Daniel Distor
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About Me

Hi, I’m Daniel.

Aspiring Product Manager · Los Angeles & New York

I’ve worked across business, tech, and UX, and the part I enjoy most is the space in between: figuring out what a product actually needs and what to build first.

I’m pursuing an M.Eng. in Systems Engineering at Cornell, where I’m part of the Graduate Product Management Club and work events at the Statler Hotel. Before Cornell, I earned a B.S. in Information Systems & Business Analytics at Loyola Marymount, while working with the Los Angeles Rams, the LA Mayor’s Office, LMU’s student government, and Phi Delta Theta.

What I Bring

Business

I start from goals, stakeholders, and tradeoffs, whether shadowing the Rams’ Senior Director of Partnerships or reviewing budgets and bylaws in student government.

Tech

Python, SQL, Excel, and React, plus hands-on building: at the Dell x Nvidia hackathon, my team shipped an AI floor-planning tool in 12 hours.

UX

I owned the user flow and UI at that hackathon, and I’ve spent time with real users, from 1,500+ fans at Rams training camp to residents at council meetings.

Experience

Projects & Leadership

Hackathon

Dell x Nvidia Hackathon at Cornell

An AI floor-planning tool that places furniture into real rooms under safety rules and matches each item to a real product. I owned the user flow and UI.

  • React
  • TypeScript
  • Three.js
  • LLM agent
Research

EV Battery Recycling Risk Assessment

Contributing to an MCDA/FMEA framework for choosing EV battery recycling pathways across safety, environmental, and economic factors.

  • Systems thinking
  • MCDA
  • FMEA
Leadership

Graduate Product Management Club

Supporting outreach to other schools’ PM clubs to build partnerships and bring members into external product events and competitions.

  • Cornell
  • Partnerships
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Education

Cornell University seal
Cornell University M.Eng., Systems Engineering
  • Foundations of Systems Engineering
  • Project Management
  • Six Sigma for Reliable Systems
Loyola Marymount University seal
Loyola Marymount University B.S., Information Systems & Business Analytics
  • Database Management
  • Programming for Business
  • Statistics
  • Operations & Supply Chain

Skills

  • Excel
  • Python
  • SQL
  • React
  • Data Cleaning
  • Data Wrangling
  • Data Visualization
  • Agile / Scrum

Off the Clock

  • Basketball
  • Tennis
  • Pickleball

Open To

  • Product Management
  • Product Analyst
  • Product Engineering
Let’s talk