Dan Gerlanc

I co-founded .txt as CTO and raised $12M in 2024. Over 15+ years, I’ve built technical teams from scratch as VP of Engineering at Normal Computing, spent 5 years leading 8+ engineers at Ampersand, and founded a boutique consulting firm where I ran ML engagements for Fortune 500 companies and growth-stage startups (4.8/5 on Clutch).

I’ve taught thousands of students through O’Reilly Media courses on Python, Pandas, and Dask, earning top instructor ratings from 104 student reviews.

I am available as a Fractional CTO / VP Engineering partner for AI teams through Dan Gerlanc LLC.

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