Dan Studeny

About Dan Studeny

I am an enterprise leader focused on shaping the future of large-scale businesses through strategy, transformation, and AI.As Senior Vice President of Strategic Initiatives at First American, I work across the organization to help define where the business is going, where it needs to evolve, and how to turn strategic ambition into measurable results. My work sits at the intersection of growth, innovation, operating leverage, and execution—helping a market-leading company move faster, think bigger, and build for what is next.My career has been built around leading through change: identifying opportunities others do not see, aligning stakeholders around a clear path forward, and driving initiatives that modernize how businesses operate, serve customers, and create long-term value. I have worked across strategy, operations, product, and transformation, with deep experience in title, mortgage, real estate, and adjacent industries where scale, complexity, and precision all matter.I am especially focused on the role AI will play in redefining enterprise performance. The real opportunity is not just adopting new technology. It is redesigning how work gets done, how decisions get made, how people engage, and how companies create advantage in a rapidly changing market. That is where I spend my time—connecting strategy to execution and innovation to business impact.I am motivated by big challenges, meaningful change, and the chance to help organizations lead their industries rather than react to them.

Experience

1. SVP Strategic Initiatives

   First American

   Jan 2024 — Present · Pittsburgh, PA, US

Education

• University of Pittsburgh

  Business Management

  1987 — 1990