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Danny Davis

Danny believes you can solve anything you set your mind to, and his career is proof. He loves sharing what he has learned along the way and showing people how they can do the same, whether they lead a sales team, run a small business, or are just getting started.

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Danny speaking at a podium at the Marshall County POW/MIA Recognition Day ceremony
Why Danny

Anything really is possible

Danny's story is not about having every advantage. It is about deciding what he wanted, putting in the work before anyone was watching, and refusing to stay where he started.

Perseverance

Last in his class. Not last in life.

Danny graduated from West Point as the Goat, the cadet who finishes last in class rank. He went on to lead soldiers, build a company, and earn a seat at the table with a College Football Playoff program.

Problem solving

He saw a problem and went all in.

While still on active duty, Danny started volunteering with high school football programs, learned exactly what coaches needed, and taught himself how to build it. That work became his company, Recon Sports.

Sales

No sales team. Nearly $1M closed.

Danny has closed nearly $1M in technology sales as a founder and as an advisor to other companies, without a business development team behind him. He owned every deal from the first conversation to delivery.

Danny Davis in a blue suit
About Danny

Danny Davis is a leader and problem solver who built his career by mastering what he didn't know yet. A West Point graduate, Division I football player and former Army Captain, he was selected to build and lead a newly created reconnaissance unit, was accountable for over $100M in government assets, and started his own company while still on active duty.

He put years of work into his company, Recon Sports, before it ever paid him back. That groundwork won a multi-year partnership with University of Tennessee Football, with systems Danny built running across every department of a program that reached the College Football Playoff. Along the way he has closed nearly $1M in technology sales as a founder and as an advisor to other companies, owning each deal from the first conversation through delivery.

Today he leads enterprise platform work for one of Microsoft's leading consulting partners, bringing the same approach to every industry he enters: learn fast, build the system, deliver.

Outside of work, Danny is invested in his family and community. He and his wife Rebecca live in western Kentucky with their Golden Retriever and Belgian Malinois, and he stays close to the game by volunteering with high school football programs and speaking at veterans events.

Speaking Topics

What Danny brings to the room

Keynotes, team talks and podcast conversations for sales teams, small businesses, conferences, schools and veterans groups. Every talk is built around your audience and what you want them to walk away with.

Signature talk

Where You Start Doesn't Decide Where You Finish

How to stop measuring yourself by your starting point, keep going when it gets hard, and build toward a goal bigger than your current situation.

For any team, company or conference

Selling Without a Sales Team

How Danny closed nearly $1M as a founder: earning trust in the first conversation, understanding the real problem, and owning the deal all the way through delivery.

For sales teams and business owners

Make Yourself the Asset

What investing in yourself actually means, and how to do it on purpose so your skills, confidence and opportunities keep compounding.

For professionals, students and growing teams

Leading Through Uncertainty

Owning outcomes, making sound decisions without every answer, and keeping people moving in the same direction when the path isn't clear.

For leadership teams and veterans groups
On the podium

Marshall County POW/MIA Recognition Day

Speaker at the county's POW/MIA Recognition Day ceremony, and a regular voice for high school football programs and veterans events in his community.

United States Military Academy

West Point

Danny is the fourth member of his family to graduate from the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he played Division I football and earned a B.S. in Systems Engineering. West Point taught him how to lead in uncertainty, how to make sound decisions when he doesn't have every answer, and how to own the outcome. Those standards still shape how he works.

The Goat

Where you start does not decide where you finish.

Danny graduated as the class Goat, the cadet who finishes last in class rank. It is one of West Point's oldest traditions, and the whole Corps cheers the Goat across the stage. George Custer and George Pickett both earned the title, and both went on to become generals. Where you start doesn't dictate where you'll end up, or how successful you'll be.

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Danny celebrating on the West Point graduation stage as generals applaud
Graduation day, West Point Class of 2018.
The Journey

Built through experience

Every step has the same pattern: take the role that requires ownership, build what doesn't exist yet, and deliver where the expectations are highest.

2013

From All-State to Division I

A First Team All-State linebacker, Danny was recruited to play Division I football at West Point.

Danny carrying the ball in high school
2018

West Point Graduate

Graduated from the United States Military Academy and commissioned as a Field Artillery Officer.

Danny's West Point cadet portrait
2018

A Company Started in Uniform

Founded Recon Sports while on active duty, volunteering as a mentor and resource for high school football programs and learning what coaches actually needed.

Danny on a high school football sideline
2018–23

First to Lead

Selected as the first officer to build and lead a newly created reconnaissance unit for an infantry division, and accountable for more than $100M in government assets over his service.

Danny in uniform in front of a tactical vehicle
2024

On the National Stage

Recon Sports won a multi-year partnership with University of Tennessee Football, and the program reached the College Football Playoff with systems Danny built running across every department.

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Today

Building What's Next

Leads enterprise platform work for one of Microsoft's leading consulting partners and advises Recon Sports, applying the same approach to every industry he enters.

Danny at his workstation
Podcasts & Speaking

On the mic

Guest appearances, the Gridiron Unfiltered episodes Danny hosted, and live speaking.

What they say

"Danny has truly revolutionized how we operate within every department. The way he brings our ideas to life is like no other."

Travis TaylorTravis TaylorUniversity of Tennessee Football

"What Danny is doing is truly remarkable and is on the cutting edge of empowering athletes."

Leigh SteinbergLeigh SteinbergCEO, Steinberg Sports & Entertainment

"His qualities of leadership and creativity bring his leadership to a whole new level."

Dave BlanchardDave BlanchardCEO, The Og Mandino Group
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