Principal
Dan Hays is a principal with PwC and leads the firm’s enterprise strategy consulting practice for the technology, media, and telecommunications sector. He also co-leads the regulatory and policy strategy practice team. As a senior member of PwC’s Strategy& consulting practice, Dan works with communications and infrastructure service providers, technology providers, online platforms, and their investors worldwide.
Based in Washington, D.C., Dan has worked with clients across the Americas, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and Oceania, and focuses in the areas of growth strategy, regulatory and policy strategy, deals, innovation, product strategy, and operational strategy.
A prolific author and speaker, as well as often-quoted industry expert, Dan’s writing includes leading thinking on the growth strategies, regulation, and new technology. Dan is a frequent guest columnist and often-quoted industry expert in publications such as The Wall Street Journal, CNN, Financial Times, Forbes, Fortune, The New York Times, RCR Wireless News, and Variety.
Dan has nearly 30 years of experience across the technology and telecommunications sector, in both consulting and operating roles. Prior to joining PwC via the acquisition of PRTM Management Consultants, Dan worked for Intel and IBM in marketing and product development, where his responsibilities included supporting the development of the world’s first smartphone, driving the adoption of new connectivity standards such as USB, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth, and developing new product concepts for advanced technology products.
Dan holds an Electrical Engineering degree with high honors from the Georgia Institute of Technology and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
