Daniel M Seager-Smith

Coaching Leaders. Transforming Teams. Bridging Cultures. | Trainer & Business Coach for Automotive and Tech Teams

Hungary

About

I support leaders and teams in the automotive and tech industries through training and coaching that fosters sustainable growth: building the skills, mindset, and resilience needed to thrive in the long-term while safeguarding mental wellbeing. As a university-certified business and executive coach (ICF accreditation expected Q1 2026) and trainer, I design and deliver learning experiences that drive real change. In my current role, I help teams in AUMOVIO's Autonomous Mobility Business Area strengthen collaboration, navigate complexity, and build cultures that balance performance with well-being across locations in Europe and India. My work is grounded in systems thinking, intercultural awareness, and a commitment to long-term impact for people, teams, and organizations.

Experience

  • Segment Europe Process Improvement and Training Facilitator (Autonomous Mobility) at AUMOVIO
    Sep 2025 - Present · 10 mos

    Driving sustainable leadership development across Europe’s autonomous mobility segment through high-impact training, coaching, and process improvement initiatives. - Rolling out inclusive leadership training programs across Germany, Romania, Hungary, and India to 100+ line managers, project managers and executives. - Delivering 100+ hours of live training per year, focusing on long-term team resilience, collaboration, and burnout prevention. - Achieved average training satisfaction score of 4.5/5, with trainer effectiveness rated 4.6/5 across Sustainable Leadership trainings is 2025. - Running global online sessions for a diverse team of 700+ engineers, supporting knowledge sharing and cross-cultural collaboration. - Supporting Segment Leadership with targeted development strategies and individual/group coaching (university course completed, ICF certification in progress). - Enhancing lessons learned implementation through process improvements and structured knowledge-sharing frameworks.

  • Continental (Budapest, Hungary · Hybrid)
    • Segment Europe Process Improvement and Training Facilitator (Autonomous Mobility)
      Jun 2024 - Sep 2025 · 1 yr 4 mos

      AUMOVIO is the independent company created when Continental spun-off it's Automotive Group sector. For details of this role see description above under AUMOVIO, Segment Europe Training and Process Improvement Facilitator.

    • Head of Market Europe / Truck Communications (Autonomous Mobility)
      Jun 2023 - Jul 2024 · 1 yr 2 mos

      Managed internal communications and external marketing activities for Autonomous Mobility Market Europe in collaboration with Customer Centers & Global Communications Organizations. - Enhanced personal branding and LinkedIn presence of Segment Europe executives - Created technological thought leadership campaigns on LinkedIn reaching 20,000+ organic impressions driven by employee engagement - Expanded Department Mood Survey from Germany to Global team in collaboration with regions and Worker's Council. - 10% increase in Town Hall attendance with 350% increase in engagement scores

  • SEON Fraud Fighters (Hybrid)
    • Product Marketing Manager
      Jan 2023 - Jun 2023 · 6 mos

      - Leading team of technical copywriters developing product marketing content for GTM campaigns and Knowledge Base development - Rolling out new knowledge base framework to better support customer growth. - Developing new processes to improve messaging alignment and product knowledge between marketing, sales and customer success teams.

    • Technical Product Marketing
      Apr 2022 - Dec 2022 · 9 mos

      - Set up new GTM communications process improving communication between Product Managers, Product Marketing, Marketing and Custom Success. - Managed GTM comms including in-product and website announcements, messaging, documentation, internal education, campaign planning and execution. - Supported sales-lead and PLG motion with knowledge base development focusing on cutting ramp-up times and churn rate.

  • Content planner and Copywriter at Tresorit
    Oct 2021 - Apr 2022 · 7 mos

    - Designed and implemented a new content creation process and strategic content planning framework. - Wrote original copy and provided editorial oversight for a high-performing copywriting team. - Enabled stronger collaboration with the broader marketing function, increasing output and expanding into new copy formats. - This role evolved organically from previous freelance consulting work with Tresorit; during this period, translation work continued, but no other marketing clients were engaged.

  • Independent Communications Consultant & Translator at Freelance
    Jan 2020 - Apr 2022 · 2 yrs 4 mos

    Supported Hungarian companies in expanding their regional and global presence through tailored English-language marketing communications. Delivered services including: - International messaging development - Marketing localization - Content strategy design - Social media support - English website creation Collaborated with leading Hungarian tech firms such as: - AImotive, Commsignia, LogMeIn, Tresorit - Rising startups like Turbine and Invention Factory - Emerging innovators including FloWide Translation Services - Specialized in academic translation, focusing on historical and linguistic studies. - Translated scholarly works including studies and monographs for respected Hungarian academics: Sándor Őze, Mariann Slíz, Andrea Bölcskei, Tamás Farkas