Marco Gonzalez Hauger
I'm the Founder & CEO of Daily's. Previously, I was a Software Engineer at Google, working on YouTube Music. I'm a graduate of Virginia Tech where I double majored in Computer Science & Industrial and Systems Engineering. There, I founded VT CRO, the largest student-led engineering team in the university's history. I held internships at Google and AT&T, along with founding and serving as CTO of a tech company from 2018 to 2022. Beyond work, I enjoy film photography, painting, travel, biographies, and taking walks. View VT News Profile.
Experience
San Francisco, CA Founder & CEO
Making Michelin-Quality food affordable through robotics.
San Bruno, CA Software Engineer
Working on frontend features in YouTube & YouTube Music.
Mountain View, CA Software Engineering Intern
Worked on internal tool for the YouTube mobile app on both iOS and Android.
Dallas, TX Data Analytics Intern
• Project Manager for Omni-Channel credit system, projected to gross $0.25B for AT&T by 2027.
• Create model to predict potential revenue for all of AT&T's partners.
Somers, NY Co-Founder & CTO
Created and launched two iOS apps which connects influencers and businesses.
Education
2021 – 2025 | Computer Science | B.S. Degree | '25 |
|---|---|---|
| Industrial Engineering | B.S. Degree | '25 |
| VT CRO | Founder & President | '22–'25 |
| IISE VT Chapter | VP of Operations | '21–'23 |
| Alpha Pi Mu | Inductee | '24 |
| Six Sigma Green Belt | Certification | '23 |
| Technical Leadership | Certification | '23 |
| 🇮🇹 Italy | Study Abroad | '22 |
| 🇩🇪🇦🇹 Germany & Austria | Study Abroad | '23 |
| 🇪🇸 Spain | Study Abroad | '24 |
| 🇵🇦 Panama | Study Abroad | '24 |
Favorite Quotes
Quotes
“Premature optimization is the root of all evil.”
“Whoever wishes to foresee the future must consult the past; for human events ever resemble those of preceding times. This arises from the fact that they are produced by men who have been, and ever will be, animated by the same passions, and thus they necessarily have the same results.”
“Plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.”
“It’s as easy to do something big as it is to do something small.”
“A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.”
“Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.”
“People think focus means saying yes to the thing you’ve got to focus on. But that’s not what it means at all. It means saying no to the hundred other good ideas.”
“We believe our customers can sense the care we put into our products.”
“When you are making a critical decision, you must understand how it will be interpreted from all points of view, not just yours.”
“When a wall starts to lean, everyone gives it a push.”
“Whoever brings you gossip is a gossip.”
“He who seeks a faultless friend remains friendless.”
“Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow-ripening fruit.”
“Good medicine is bitter; honest advice grates on the ear.”
“What I tell you three times is true.”
“When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.”
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“Premature optimization is the root of all evil.”
— Donald Knuth -
“Whoever wishes to foresee the future must consult the past; for human events ever resemble those of preceding times. This arises from the fact that they are produced by men who have been, and ever will be, animated by the same passions, and thus they necessarily have the same results.”
— Niccolò Machiavelli -
“Plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.”
— Dwight D. Eisenhower -
“It’s as easy to do something big as it is to do something small.”
— Stephen Schwarzman -
“A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.”
— George S. Patton -
“Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.”
— Winston Churchill -
“People think focus means saying yes to the thing you’ve got to focus on. But that’s not what it means at all. It means saying no to the hundred other good ideas.”
— Steve Jobs -
“We believe our customers can sense the care we put into our products.”
— Jony Ive -
“When you are making a critical decision, you must understand how it will be interpreted from all points of view, not just yours.”
— Ben Horowitz -
“When a wall starts to lean, everyone gives it a push.”
— Chinese proverb -
“Whoever brings you gossip is a gossip.”
— Chinese proverb -
“He who seeks a faultless friend remains friendless.”
— Turkish proverb -
“Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow-ripening fruit.”
— Aristotle -
“Good medicine is bitter; honest advice grates on the ear.”
— Chinese proverb -
“What I tell you three times is true.”
— Lewis Carroll -
“When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.”
— Maya Angelou