Dan Dennell

About Dan Dennell

For more than a decade, I’ve helped industrial clients navigate complex capital projects by combining business development strategy with practical, boots‑on‑the-ground experience. At The Weitz Company, I focus on growing our industrial, ethanol, and water markets through strong engineering partnerships, lean construction principles, and an unwavering commitment to safety.I’m passionate about building systems that turn ambiguity into clarity—BD processes, onboarding playbooks, market‑intelligence cadences, and operational rhythms that teams can rely on. These structures help us pursue the right opportunities, strengthen client confidence, and deliver projects that stand up to the highest expectations.I believe great teams win complex work. My role is to remove friction, simplify decision‑making, and build trusting relationships—internally and with the engineering partners who help make our work possible. And along the way, I try to keep things light enough that people actually enjoy the work.

Experience

1. Senior Business Development Manager

   The Weitz Company

   Apr 2022 — Present · Omaha, NE, US

   Industrial | Ethanol | Milling | Food & Beverage | Advanced ManufacturingDriving national growth by building the systems, partnerships, and BD discipline that win complex industrial work.• Lead BD strategy across industrial, ethanol, and milling markets with a focus on operational excellence, safety culture, and lean execution.• Architect onboarding playbooks, BD frameworks, and accountability rhythms that turn new associates into confident, high performing contributors.• Expand engineering relationships across Iowa and the Midwest, strengthening early phase collaboration and positioning Weitz as the partner of choice.• Build market intelligence loops that sharpen opportunity targeting, improve hit rates, and accelerate decision making.• Partner with operations to ensure proposals, estimates, and execution plans reflect modern, food safe, automated, and reliable production systems.• Translate complex regulatory, technical, and financial data (45Z, 45Q, CI scoring, incentives) into clear, actionable client strategies.• Champion a culture of clarity, accountability, and continuous improvement — with just enough quick wit to keep the team sharp.

Skills

• Sales Management
• Value Engineering
• Maintenance & Repair
• Budgets
• Energy Conservation
• Company Branding
• Energy Audits
• Energy Management
• Functional Analysis
• Design-Build
• Customer Service
• Vibration Testing
• Energy Benchmarking
• Entrepreneurship
• Corporate Branding
• Dynamic Balancing
• Account Management
• Operation and Maintenance
• Integated Project Delivery
• Organizational and Change Management
• Negotiation
• Contract Management
• Design Build
• Strategic Planning
• Team Building
• Strategic Facilities Planning
• Cooling Towers
• SEO
• Analysis
• Hvac
• Public Relations
• Solution Selling
• Energy Efficiency
• Construction
• Facilities Management
• Project Planning
• Healthcare Facilities
• Benchmarking
• Healthcare
• Business Development