly sought after project manager, being pursued by top tier technology companies like Google, Facebook and even Twitter. On a side note, do check out his favorite product/projects from last year.

In his keynote and the panel discussion following that, Dan will share some of his thoughts on product management and software development along with highlighting key trends in the web eco-system. As the saying goes, it’s always great to hear directly from the horse’s mouth and this time, we have the creator of some of the coolest products on the web talking about building and managing software.

All details of the event can be found here. echelon 2010 is an action packed event featuring keynotes relevant talks on technology and showcasing 50 innovative startups. You can purchase your tickets here.

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