Dan Gottlieb has devoted his career to working with data and software products for the real estate and structured finance markets. As the chief strategy officer at LightBox, he is responsible for identifying and evaluating new markets and strategic opportunities and providing leadership to LightBox’s data science and research and development teams. Among his areas of focus are commercial real estate diligence and valuation, environmental and climate risk, and broadband availability.   

Previously, Mr. Gottlieb was the chief strategy officer at Environmental Data Resources, leading its expansion beyond environmental assessments into the broader commercial real estate market. Before that, he was the chief operating officer at Trepp and part of a senior Trepp team selected by the Federal Reserve to be the commercial mortgage-backed security collateral monitor for the Term Asset Backed Securities Loan Facility during the financial crisis. Mr. Gottlieb is an active participant in the real estate technology industry, holding committee roles and carrying out speaking and writing engagements for the Commercial Real Estate Finance Council, the Risk Management Association, and the American Society for Testing and Materials. He holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School and a master of business administration degree in finance and accounting from the New York University Stern School of Business.