Daniel J. Z.

Private Equity

Austin, Texas, United States

About

Human Capital leader with experience across financial services, technology, and legal sectors. Initiative-taking advisor motivated by leveraging talent and industry best practices to drive organizational change and increase performance.

Experience

  • Executive Vice President at Serent Capital
    Jan 2026 - Present · 7 mos

    Serent Capital is a $6 billion AUM private equity firm focused on partnering with market-leading companies to build them into category leaders. The firm invests in founder-run software and tech-enabled services companies. As the EVP of People, I lead talent and organizational initiatives for Serent's internal team, partnering with leadership to build a high-performing culture that drives investment excellence

  • Senior Vice President at Platinum Equity
    Apr 2024 - Jan 2026 · 1 yr 10 mos

  • Vice President, Human Capital at TCV
    Feb 2021 - Sep 2023 · 2 yrs 8 mos

    Responsible for internal Human Capital at TCV

  • Global Senior Human Capital Business Partner at TikTok
    Oct 2020 - Mar 2021 · 6 mos

    Director on ByteDance's Organizational Development & Strategy team

  • Senior Manager, Talent Management at Samsung Electronics America
    Nov 2018 - Oct 2020 · 2 yrs

    Talent Management Leader for 1200+ corporate function employees