Dan Patrick

Business Development Manager @ Amphenol

About

Dan is the VP of Sales & Marketing at Scalable Robotics and has a 20+ year background in manufacturing and technical sales & marketing. Dan has been the owner of Wrisley Abrasives since 2004, a niche small business providing high performance diamond and CBN tools to industries including Aerospace, Defense, Glass, Crystal, Medical, Bearing, and Technical Ceramics. Prior to taking ownership of Wrisley Abrasives, Dan worked as a Production Engineer and Sales Engineer at Amphenol TCS (formally Teradyne Connection Systems). As a Production Engineer, Dan was responsible for both the facility development and manufacturing process to produce high-end Internet core routers and switches. Sustaining production at this facility exceeded $40M, annually. As a Sales Engineer, Dan managed Amphenol TCS’ largest account at the time, Cisco Systems – contributing more than $100M in annual gross revenue. For two years, Dan coordinated Design Engineers, Supply-base Engineers, Senior Executives, and factory workers to help bring Cisco Systems’ new products to market. Dan is an active board member of the College of Engineering, Technology, and Architecture (CETA) at the University of Hartford as well as a member of the American Precision Optical Manufacturers Association (APOMA). Dan grew up in Maine, has lived in Texas and California, and now lives in Simsbury, CT with his wife, Keeley, and two children, Brenner and Addison. Dan enjoys an active lifestyle playing with the kids, mountain biking, and golfing. Dan earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering Technology at the University of Maine in 1999.

Country

United States

City

Greater Hartford

Industry

Information Technology & Services

Skill

Automation, Marketing Operations, Industrial Engineering, Inbound Lead Generation, Sales Effectiveness, Production Planning, Project Engineering, JIT Production, Strategy, Business Management, Manufacturing Operations, Product Management, Interpersonal Skills, Strategic Thinking, Mechanical Engineering, Solution Selling, Business Strategy, Marketing Strategy, Marketing, Sales and Marketing

Experience

Business Development Manager

Amphenol

2025-5 - Present · 1 yr 4 mos

Connecticut, United States

Vice President, Sales & Marketing

Scalable Robotics

2023-4 - 2025-5 · 2 yrs 2 mos

Connecticut, United States

Scalable Robotics is the ‘No Code, Point and Click Solution for Industrial Robots’

Global Sales Manager

Wrisley Abrasives

2003-12 - 2023-4 · 19 yrs 5 mos

Simsbury, CT

• Designed, marketed, and sold superabrasive tooling resulting in over $3.0M in annual sales, a 10X increase in revenue since original purchase in 2003. • Added $1.0M (30%) of annual recurring revenue by increasing product offering to existing customers including Corning Inc, Schott Glass, Apple, NASA, M.I.T., Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, and L3Harris. • Reduced customers’ machining cycle times by more than 50% by engineering complex diamond and cubic boron nitride tooling to produce extremely valuable components. • Created and analyzed financial reports including P&L, Balance Sheet and Cash Flow Analysis. • Developed and routinely taught “Diamond Tools 101” class to audiences exceeding 100 people.

Sales Engineer

Teradyne

2000 - 2003 · 3 yrs

• Focused on generating sales to Cisco Systems in multiple locations throughout the United States. Exceeded 2003 bookings quota ($26.5M) by $10.9M. • Utilized engineering background to design in Teradyne high-speed interconnect solutions into several new programs, amounting to $10.6M of new business in 2002 and $19.0M in 2003. • Responsible for winning a major next generation platform worth $3.7M in 2003, $7.2M in 2004. • Exceeded Design Win quota 2 years in a row by more than 25%. • Utilized Total Quality Management tools daily and led a Quality Improvement Team to remove lead as a PCB surface finish yielding a cost reduction amounting to an estimated $0.9M in 2003.

Production Engineer/Supervisor

Teradyne

1999 - 2000 · 1 yr

Plano, Texas, United States

• Set up two JIT manufacturing facilities to assemble complex telecommunication switches resulting in a customer partnership worth $40.0M in yearly revenue. • Supervised 25 direct labor employees incorporating JIT and Visual Workplace manufacturing practices.