Daniel T. Pickett III (born July 27, 1968) is an American technology entrepreneur, and private equity investor. Pickett is the co-founder, president and CEO of , a digital behavioral health company. He is the former CEO of Hudson River Capital Holdings, a private investment company in
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He was previously president of .
Early life and education
Pickett was born in 1968 in
Troy, New York
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. Pickett was brought up in
Mechanicville, New York
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, a small city north of
Albany, where his parents owned a liquor store.
Pickett received his degree from
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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(RPI) in the field of Industrial and
Management Engineering
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, where he is a member of the Board of Trustees.
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Business career
Beginning his career in 1990, Pickett worked at KeyCorp in Albany, New York. During his time with KeyCorp, Pickett worked in the area of technology
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and operations. Pickett was responsible for integrating the retail delivery platforms and networks of several acquisitions.[ Over a five-year period with KeyCorp, Pickett was appointed vice-president.][
While serving at KeyCorp, Pickett co-founded with his brother and his father in the basement of the family's liquor store. helps large enterprises design, build, and operate integrated technology environments.]ALLTEL
Alltel was a landline, wireless service provider, wireless and general Telephone company, telecommunications services provider, primarily based in the United States. Before its wireless division was acquired by Verizon Wireless and AT&T, Alltel pr ...
. Pickett joined ALLTEL with the acquisition, where he ultimately became Senior Vice President and General Manager of Enterprise Banking Solutions.CEO
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CEOs find roles in variou ...
in July 2008. In 2013, Inc. Magazine named to its Build 100 list of most sustained growth companies. nfrastructure’s clients included Adidas
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, Disney
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, and Starbucks
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.
Board positions
Pickett has served on the board of the Albany Medical Center and the local Saratoga chapter of Gilda’s Club. Pickett is also a member of the board of directors for his alma mater, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He was the youngest member to join the board of directors in the school’s history at the time.[
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Personal life
In September 2010, New York State Governor Andrew M. Cuomo named Pickett to the Upstate Business Advisory Council to advise his administration on business issues.
Pickett has been a regular political donor to Cuomo and has hosted fundraisers for Cuomo that have attracted business leaders from the greater Capital Region.
In July 2017, Pickett was named by Politico, along with 17 other donors including hedge fund managers Ronald Perelman, Steven Cohen and James Simons, as donors that have given more than $100k to Governor Andrew M. Cuomo's campaign committee during his second term.
Honors and awards
In November 2011, Pickett's company was named The Business Review's Company of the Year by the Albany Business Review
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In 2016, Pickett's company, was one of only 48 companies named a CRN Triple Crown Winner – placing on the Solution Provider 500 list of the largest solution providers in North America according to revenue; the Fast Growth 150, which ranks the fastest-growing solution providers; and the Tech Elite 250 solution providers, with the highest level of certifications from major vendors.
References
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1968 births
Living people
American technology company founders