Dan Clarence

Dan Clarence is a proven senior executive with results oriented general management skills and a consistent track record of successful sales and marketing initiatives over his career of thirty plus years. Dan attained a Bachelor’s Degree from Central Michigan University, followed by Graduate Studies at the University of Chicago MBA program.

Dan started his career with the Black & Decker Corporation and rose rapidly through different divisions with increased responsibilities in Sales, Marketing, and Executive Management.

Dan’s next position was as Vice President World-Wide Sales and Marketing at Seymour Housewares. As a corporate officer, executive committee member, and equity partner, Dan was instrumental in restructuring and revitalizing Seymour Housewares working with Chase Chemical Venture Partners. Dan managed and mentored 5 marketing team members, 8 sales managers, and 28 outside sales reps.

Following the successful sale of Seymour Housewares, Dan became the CEO and Managing Partner of MSA, a 6 partner sales, marketing, and product development company with offices throughout the U.S. and Hong Kong. MSA grew to over $75 Million annually. Dan’s experience in the medical industry came from his time as CEO and Managing Partner of Best Cure Medical, a contracted distributor for IHS.

In his role as VP of Sales and Senior Director of Sales at Euro-Pro/Shark Ninja, a multi-Billion dollar privately held corporation, Dan was responsible for pioneering the Wal-Mart/Sam’s Club business, which now represents a large portion of the current Shark/Ninja sales volume. Euro-Pro was named Wal-Mart Supplier of the Year for a record five consecutive years under his leadership.

The expectation is that Dan’s broad-based experience in executive management, developing channel strategies, and in building sales and marketing teams in both a fortune 100 corporate role and in an entrepreneurial role domestically and internationally will bring a great deal of value to IHS.