Dan Tran

Dan Van Tran (DVT) is the Chief Technology Officer of Collectors Holdings, the leading authenticator and grader of collectibles. Since the company’s acquisition for $850 million in 2021, DVT and the new product and tech leadership team have been building solutions that combine machine learning, robotics, and microservices to help collectors maximize the value of their collections. In recent years, Collectors has built an auction and marketplace platform, an “Ocean’s Eleven”-style vault, and a collection management tool complete with ML-generated price estimations, leading to a valuation increase to $4.3 billion.

DVT began his journey to Collectors by developing Zenauction, which was silently acquired by Goldin, the world’s leading marketplace for high-end collectibles, which was then acquired by Collectors. Prior to that, he spent over five years leading the interoperability strategy and scaling a cross-functional technical organization as the Senior Director of Clinical Engineering at Flatiron Health. In his free time, DVT enjoys collecting modern basketball cards, survival horror video games, and Alex Morgan cards.