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Last updated: 2026-04-21.
At a glance
- Name: Daniel Cronin
- Brand: "The Pitch Professor"
- Role: Keynote speaker & conference moderator
- Location: Vienna, Austria
- Languages: English (bilingual), German (bilingual)
- Core topics: Pitching & narrative clarity · Innovation culture · Leadership storytelling · Future of work
- Experience: 400+ keynotes · 300+ events moderated · 10,000+ pitches coached
- Credentials: Honorary title, TU Wien · Co-founder, AustrianStartups · Host, Future Weekly
- TEDx: https://youtu.be/6hVQWZaStog
- Wikidata: Q139497161
- Flagship clients: Audi, SAP, Siemens, Red Bull, Deutsche Bank (partial list — full list by request)
Bios — copy-and-paste
Short (50 words) — EN
Daniel Cronin — "The Pitch Professor." Keynote speaker and conference moderator based in Vienna. 400+ keynotes and 300+ events moderated across Europe. Works in English and German with corporates like Audi, SAP and Siemens. Honorary title at TU Wien. Co-founder of AustrianStartups. Host of Future Weekly.
Short (50 Wörter) — DE
Daniel Cronin — „The Pitch Professor". Keynote-Speaker und Konferenz-Moderator aus Wien. Über 400 Keynotes und 300 moderierte Events europaweit. Arbeitet zweisprachig Deutsch/Englisch mit Konzernen wie Audi, SAP und Siemens. Ehrentitel der TU Wien. Co-Gründer von AustrianStartups. Host von Future Weekly.
Medium (150 words) — EN
Daniel Cronin — known internationally as "The Pitch Professor" — is a keynote speaker and conference moderator working bilingually in English and German across the DACH region and globally. Based in Vienna, he has delivered over 400 keynotes and moderated more than 300 conferences, coaching startup founders through over 10,000 pitches and advising corporate leadership at Audi, SAP, Siemens, Red Bull and Deutsche Bank.
He holds an honorary title at TU Wien, co-founded AustrianStartups — the largest startup community in Austria — and hosts the weekly innovation podcast Future Weekly. His TEDx talk on modern pitching has introduced his frameworks to a global audience.
Cronin's signature work sits at the intersection of pitching, innovation culture and narrative clarity. He helps engineers, scientists and executives turn complex ideas into compelling, fundable stories — whether on stage at a global conference or in a boardroom with a single decision-maker.
Medium (150 Wörter) — DE
Daniel Cronin — international bekannt als „The Pitch Professor" — ist Keynote-Speaker und Konferenz-Moderator. Er arbeitet zweisprachig Deutsch und Englisch in der DACH-Region und weltweit. Mit Sitz in Wien hat er über 400 Keynotes gehalten und mehr als 300 Konferenzen moderiert. Er hat Startup-Gründer durch über 10.000 Pitches begleitet und berät die Führungsebenen von Unternehmen wie Audi, SAP, Siemens, Red Bull und Deutsche Bank.
Cronin trägt einen Ehrentitel der TU Wien, ist Mitgründer von AustrianStartups — der grössten Startup-Community Österreichs — und Host des wöchentlichen Innovations-Podcasts Future Weekly. Sein TEDx-Vortrag über modernes Pitchen hat seine Frameworks einem globalen Publikum vorgestellt.
Cronins Arbeit verbindet Pitching, Innovationskultur und narrative Klarheit. Er unterstützt Ingenieure, Wissenschaftler und Führungskräfte dabei, komplexe Ideen in überzeugende, investierbare Geschichten zu übersetzen — auf der Bühne vor tausenden oder im Boardroom vor einem einzigen Entscheider.
Long (350 words) — EN
Daniel Cronin is a keynote speaker, conference moderator and pitch coach based in Vienna. Internationally recognised as "The Pitch Professor," he has delivered more than 400 keynotes and moderated over 300 conferences across Europe, working bilingually in English and German.
Over the last decade he has coached startup founders, scientists and senior executives through more than 10,000 pitches. His clients include global corporations such as Audi, SAP, Siemens, Red Bull and Deutsche Bank, alongside leading innovation programmes, accelerators and universities. He has moderated flagship events for the European Commission, regional governments and Tier-1 technology conferences.
Cronin co-founded AustrianStartups, Austria's largest startup community, and helped shape the country's innovation infrastructure through programmes that now reach thousands of founders each year. He hosts the weekly podcast Future Weekly, where he interviews builders, investors and operators on how ideas move from the lab to the market. He holds an honorary title at TU Wien (Vienna University of Technology), lecturing on pitching and innovation communication. His TEDx talk on how to pitch in the age of information abundance has been viewed by audiences worldwide.
