The Worlddidac Association is the global trade association for companies providing products and solutions for all levels of education affiliated with over 150 companies and organizations in more than 35 countries.
Danny completed his basic education in Montreal before moving to Switzerland in the late 80’s, here he qualified as a Mechatronics Engineer. He then completed further studies in Marketing and also Sales and Administration. His career history spans more than 25 years, holding various positions in Industry, ranging from Global Product Manager (EDS); Regional Sales Manager Asia & Pacific; Didactic Sales Manager; Head of Consulting and Strategic Development; CSO; Head of Marketing & Sales; Sales Representative; Sales Consultant.
Danny has won the respect of business by his determined approach to navigate a diverse and complicated world of people and technology. His fluency in English, German, French and Italian has no doubt supported his need to communicate and collaborate with like-minded and interested parties.
Danny has been a key part of important international projects, his most recent involvement being the development of the curricula and skills of Aquatronics to improve the capacity of the water sector worldwide.
He has been deeply involved with WorldSkills since 2003, organizing competitions, coaching competitors and consulting on skills development. His passion is the field of education, the use of new technologies to create new ways of teaching, to define improved training and skills development methodologies and state of the art training equipment. He is in his element when collaborating and networking with local and international stakeholders to achieve mutually beneficial goals, creating better experiences, deeper relationships, embracing ongoing change and development, striving for continuous improvement