Dan Perella Email & Phone Number

Cleveland, Oh, Us

Rocky River, Ohio, Us

I take pride in my role as both an investor in and the CEO of Chagrinovations, LLC - a uniquely-focused, customer-centric consumer products company that stands out for its 'Say Yes' attitude. We specialize in bringing innovation to life through our design and development capabilities, catering to the world's largest retailers. Our focus is on creating brands and fostering relationships by introducing 'why didn't I think of that' solutions to address challenges faced by both our retail partners and consumers. We thrive on solving problems, even those consumers weren't aware they had. Operating with Hunger, Hustle, and Humility, we embrace a servant leadership mindset. Our ultimate goal is to be the preferred resource for our customers, offering new solutions and innovative ideas whenever they're needed.

Brands to Retail is uniquely positioned to bring digitally native brands to the shelves of the world's largest retailers. Our leadership team has over 100+ years of experience creating items, building brands, and creating great relationships with our customers. Our focus is to leverage our stable of Iconic Brands to introduce industry leading digital brands to our customer base. We help brand owners extend their businesses' value by allowing them to develop a multi-channel item and brand strategy without the costs associated with doing that themselves. We use our network, skills, and expertise to build it for them.

Cleveland, Oh, Us

Responsible for the day-to-day activities of our entire company and oversaw all aspects of the business. Was particularly invested in the financial, HR, tech, operations, and customer relationships of our business and lead our replenishment, forecasting and customer service teams. Built tools to help ensure end-to-end supply chain efficiencies and service levels as well as profit management at the organization, customer and item levels. Helped lead a successful sale of the company in the fall of 2021.

Co-founder of a high-growth, fast-paced consumer products company that was started without a platform item, benchmark technology, or specific notion of what would be sold. The organization grew to nearly $40.0 million in global sales and we created a successful exit in the fall of 2021.Executive with an extensive and diverse background across all functional areas of a company - sales, category management, finance, operations, marketing, product development, systems and strategic management topics. Specific competencies include: global sales management, cutting-edge category management leadership, advanced forecasting & business planning, inventory replenishment, product development, financial and performance measurements, systems and business intelligence development, contract negotiations, global licensing agreements, and merger & acquisition analysis.

Cleveland, Oh, Us

Over the course of my ten year career at Manco, my experience ranged from the lowest levels of the marketing department to the highest levels of the executive team.I spent one year in marketing, 2 years in purchasing (eventually serving as Director of purchasing), 5 years as Manco's Wal-Mart Team Vice President (living in NW Arkansas), and 2 years as Exec VP of Sales for the US and Canada.During my tenure as the VP of Wal-Mart Sales for Manco, our team received 5 vendor of the year awards, including 3 in one year (1999) and 2 in the next (2000). That is the first and only time one team has won the award in three departments in the same year at Wal-Mart.I was responsible for sales growth in my capacity as VP of Wal-Mart sales from $40M in 1995 to nearly $100M in 2000; and was responsible for nearly $40M of sales growth over the course of my 18 months as EXEC VP Sales at Manco.I was one of five members of Manco's compensation committee, the youngest member of the executive committee, and one of the youngest Vice Presidents in the history of the company.