Dan Wodka

Dan Wodka is a Senior Product Development Manager at Instant Brands, where responsibilities include developing roadmap planning and execution strategies for small appliance categories in the Non-Cooking segment. Prior to this role, Dan served as an Engineering Manager at Northrop Grumman, directing multi-discipline teams for advanced technology projects, and as a Senior Engineering Manager at Newell Brands, overseeing beverage product development for a portfolio generating $300 million in revenue. Dan's career also includes significant experience at Ignite USA, where leadership of the Beverage Engineering team contributed to substantial business growth, and earlier roles as a Sr. Mechanical Engineer at Motorola Mobile Devices. Dan holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and a certificate in Applied Project Management from the University of California, Irvine.