Daniel McQuade has built a career on a single animating principle: curiosity is a strategy.
As an educator at Columbia Business School, he has served as Adjunct Lecturer and Director/Instructor of the Venture for All global entrepreneurship program. Daniel has taught founders and business leaders that asking “what’s next?” is a competitive advantage. His reputation in the classroom has been described by Columbia faculty as earning “universal acclaim.”
That same instinct defines his entrepreneurial work. Daniel has founded four companies and has consistently sought out the frontier — from developing one of the first global blockchain solutions on IBM’s Food Trust platform to leading early direct-to-consumer digital commerce ventures. He has also directed more than $7 million in grants supporting education, health, and wellness initiatives across New York City.
Daniel lives with CMT, diagnosed later in life. Grateful for his late onset, he understands what earlier diagnosis and treatment could mean for many in the CMT community. That understanding drives him.
He joined HNF’s board to use his skills—as an educator, entrepreneur, and technologist—in service of a single goal: accelerating progress toward a cure for CMT.