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Daniel Cotton

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Lead Motion Manager UK & Northern Europe at ABB
📍 Austria, United Kingdom

Daniel Cotton is a long-tenured leader at ABB, currently serving as Lead Motion Manager for the UK & Northern Europe. His career includes multiple leadership roles, such as Vice President of the Motion business in Canada, where he integrated three product lines into one cohesive unit. He previously managed hydro projects at General Electric.

He successfully unified Baldor Motors, ABB Drives, and Dodge Mechanical Products to create the streamlined ABB Motion business in Canada.

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Experience
36 Years
Current Role
Lead Motion Manager UK & Northern Europe
Job Level
Senior
Location
Austria, United Kingdom
Personality Overview

How Daniel shows up

Slow Buyer
Objective Thinker
Sometimes Friendly

They are thorough and always follow a systematic approach. They are heavily focused on quality and prefer doing things the right way, even if it takes time. They do not like taking risks at all and go for proven options in the end.

Priorities

Topics Daniel cares about

Industrial Digitalization
Passionate about ABB Ability and Digital Powertrain services, viewing them as key to bringing the engineering industry into the digital era.
Energy Revolution
Identifies the ongoing energy revolution as a primary mega-trend that governs ABB's strategy, solutions, and training.
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Career

Work history

4-2023
Lead Motion Manager UK & Northern Europe
ABB
9-2014 - 4-2023
Vice President Motion Business
ABB
1-2012 - 9-2014
General Manager - Rail & Transportion Solutions
ABB
2007 - 2012
Operations Manager & Director of Operations
ABB
2004 - 2007
Head of Project Management - Hydro Projects
General Electric
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

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Steadiness (S)

Steadiness (S) reflects the degree to which a person is likely to focus on cooperation, support and taking everyone along. Those scoring high tend to be consistent and calm.

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