Accidental Entrepreneurship: My Journey Using Entrepreneurship as a Tool to Solve Global Problems

This is the third talk as a part of the ECE Future Careers Alumni Speaker Series.

About the speaker: 

Danny is the CEO and Co-founder of SkySpecs, based in Ann Arbor, Michigan with offices in The Netherlands, Denmark, Ireland, UK, India, and Austria. SkySpecs was founded in 2012 and has grown to over 250 employees worldwide. SkySpecs’ mission is to simplify renewable energy asset management through software automation, robotics, and tech enabled services to help wind farm owners around the world maximize the life and output of their assets. SkySpecs is the world leader in automated blade asset management with almost 200,000 turbines inspected in the last 7 years. Danny has led fundraising efforts, raising over $120m over 6 rounds from Seed through Private Equity. Danny has also led the acquisition efforts of three companies in the last two years, expanding SkySpecs’ expertise, geographic position, and product portfolio. Danny is a two-time graduate of the University of Michigan with a BSE and MSE in Aerospace Engineering. He is a Techstars alum (2015), a Forbes’ “30 under 30” award recipient (2016), Endeavor Entrepreneur since 2017, Detroit Crain’s “40 under 40” award recipient, and a EY Entrepreneur of the Year Regional Winner (Michigan, 2023).