Cynthia Dai
Education
Stanford University Graduate School of Business
MBA, -
UC Berkeley College of Engineering
BS, EECS -
Babson College
Price-Babson Symposium for Entrepreneurship Educators (SEE), - 2009-01-01
Stanford University Graduate School of Business
Nonprofit Management Institute, - 2008-01-01
Stanford University Graduate School of Business
Strategy for Nonprofit Organizations (SNO) Executive Program, - 2006-01-01Work Experience
DAINAMIC CONSULTING INC
Current
DAINAMIC CONSULTING INC
D'Amore-McKim School of Business at Northeastern University
2018-01-01 - 2023-12-01
D'Amore-McKim School of Business at Northeastern University
Santa Clara University School of Engineering
2021-09-01 - 2022-01-01
Santa Clara University School of Engineering
California Citizens Redistricting Commission
2010-11-01 - 2020-08-01
California Citizens Redistricting Commission
University of California, Berkeley
2006-06-01 - 2013-05-01
University of California, Berkeley
Cymerc Exchange
1999-01-01 - 2000-01-01
Cymerc Exchange
Health Connection
1996-01-01 - 1999-01-01
Health Connection
Tesseract Communications
1993-01-01 - 1995-01-01
Tesseract Communications
Skills
Summary
Seasoned entrepreneur, strategist, and executive with strong operational skills in driving initiatives across the social, public, and private sectors. Experienced Board member with a track record of helping organizations scale impact with sustainable business models, while remaining true to their missions. Expert at building relationships with stakeholders, engaging cross-functional teams in strategic repositioning efforts, and managing change during execution. Extensive clientele includes global companies like Canon, Cisco, Intel, Microsoft, Motorola, NTT DoCoMo, Philips Electronics, and Toyota; Silicon Valley startups such as @Motion (acquired by Openwave), Gigster, Pacific Data Images (now PDI DreamWorks), Persistence (acquired by Progress Software), and Salon.com; as well as social enterprise and public sector organizations such as Benetech, the California Center for Innovative Transportation, Digital Divide Data, Frameline, UnidosUS (formerly National Council of La Raza), Shanti, the Skoll Foundation, The Nature Conservancy, and Uganda Rural Development & Training. Accomplished public speaker and facilitator. Educator and mentor at UC Berkeley, Santa Clara University, other universities, and accelerators like the European Innovation Academy and Miller Center for Global Impact. Nonpartisan democracy advocate, gerrymandering reformer, former California Commissioner and SF Elections Commissioner. Substantial international business, multicultural and travel experience, including in Asia and Africa.
