Dan Smytka is a CEO, Board Director, President, and C-level executive with global expertise in start-ups and growing and leading multibillion-dollar businesses with marque brands such as General Electric, Carrier, and Goodyear Tire & Rubber across diverse B2B, B2B2C, and B2C segments.
The operator behind the coach
Dan Smytka is a CEO, Board Director, President, and C-level executive with global expertise in start-ups and growing and leading multibillion-dollar businesses with marquee brands such as General Electric , Carrier , and Goodyear Tire & Rubber across diverse B2B, B2B2C, and B2C segments.
Recently, he served as CEO and Board Director for Zep, Inc. , a private equity business, and achieved the successful sale of Zep’s Vehicle Care business unit for an EBITDA multiple well above market norms. Dan’s industry expertise and leadership expand across Fire and Security solutions and SaaS offerings , HVAC equipment and services , building automation controls (BAC) , power generation and distribution , consumer appliances , and automotive products and services .
Having lived as an expat for many years abroad leading businesses in Asia and Europe , Dan built a reputation for profitably growing businesses, building high-performance, collaborative executive teams, and executing strategies to deliver sustainable results.
Dan is a focused, inspirational leader who emphasizes client and customer relationships for value creation. Through his disciplined where-to-play and how-to-win framework, he has demonstrated tremendous success in identifying opportunities for revenue, margin, and cash flow growth. Dan is a proven strategic thinker and operator.
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Dan Smytka, Former Private Equity CEO and President at GE, Carrier and Goodyear, is especially valuable to CEOs focused on PE-backed scale, SaaS scaling, and brand strategy.
Dan Smytka is a CEO, Board Director, President, and C-level executive with global expertise in start-ups and growing and leading multibillion-dollar businesses with marquee brands such as General Electric , Carrier , and Goodyear Tire & Rubber across diverse B2B, B2B2C, and B2C segments.
Direct, operator-driven, and rooted in real P&L experience. Dan Smytka coaches CEOs the way a former operator coaches, focused on the decisions that actually move the business, the metrics that expose the truth, and the leadership behaviors that compound over time.
Dan Smytka is based in the United States and works with CEOs across North America and internationally through 1:1 coaching, board observation, and on-site strategic offsites as part of the CEO Coaching International team.
Companies coached by CEO Coaching International for two or more years have averaged 22.8%/yr revenue growth and 37.5%/yr EBITDA growth, roughly 2-3x U.S. benchmarks. Dan Smytka coaches to the same operating standard: measurable growth, real leverage on the CEO's calendar, and a leadership team that can execute without you.
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