Background
Danielle's first foray as an independent advisor occurred in 2013 when she was contracted to help an Argentine retail company pivot its business model to grow in the face of increasingly restrictive local legislation. Since then, Danielle has had a keen interest in helping companies define the best ways to grow and design and execute strategy to achieve that growth. Danielle began operating more formally as in independent advisor in 2016. Danielle works with a range of enterprises across the US and Europe from large multi-national corporations to venture-funded startups with less than 10 employees.
No stranger to transitions, Danielle has significant experience coaching high-performing individuals as part of her former roles at Goldman Sachs, McKinsey & Company, and NYC-based start-up Hello Alfred. In addition, she teaches workshops on early stage growth and growth hacking at local incubators such as the HBS Startup Studio and XRC Labs out of The Parsons School of Design.
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Professional Advisors
Principal
Danielle L. Imperato
Danielle is a former consultant with the Strategy & Corporate Finance Practice at McKinsey & Company based out of the New York. While there, she advised both corporate and non-profit clients on a variety of strategic initiatives. Before that, Danielle spent 5+ years with Securities Division of Goldman Sachs where she drove revenue growth within a $200M+ per year business unit by delivering unique investment solutions across credit and equity products. Most recently, Danielle served as the Head of Product Growth at Hello Alfred, a consumer tech start-up based in NYC.
Danielle has keen interest and demonstrated expertise in both strategic and operational functions including business development, transaction advisory, process improvement, organizational transformation, and project finance. She has a passion for sustainable development and infrastructure having worked alongside NGO partners to develop plans to promote and fund sustainable urban growth around the world.
Danielle holds an MBA with Distinction from Harvard University and a B.A. in Economics from Duke University.
Education
HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL
MBA with Distinction, 2014
DUKE UNIVERSITY
B.A., Economics, cum laude, 2007
Activities & Affiliations
• Harvard Business School Club of NY
• American Chamber of Commerce of France
• Charter Advisory Board, Wall Business & Finance Academy
•Junior Board Member, La Fondazione NY
Published Work/Contributions
•Financing change: How to mobilize private sector financing for sustainable infrastructure, January 2016.