Dan Evans is an experienced entrepreneur and results-oriented manager, specializing in family business coaching, strategic planning, and sales and business development consulting. He's ready to help organizations gain competitive advantage and achieve optimal efficiency by combining expertise in Marketing, Operations, and Business Development to deliver strategic and tactical business plans that drive revenue and profit growth.
Dan was raised in a family business and has real-world experience navigating the challenges and opportunities that are specific to family business. He has worked in the energy industry for over 20 years, and was most recently VP/Marketing and co-owner of a family-owned petroleum and biofuel marketing company. His professional experience includes strategic management, relationship management, sales and marketing strategy, organizational development, business development, and operations management.
Dan graduated from the University of New Hampshire with a BA in Political Science and received his MBA from Franklin Pierce University, where he is an adjunct faculty member teaching marketing.
- Family Business Coaching
Uniquely positioned to draw upon twenty years experience as Vice President, shareholder, and senior management executive of a closely-held corporation. Trusted advisor to entrepreneurs, business owners, CEO’s, family members, management, and team members. Adept at identifying and analyzing problematic situations through review of organizational structure and financial reporting documents. Skilled at encouraging and facilitating collaboration among family members, key personnel, management, and department heads to visualize, conceptualize, and actualize leadership, succession, and exit strategies. High interviewing, diagnostic, conflict-resolution, and action-focused change management skills. Skilled at facilitating processes, systems, and action plans for continuous improvement and attainment of family and corporate goals for growth, wealth management, and organizational development. - Stragetic Planning
Senior level strategic planning and execution expertise with departments, corporations, and organizations. Demonstrated affinity for identifying critical strategic issues and opportunities in order to align organizational skills and competencies with current market environments. Strong ability to involve management and team members in processes to identify strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats within organizations and to design, write, communicate, and implement action plans to capitalize on trends and distinctive competencies. Highly successful in collaborative leadership through coaching/mentoring stakeholders to develop best practices through flexibility, innovation, and entrepreneurial behaviors to achieve goals and contribute to strategic direction. - Sales & Business Development Consulting
Market-savvy senior manger, entrepreneur, and sales professional with high achievement in business management, promotional strategy, finance, new business development, operations, public relations, marketing, branding, and organizational development. Successful at indentifying new opportunities for corporate growth, diversification, profitability, and increased market penetration based on current trends and non-intuitive competitive advantage. Excels at building relationships with clients, employees, and channel partners, and designing and implementing promotional strategies while selling into a broad range of businesses. Very skilled at effective written and verbal communication, and building teams, strategic alliances, partnerships, and relationships based on trust and advancing mutual objectives.
