About Daniel Akerson
Daniel Akerson is a director of Psionic, which builds laser-based navigation sensors for vehicles that lose GPS signal. He is the former chairman and chief executive officer of General Motors, after decades running companies in the automotive, telecom, private equity, and defense industries.
Earlier in his career, Akerson was a managing director at The Carlyle Group, and chairman and chief executive officer of both Nextel Communications and XO Communications. He also served as president and chief operating officer of MCI Communications. After leaving General Motors, he returned to Carlyle as vice chairman and special advisor, and joined the board of Lockheed Martin. He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy, served as a Navy officer, and later became chairman of the U.S. Naval Academy Foundation.
Experience
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Key Colleagues at Startups
The people Daniel Akerson works with at each company, as listed on that company's latest Form D.
