Dan graduated Magna Cum Laude with a BS and MS in Electrical Engineering from Villanova University. After college, he worked as an engineer for Lockheed Martin. Then he left his engineering job and served 2 years as a Construction AmeriCorp. After his two years of AmeriCorps service, he worked as a Construction Supervisor for Wake County HFH in North Carolina.

For the last 10+ years, he has worked for HFH of Washington DCserving as a Senior Construction Supervisor, Production Manager, and now Director of Construction. While with HFH, Dan led the construction of 8 Certified Passive Houses, attended/led 8 AmeriCorp BAT and 4 CWPs, become a Certified Passive House Consultant,
a Certified Passive House Builder, an EarthCraft Builder and received a Certification in Building Science and NetZero Energy Design.