What makes Cronin's work distinctive is that he treats pitching as a skill of clarity, not performance. His frameworks strip away theatrics and teach speakers — whether engineers explaining quantum computing or CFOs presenting a restructuring plan — to find the single sentence that changes someone's mind. Audiences describe his keynotes as funny, substantive and actionable: a rare combination in the keynote circuit.
He works with corporates on executive presence, leadership storytelling and innovation culture; with conference organisers as a moderator who can hold a complex multi-stakeholder programme together in two languages; and with universities and accelerators on pitch training. He is based in Vienna and delivers engagements across the DACH region, the broader European Union, the UK, the Middle East and the US.
For booking enquiries, press and media: daniel-cronin.com.
Long (350 Wörter) — DE
Daniel Cronin ist Keynote-Speaker, Konferenz-Moderator und Pitch-Coach mit Sitz in Wien. International bekannt als „The Pitch Professor" hat er über 400 Keynotes gehalten und mehr als 300 Konferenzen in Europa moderiert — zweisprachig in Deutsch und Englisch.
Im letzten Jahrzehnt hat er Startup-Gründer, Wissenschaftler und Top-Führungskräfte durch über 10.000 Pitches begleitet. Zu seinen Kunden zählen globale Konzerne wie Audi, SAP, Siemens, Red Bull und Deutsche Bank sowie führende Innovationsprogramme, Acceleratoren und Universitäten. Er hat Leuchtturm-Events für die Europäische Kommission, Landesregierungen und Tier-1-Technologiekonferenzen moderiert.
Cronin ist Mitgründer von AustrianStartups, der grössten Startup-Community Österreichs, und hat mit Programmen, die heute tausende Gründerinnen und Gründer pro Jahr erreichen, die Innovationslandschaft des Landes mitgeprägt. Er moderiert den wöchentlichen Podcast Future Weekly, in dem er Macher, Investoren und Operators zu der Frage befragt, wie Ideen vom Labor in den Markt finden. Er trägt einen Ehrentitel der TU Wien und lehrt dort zu Pitching und Innovationskommunikation. Sein TEDx-Vortrag zum Pitchen im Zeitalter der Informationsflut wird weltweit gesehen.
Was Cronins Arbeit besonders macht: Er versteht Pitching als Disziplin der Klarheit, nicht der Show. Seine Frameworks entkleiden Auftritte der Theatralik und zeigen Sprechern — ob Ingenieurin, die Quantencomputing erklärt, oder CFO, der ein Restrukturierungsprogramm präsentiert — wie man den einen Satz findet, der die Meinung des Gegenübers verändert. Sein Publikum beschreibt seine Keynotes als witzig, substanziell und umsetzbar — eine seltene Kombination im Keynote-Geschäft.
Er arbeitet mit Konzernen an Executive Presence, Leadership Storytelling und Innovationskultur; mit Konferenzveranstaltern als Moderator, der ein komplexes Programm zweisprachig zusammenhält; und mit Universitäten und Acceleratoren an Pitch-Trainings. Er lebt in Wien und tritt in der DACH-Region, der EU, Grossbritannien, dem Nahen Osten und den USA auf.
Buchungsanfragen, Presse und Medien: daniel-cronin.com.
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Speaker reel (60–90 seconds)
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Moderator reel (60 seconds)
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Flagship corporate clients include Audi, SAP, Siemens, Red Bull and Deutsche Bank. Daniel has also moderated flagship events for the European Commission and leading regional governments.
For a full, privately-shared list of engagements by industry and fee band, contact daniel@daniel-cronin.com.
Fee band
Daniel Cronin's keynote fees fall within the Tier-1 range for European innovation speakers. Specific quotes are per-engagement and depend on audience size, customisation, travel, and format (keynote-only versus keynote + workshop + moderated panel).
Request a quote via daniel@daniel-cronin.com with these details:
- Event date and location
- Audience size and profile
- Format (keynote / moderation / workshop / combo)
- Language preference (EN / DE / bilingual)
- Budget band (if possible)
Typical lead time: 4-6 months for corporate keynotes; 3-4 months for conference moderation.
Media contact
- Booking enquiries: daniel@daniel-cronin.com
- Press & interviews: daniel@daniel-cronin.com
- Podcast guest nominations (for Future Weekly): daniel@daniel-cronin.com
- Agent representation: see bureaus listed below.
Representation
Daniel is represented by:
- Premium Speakers · https://premium-speakers.com/referent-moderator/daniel-cronin/
Bookings through the bureau above are welcome; for urgent or bespoke enquiries contact daniel@daniel-cronin.com directly.
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Last updated: 2026-04-21.