David Fano

Teal HQ

We believe that everyone should have the resources to build a meaningful career.

Teal helps you navigate change and drive your career with confidence and purpose. Invest in yourself and we will be there with tools and support every step of the way.

Founder & CEO

CompStak®

Board Member

WeWork

As Chief Growth Officer of WeWork, David Fano led global Real Estate, Design, Construction, Sales, and Marketing with an emphasis on how technology is leveraged at every step of the way to ensure people are getting to do what they love. 

Growth at WeWork entailed finding the right locations, designing and building the right product for the market and then deploying our marketing  and sales strategies to build our community.

Chief Growth Officer

I am responsible for the development & delivery of our physical products. Our physical product is made of Development (project management, Construction, Sourcing & Logistics), Design (Interior Design, Architecture, Product Development, Art & Graphics & Project Integration), & Systems & Operations. I love getting to build the infrastructure that enables our community to flourish.

Chief Product & Technology Officer

CASE Design Inc

Specializing in design and technology to construct the built environment.

Partner & Managing Director/CEO

Columbia University

Co-Teaching with Josh Uhl:
Advanced Drawing and Representation
Fundamentals of Digital Design

Co-Teaching with Josh Emig:
Orchestration

Previously Taught:
Meshing - focus on parametric modeling concepts
ReThinking BIM - Using BIM tools to explore parametric design

Adjunct Professor

WHObyYOU

SHoP Architects

Training, BIM Implementation, Training, Research, Public speaking, BIM Project set up

Director of Technology Research

Diller Scofidio + Renfro

Worked on the first 3d model of Alice Tully Hall

Freelance 3D

Tronic

3ds Max modeling and rendering. Video production

Freelance 3D Artist

Konyk Architecture

Summer Intern

Founder & CEO at Teal - Here to help, empowering people to build fulfilling careers | Past: CGO WeWork, Co-Founder CASE, Adjunct Columbia University

I’ve worked with tens of thousands of professionals on their careers—whether as a hiring manager, senior executive, founder, or now through Teal, where we’ve helped over 3 million people grow their careers with confidence. From reviewing resumes to building hiring systems, I’ve seen every side of the job search—and I’m on a mission to make it more transparent, equitable, and empowering.

That’s why I started Teal in early 2020. We’re building a career growth platform that uses AI and modern technology to simplify the job search, personalize the experience, and give individuals the same tools companies use to manage talent. We’ve helped people land new roles, negotiate raises, and gain clarity in their career paths—at scale.

With over 20 years as a technology practitioner and entrepreneur, I’ve led across product and service businesses, from B2B enterprise to consumer applications. I co-founded CASE, later acquired by WeWork, where I held executive roles including Chief Product Officer and Chief Growth Officer. I helped scale global operations—opening over 2 million square feet of space per month, often at 60–80% occupancy—and built products and teams that touched every part of the business.

Throughout my career, I’ve built productivity tools, physical products, and large-scale consumer search experiences. I’ve hired thousands of people and shaped the policies and systems behind how companies build culture and grow talent.

Now, with Teal, I’m bringing that expertise to individuals. If you want practical, honest insights on job searching, resumes, and how AI is transforming the way we work—follow me here on LinkedIn.

👁️ Your resume gets reviewed in 3 distinct phases.
Most people only optimize for one:

In my experience reviewing resumes, there are three distinct phases: SKIM, SCAN, and STUDY.

Understanding these phases is the difference between getting ignored and getting interviewed.

🚫 Phase 1: SKIM (under 2 seconds)

This is instant rejection. A payments clerk applying for a software engineering role. Zero evidence of relevant experience. Most recruiters can make this call in under two seconds.

How to pass: Make it immediately obvious you're qualified. Your target title, recent roles, and key skills need to match the requirements.

👀 Phase 2: SCAN (15-20 seconds)

F-pattern reading. They scan job titles, look for keywords, check your skills section. I go straight to skills to see if the tools and capabilities are there, then skim bullets.

How to pass: Put relevant keywords and skills on the first page. Lead with your strongest accomplishments. Make it easy to scan and impossible to miss your qualifications.

📖 Phase 3: STUDY (a few minutes)

They read most of your bullets. They click your links—portfolio for designers, GitHub for engineers, LinkedIn for everyone else. You've earned real consideration.

How to pass: Bullets need to be compelling, specific, and results-oriented. Links need to work and showcase your best work. Content quality matters most here.

Here's the thing: this isn't a checklist. It happens subconsciously. Each phase is a gate.

There's no guarantee you'll get the interview even at the STUDY phase. But at least you've given yourself the best shot.

When building your resume, think about these three stages. Are you making it through each gate? Are you earning the right to be studied?

