Director, Business Development — Global
Kernow Coatings
Global portfolio governance, OEM strategy across eight Tier-1 partners, enterprise systems, AI and security policy, and operating-board leadership.
- Current
- Director, Business Development — Global
- Based
- Marine, Illinois · Remote-first
- Availability
- Advisory · Fractional · Interim
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EXECUTIVE BIOGRAPHY
One career, connected across functions
Twenty years of making
the work connect.
Sales taught me to listen. Product taught me to choose. Operations taught me that reality always gets a vote. Executive leadership taught me how to make all three move at the same time, in the same direction, without a committee.
Dan Lawellin is a global business executive, growth operator, and print-industry specialist with 20+ years across P&L, commercial leadership, product management, operations, enterprise systems, and new-application development. He serves on Kernow Coatings’ eight-person global operating board and has led growth, portfolio transformation, OEM strategy across Tier-1 print OEMs, ERP and CRM modernization, and commercialization across North American and global markets.
The edge is range. Most people can talk substrates, coatings, presses, and finishing, or they can talk portfolio economics and board decisions. The value shows up in the translation between the two—which is where most print businesses lose money without noticing.
Former DSCOOP Partner Advisory Board member, DSCOOP Americas and Europe, and a regular industry speaker and webinar presenter.
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Built new markets and applications across labels, packaging, wide-format inkjet, and HP Indigo.
Operations & Site Development
Family Business
Negotiated, opened, and ran four retail sites across three states—an early, unsubsidized education in customers, cash, people, and consequences.
Materials & process
- Substrate selection
- Synthetic films + papers
- Coatings
- Embellishment + finishing
Press & platform
- HP Indigo
- High-speed inkjet
- Wide format
- Pressure-sensitive labels
Commercial & product
- Application development
- OEM ecosystems
- Product governance
- Commercial systems
HUMAN
INCLUDED
INCLUDED
ALSO DAN
Professional, not laminated
Serious about growth.
Not always about myself.
I’m drawn to hard problems, candid conversations, and work that leaves a business stronger than I found it. I ask a lot of questions, connect details across functions, and stay close enough to execution to know whether the answer actually works.
Outside the office, photography keeps me observant and patient. It is a practice in composition, timing, and seeing what changes when you shift the frame.
I value sharp thinking, low ego, and people who do what they say they will do. A sense of humor helps.
The resume is the summary.
The conversation is better.
Most engagements start with a 30-minute conversation and a straight answer about whether I can help.