Dan Barnhardt

Dan Barnhardt is Chief Marketing Officer at Deltek, where he leads the company’s global marketing strategy, spanning brand, digital, communications, and demand generation. His deep expertise in digital marketing, brand storytelling, and go-to-market strategy strengthens Deltek's connection with customers and prospects—enhancing engagement across every digital and physical touchpoint.

Dan brings more than two decades of experience transforming marketing into a strategic driver of business performance. Most recently, he served as Vice President of Corporate Marketing at Icertis, where he helped triple revenue by positioning the company as the leader in contract intelligence and building a modern demand engine.

Prior to that, he led brand modernizations at Precisely and Infor, helping fuel new logo and expansion growth and helping create the “data integrity” and “industry cloud” categories in the process.

Dan’s career began in Hollywood, where he managed award-winning talent, developed studio projects and was a member of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences before pivoting into B2B marketing.

Dan holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Vanderbilt University and is a former Vanderbilt University Board of Trustees member.