Dan Maynes-Aminzade (/ˌɑːmɪnˈzɑːdi/ AH-min-ZAH-dee;[1] born in 1979), mononymously known as Monzy, is a nerdcore hip hop artist and software engineer at Facebook.

Dan received his bachelor's degree from Carnegie Mellon University, where his research advisor was Randy Pausch; his Undergraduate Honors Thesis is titled "Techniques for Interactive Audience Participation".

[3] It eventually made it into a Wired magazine article,[4] and Monzy was interviewed for a segment on the German television program Taff.

On January 10, 2006, Monzy performed at the DivX, Inc. booth of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, along with other nerdcore artists.

hhpcounter.com is the official counter for mayorship on the HHP (Heron's Head Park) running route in San Francisco, while bayloops.com tracks the runners doing the "Bay Loop" in Palo Alto.