Dan Grantham

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Manufacturing Product Owner, Chevron Operations Technology Product Line. at Chevron

El Segundo, California, United States

Overview

Dan Grantham is a Manufacturing Product Owner at Chevron, specializing in the Operations Technology Product Line. He focuses on developing capability roadmaps for platforms like Connected Worker, IIoT, and XR/VR, ensuring technology solutions meet the needs of manufacturing business units. He has a background in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from El Camino College.

Outside of his corporate career, Dan has a unique entrepreneurial background. He founded and operated Tropical Seas, Incorporated, a business that constructed and installed artificial marine habitats. His company supplied customers with products, services, and living marine livestock, managing everything from a retail storefront to large-scale installations.

His companys notable clients included the Mirage Hotel in Las Vegas and several Disney/Touchstone motion picture productions.

Personality Overview

Self-Confident

Vision Oriented

Decisive

They care equally about the product and its potential impact.  They respond well to confident salespeople. They can be nudged to make faster decisions by offering what they value.

Topics They Care About

Connected Worker Tech
His role involves enabling field workers with mobile devices and real-time collaboration tools. He has posted about Chevron's trials with new wearable technology for the workforce.
XR Technologies
He follows developments in Extended Reality (XR), noting its significant advancements and how it's changing the technology landscape, as seen in his post about CES 2023.
Operations Technology
As a Product Owner for the Chevron Operations Technology Product Line, his primary focus is on developing roadmaps for new manufacturing capabilities and platforms.

Media Appearances

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Work History

2-2024
Manufacturing Product Owner, Chevron Operations Technology Product Line. at Chevron
11-2021 - 2-2024
Lead Product Owner - Manufacturing Mobility / Connected Worker at Chevron
11-2020 - 11-2021
Product Owner, Mobile and Stewardship at Chevron
6-1989 - 9-1991
ELECTRONICS INVENTORY ANALYST - Verifone International. at VeriFone Systems, Inc
4-1986 - 8-1989
OWNER/PROPRIETOR Tropical Seas, Incorporated at Self-employed

Education

1986 - 1988
Electrical and Electronics Engineering from El Camino College
Education details unavailable from UCLA

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Insights For Selling To Dan

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Make sure that you you respond to any queries from them quickly
  • Highlight the competitive differentiation of your product
  • Make sure that they have the necessary authority, they could present false stature sometimes

DONT's

  • Avoid repeating yourself or making generalizations
  • Do not give up if they are not convinced, try again with a different approach
  • Don’t try to be an alpha salesperson, give them equal space

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Dan is

  • Belief in the product plays an important role, followed by objective proof and testimonials.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Dan

  • They may hesitate slightly, but if they are not convinced, they will say no.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Dan move?

  • They are neither the fastest decision makers nor the slowest.
  • Can Dan take some risk or not?

  • They can take risks only after they have analyzed the advantages and disadvantages.

You And Dan

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