Daniel is a sound designer, creator, and enabler with over 10 years of experience crafting immersive sonic environments and realizing projects that leverage their medium’s creative potential to create impactful and memorable experiences. He is a detail-oriented and highly-organized professional who is comfortable working in both collaborative and self-directed environments.
Having spent the last 10 years as both a practitioner and educator, Daniel has developed a thorough understanding of synthesizers, digital audio workstations, audio middleware, game engines, building custom tools, and the concepts and functionality of interactive, immersive, and virtual media platforms.
Daniel earned his doctorate in Music Composition and Music Technology from Northwestern University and serves as the Assistant Professor of Digital Music Technology at Columbia College Chicago. In addition to working as a freelance sound designer, composer, and performer, he also works with Waveplant – an audio consulting agency focused on immersive audio and sonic branding.