Dan G. Watson

Dan G. Watson is Senior Partner, Mergers and Aquisitions.  Previously he was a Director of New Platform Development (compliant performance polymers for coatings, graphic arts, textile and adhesive applications) with Eastman Kodak and Eastman Chemical Company and an Asia/Pacific Regional Director for Rohm and Haas Company.  With over 35 years of industrial and international business experience, Mr. Watson has extensive experience in the development of critical global growth strategies involving technology development, sales & marketing, distribution, licensing, mergers & acquisitions, spin offs, joint ventures, alliances and their resulting integration objectives.  His technical background includes: Chemicals, Polymers, Plastics, Electronics and Pharmaceuticals.  He has consulted with numerous U.S. and foreign-based companies in the successful development of highly focused organic growth and expansion including merger and acquisition planning and acquisition integration strategies. 
 
Mr. Watson has lived or worked in more than 30 countries with a heavy focus in the Asia/Pacific and European regions.  While a member of the management team at Eastman Chemical Company, he spearheaded the development of a new technology and marketing platform as well as the development of novel technology products.  He formed and led the acquisition strategy to support Eastman’s efforts to enter new value chain positions, new markets and new geographies.  
He is an instructor in the “Successful Acquisition Integration” course offered by the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, CA.