Build a resume that passes all three phases with Teal's Resume Builder: https://lnkd.in/gJSNk4FN

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👍 If this helps you understand how resumes really get reviewed.
♻️ Reshare to help someone earn the right to be studied.
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CEO of Teal | Building the AI That Helps People Navigate Their Careers

3 Phases Your Resume Gets Reviewed

Servier Pharmaceuticals

Quality Assurance Manager

Fresenius Medical Care North America

 Interfacing directly with suppliers to follow up on quality and performance issues; managing Supplier Corrective Action Requests.
 Role as Lead Auditor - performing audits on Fresenius Pharma CMOs within the intercontinental United States and Europe.
 Performing on-site and remote supplier quality audits for new suppliers; participating in supplier approval process.
 Documenting and following up on audit results and required actions to be addressed by the supplier.
 Tracking, analyzing, and reporting supplier performance metrics to stakeholders within quality, logistics, and manufacturing management using the appropriate software tools.
 Performing problem analysis, process, and machine capability studies; determining and proposing statistical process controls for appropriate supplier processes.
 Developing professional expertise; applying company policies and procedures to resolve a variety of issues.
 Working on problems of where analysis of situation or data requires a review of a variety of factors. 
 Building productive working relationships.
 Providing assistance to staff with general tasks that require a better understanding of functions.
 Exercising judgment within defined procedures and practices to determine appropriate action. 
 Reviewing and complying with the Code of Business Conduct and all applicable company policies and procedures, local, state, and federal laws and regulations.
 Responsible for Supplier Management.

Supplier Quality Engineer II

Green Key Resources

 Interfacing directly with suppliers to follow up on quality and performance issues; managing Supplier Corrective Action Requests.
 Tracking, analyzing, and reporting supplier performance metrics to stakeholders within quality, logistics, and manufacturing management using the appropriate software tools.
 Performing problem analysis, process, and machine capability studies as required; determines and proposes statistical process controls for appropriate supplier processes.
 Developing professional expertise; applying company policies and procedures to resolve a variety of issues.
 Building productive working relationships.
 Exercising judgment within defined procedures and practices to determine appropriate action. 
 Reviewing and complying with the Code of Business Conduct and all applicable company policies and procedures, local, state, and federal laws and regulations.
 Responsible for Supplier Management.

Supplier Quality Engineer (Consulting for Fresenius Medical Care World Headquarters)

Sanofi-Genzyme

Activities include but are not limited to: 
Performing record review necessary to ensure the compliance of manufacturing procedures to inhouse specifications and government regulations on the manufacturing floor 
Conducting reviews of manufacturing processes to ensure compliance 
Conducting reviews of testing results in support of release of intermediates 
Interpret complex, explicit documentation to ensure quality standards and compliance
Managing the facilitation with Project Management qualities of the creation and revision of company procedures as a Document Change Owner and other initiatives (responsible for training new employees, ensuring all onboarding activities are set for new hires, assigning/overseeing projects given to others within Quality Assurance). 
Mentoring junior staff and new hire’s within the Quality Assurance Department through being a Subject Matter Expert (SME) and facilitating training, performing on-boarding activities (ie assigning proper curricula’s pertinent to function, overseeing projects assigned, performing on-going check-up meetings).

Senior Quality Compliance Specialist

The Judge Group

QA Compliance Specialist Consultant

Lonza Biologics

Site is a Contract Manufacturing Organization (CMO).
Activities include but are not limited to: Audit, review, and authorize in process and finished product batch records, applicable product documentation (ie. product specific and suite logbooks), and solution records for conformance to company established procedures and government regulations. Ensure conformance to SOPs and regulations prior to product release. Report non-conformances for reconciliation and perform follow through and action items for closure. Assigned to customer and responsible for being a liaison between Lonza and the customer. Respond to all customer questions/requests. Perform real time review within the Manufacturing suite floor. Work with Manufacturing real time for issue resolution within the suite floor. Apply Operational Excellence through out the Manufacturing and Quality Assurance (QA) process for lean manufacturing. Conducted product readiness activities such as required training for best documentation practices and other pertinent areas for suite/product start-up.

Quality Assurance

Pfizer/Wyeth Biotech

Activities include but are not limited to: Obtained Green Belt Certification in Operational Excellence. Responsible for all activities related to Manufacturing Batch Records review and Quality Batch Records. Responsible for activities all of which are related to setting and maintaining quality standards aligned w/FDA, cGMP, EMEA and other applicable international GMP regulations & guidance's. Facilitating best practices for Manufacturing Batch Record review process and disposition activities of global product. Reviewed documents for end of inoculum. Responsible for, and facilitated, entire department's training program/curricula. Performed data analysis for product and system investigations. Created and performed training for onsite systems.

Over 20  years of experience in Biologics, Biotech and Pharmaceuticals. 

Certified Biomedical Auditor.

Outstanding knowledge of Quality Standards, cGMP, cGDP, and FDA regulations. Excellent experience in areas such as; internal/external audits, consent decrees, batch record review, training/mentoring staff, identifying areas of improvement, document change owner, creating procedures, deviations (CAPAs, Change Controls), creating training programs, and building a culture where departments such as Quality and MFG are working collaboratively for the outcome of the best product being made.  

Certified Quality Lead Auditor. Being a change agent within an organization to bring tools such as; Lean MFG, Six Sigma, Kaizen, Operational Excellence, and being certified with green belt to empower all and myself to not just simply take status quo though pose a challenge. One item that is known opposed to everything for the future is that Change is inevitable and will occur whether one is ready or not. Embrace it and one will go far.

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