Dan Doodnauth

Experience

1. Director of Product Development & Sourcing

   Global Industrial Company

   Feb 2013 — Present

   Global Industrial has been an industry leader for over 70 years providing private label and brand name industrial equipment and supplies to businesses throughout North America. We carry over 1 million industrial, material handling and business products that are sold through our website, catalogs, and corporate sales force. We are constantly increasing our product offerings to meet the diverse and changing needs of our customers. Our customers include small to large corporations, institutions, government agencies and consumers across North America.\\\\n\\\\n- Implement and execute product development process from conception to production to importing with an emphasis on off shore manufacturing and sourcing.\\\\n- Lead a team of managers and engineers to develop and create new products in our expanding lines for industrial, office, and electrical categories.\\\\n- Identify and establish new supplier sources internationally and domestic through factory visits, tradeshows and knowledgeable resources.\\\\n- Produce significant annual cost savings through product enhancements, price negotiation & analysis, and packaging & shipping efficiency.\\\\n- Daily communication and interaction with overseas and cross functional teams to manage on time production and quality control inspections globally.\\\\n- Create and oversee product specifications, standards, safety warnings, engineering drawings, product testing, patent research, assembly manuals to comply with regulatory standards such as ANSI, UL, etc.\\\\n \\\\n\\\\n \\\\n \\\\n\\\\n \\\\n

Education

• Wharton Executive Education

  Merger & Acquisitions and Corporate Development Strategies (2026)

• MIT Sloan School of Management

  Artificial Intelligence: Implications for Business Strategy (2026)

• Binghamton University

  Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering