Dan S. | Career Coaching Coach

Dan Segal

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Navigating Change And Aligning Career Success With Social Impact

Studied at Harvard Business School

Works at JPMorgan Chase & Co.

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Dan’s Career Coaching Qualifications

Experience level: Vice President

10+ people coached for Career Coaching

Dan has helped clients get into these companies:

I grew up in a household with a very strong focus on academic and professional success. Fortunately, I was successful enough at those thing to be accepted first into undergrad at the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business and then to a role at McKinsey. However, once there, I realized that the standard definitions of professional success were not fulfilling or satisfying to me personally. Since then, my career has been a decade-long journey to align professional success with personal fulfillment. For me, personal fulfillment meant building a career that was benefitting the lives of others. That pursuit has led me across various industries (Global Health, Education, and Financial Health), functions (Strategy and Project Management, Impact Measurement, Grantmaking), org types (Professional Services, Operator, Funder, For Profit and Non Profit), and graduate school (HBS). Now, I feel the most self-actualized I have ever felt, and the most confident in being in "the right place" in my career and in my personal life. I learned a lot about professional and personal growth along the way, and I am excited to use that learning to help support you in your own journey.

Dan can help with:

AI Automation

AI Fundamentals

AI Outreach

AI-Powered Job Search

Career Planning

Cover Letters

Freelancing

General Exploration

Interview Prep

Job Search Strategies

Leadership

Networking Strategy

Personal Branding

Professional Networking

Resume Review

Salary Negotiation

Skill Building

Dan also coaches for MBA and Management Consulting. View all.

About Dan

I grew up in a household with a very strong focus on academic and professional success, which led to me spending a lot of time developing my ability to navigate the processes of institutional acceptance: standardized tests, application processes, and interviews. Fortunately, I was successful enough at those thing to be accepted first into undergrad at the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business and then to a role at McKinsey. However, once there, I realized that the standard definitions of professional success were not fulfilling or satisfying to me personally. Since then, my career has been a decade-long journey to align professional success with personal fulfillment. That pursuit has led me across various industries, functions, org types, and to graduate school. It also required me to build out my application and interview skillset even further, as I navigated career pivots into competitive organizations (JPMorganChase) and grad schools (HBS). Now, I find myself in a role that is both professionally rewarding and personally fulfilling, and I hope to use the experience and insight I gained along my journey to help support you in reaching a combination of professional and personal success.

Why do I coach?

I coach because I enjoy supporting others in reaching their personal and professional goals. I believe many of us are capable of living a life of success and self-actualization, and are often limited not by our skillsets or capabilities but by our abilities to navigate the "processes" or "tests" that institutions put in front of us (e.g., school applications, job interviews). Of course, part of navigating these processes is having the right skillsets and experience, but another part is approaching these decision-points with clarity and confidence. I have been fortunate enough to encounter and pass through several of these selected processes, and have supported my family in friends in doing the same. I have also been rejected by several of those same processes, and know how disappointing that can be. I know most people are capable of great things, and I know that how we navigate these processes can make a big difference in the way we live our lives. I want to see as many people living their best lives as possible, and I believe I can help them do that through my coaching practice. That is why I coach.

Work Experience

Vice President, Financial Health

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

March 2025 - Present

Deploying grant capital to help improve the financial health of low- and moderate-income Americans

Senior Manager, Research and Learning

NewSchools Venture Fund

August 2022 - March 2025

NewSchool's mission is to reimagine public education through powerful ideas, passionate educators and visionary innovators so all children — especially those in underserved communities — have the opportunity to succeed. I help ensure the way we measure success is meaningful, and drive forward the projects that make our support impactful and accessible. Social Impact Measurement, Impact Evaluation and +3 skills

Farber Fellow

REDF

June 2021 - August 2021

I helped Homeward Bound of Marin recover post-COVID to enable more people facing boundaries to employment find meaningful work Strategic Consulting, Strategic Planning and +4 skills

Chief of Staff

Evidence Action

March 2019 - August 2020

Evidence Action fills the gap between knowing 'what works' and having impact at scale by building evidence-based, cost-effective programs to benefit millions of people around the world. I supported the development of our organizational strategy and managed global technical assistance for a nutrition program targeting over 45M people. C-level support, Project Management and +3 skills

Senior Business Analyst

McKinsey & Company

2018 - February 2019

The Africa Delivery Hub is a McKinsey practice dedicated to supporting African governments and social sector institutions address pressing challenges to deliver on their commitments to citizens. I led a team in creating an infrastructure investment roadmap for $20B planned infrastructure spend, improving the financial viability of existing and future projects. Project Management, Strategic Planning and +3 skills

Business Analyst

McKinsey & Company

August 2016 - 2018

Functional Experience: Public sector implementation, demand forecasting, revenue generation, sales and channel growth strategy, service operations, organization design and change management, leadership development, skill development and coaching, recruitment Industry experience: Public sector, social sector, public finance, healthcare, asset management Project Management, Social Impact Measurement and +5 skills

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