OpenAthens, which makes access to knowledge easy through single sign-on, has appointed Dan Mayers to the head of product role.
Dan is an award-winning product director and designer with over 20 years' experience. With a background in technical publishing, in his early career he worked as a journalist and editor for Bath-based Future Publishing. He then made the move into game design and social gaming and worked for major firms including Eidos (of Tomb Raider fame).

Looking to combine video game design knowledge with positive social impact Dan moved to Chelsea Football Club Digital Ventures. There he created digital concepts and products for the club in the areas of sports nutrition and health.

His new role at OpenAthens will build on his desire to use technology for positive purpose. Dan will focus on understanding OpenAthens’ customer base and spearhead product development to meet the needs of its international audience.

Commenting on his new role Dan said: “I am really looking forward to working for the organization. I am tremendously passionate about OpenAthens’ core purpose of breaking down barriers to knowledge through technology. I’ll be taking a very holistic view of the market and working with the team to shape the future of single sign-on. With a growing range of OpenAthens products innovation is fundamental to offer easy access to information and resources all over the world.”

Commercial director of OpenAthens Jon Bentley said: “Dan brings a wealth of experience with him. We’re excited about the contribution he will make to developing our offer in the market. Dan’s own values chime with ours as an organization and that’s really important to us.”
An ultra-marathon runner in his spare time, Dan lives in Norfolk with his family.

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About OpenAthens

We make it easy for people to access knowledge through single single-on. Our mission is to enable people to achieve great things by connecting them to knowledge and information, whenever and wherever they need it.

We strive to be the world’s most user-friendly single sign-on experience and help more than 2,600 organisations world-wide to provide simple and secure access to online resources for their end users.

OpenAthens is a Jisc enterprise.

For more information visit our website or contact@openathens.net

For more information please contact:
Oddva.Thompson@purplefish.agency / James.Young@purplefish.agency
Joanna.Randall@purplefish.agency +44 (0)117 925 1358

www.openathens.net