Dan Leighton

Chief Product Officer
Dan Leighton is Chief of Product at SYNC and a Cambridge University graduate whose career in technology and product development began at the dawn of the internet. A passionate advocate for human potential and purposeful design, Dan brings clarity, discipline, and empathy to every product he shapes — guided by his mantra: “Do one thing. Do it really well.” As one of the longest-serving team members, he has been instrumental in refining the data architecture behind the proprietary SyncZero algorithm, which underpins the geographic licensing model and tokenomics of Netzium. With a background in anthropology, Dan brings a rare lens of human behavior and cultural nuance to his product leadership — stress-testing tools and interfaces to ensure they are intuitive, resilient, and built for real-world adoption. His contributions continue to anchor the Sync ecosystem in precision, simplicity, and human-centered design.