{"id":3918,"date":"2018-10-11T13:56:02","date_gmt":"2018-10-11T17:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2018.philadelphia.wordcamp.org\/?post_type=wcb_speaker&#038;p=3918"},"modified":"2018-10-22T18:54:29","modified_gmt":"2018-10-22T22:54:29","slug":"daniel-koval","status":"publish","type":"wcb_speaker","link":"https:\/\/philadelphia.wordcamp.org\/2018\/speaker\/daniel-koval\/","title":{"rendered":"Daniel Koval"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Currently in his 12th year at Bentley Systems, Dan Koval has spent the last two years managing corporate initiatives programs including Bentley\u2019s STEM grant program, which provides funds on behalf of all full-time colleagues to designate monetary support for STEM programs in their communities, global corporate giving, and colleague community involvement. A graduate of Leadership Chester County, Dan has had the opportunity to help numerous non-profit organizations, both locally and globally. Last fall, Dan spent two weeks in India witnessing the positive impact that Bentley and its colleagues have had on small, local villages there through Bentley\u2019s support for the Water for People organization. Dan has mentored eighth grade students at Lionville Middle School for their participation in the Future City Competition. Additionally, Dan has spent the past six years as a \u201cBig Brother\u201d in the Beyond School Walls Big Brother Big Sister mentoring program hosted at Bentley\u2019s corporate headquarters in Exton.<\/p>\n<p>In his life outside of Bentley Systems, Dan serves his local community through Brandywine Grace Church in Downingtown. Dan volunteers at numerous community events and currently oversees the technical needs for the children\u2019s ministry. Dan, his wife Melissa, and their two young sons can be seen regularly exploring Downingtown Borough where they live, typically making their way to a park or playground.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Currently in his 12th year at Bentley Systems, Dan Koval has spent the last two years managing corporate initiatives programs including Bentley\u2019s STEM grant program, which provides funds on behalf of all full-time colleagues to designate monetary support for STEM programs in their communities, global corporate giving, and colleague community involvement. A graduate of Leadership &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/philadelphia.wordcamp.org\/2018\/speaker\/daniel-koval\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Daniel Koval&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11759639,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_wcpt_user_name":"","footnotes":""},"speaker_group":[1170714],"class_list":["post-3918","wcb_speaker","type-wcb_speaker","status-publish","hentry","wcb_speaker_group-keynote-panels"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pheL7k-11c","avatar_urls":{"24":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=24&d=mm&r=g","48":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=48&d=mm&r=g","96":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g","128":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=128&d=mm&r=g","256":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=256&d=mm&r=g","512":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=512&d=mm&r=g"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/philadelphia.wordcamp.org\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speakers\/3918","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/philadelphia.wordcamp.org\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speakers"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/philadelphia.wordcamp.org\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/wcb_speaker"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/philadelphia.wordcamp.org\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11759639"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/philadelphia.wordcamp.org\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3918"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/philadelphia.wordcamp.org\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speakers\/3918\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4274,"href":"https:\/\/philadelphia.wordcamp.org\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speakers\/3918\/revisions\/4274"}],"sessions":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/philadelphia.wordcamp.org\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions\/3535?_embed=1&context=view"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/philadelphia.wordcamp.org\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"wcb_speaker_group","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/philadelphia.wordcamp.org\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speaker_group?post=3918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}