Belwith Products has announced the next generation of leadership at the company with the appointment of Dan Kennard as president.
“Dan’s passion for product design and style, employee involvement, and organizational alignment strikes a chord with our own passion and culture and has as a solid track record in growing businesses with new products and omni-channel innovative marketing in our industry space,” said John Veleris, founder and chairman of JVA Partners, holding company of Belwith Products.
Among the many duties of his leadership role at Belwith Products, Kennard will be responsible for evolving the company’s showroom environments, deepening relationships with specialty dealers and expanding the company’s OEM and retail offerings.
“Dan has a proven track record in building high performance teams and demonstrated successful leadership of organizations from start-ups to mature organizations within Fortune 200 industrials,” said Veleris. “His management of large operations with diverse manufacturing partnerships across the globe and a deep understanding of the complexity of the supply chain structure to keep them efficient are key aspects to why we chose Dan for the job.”
Kennard’s executive leadership experience spans over two decades as vice president sales and marketing at Yale and later president of Fusion Hardware Group. For the last several years, Kennard has been driving market and brand strategy for building material divisions of Saint-Gobain.
A graduate of Indiana University and the University of Notre Dame, Kennard has spent more than 25 years in the building and consumer products industries with more than 10 years specifically in decorative and builder’s hardware, holding several design patents for designs of his own creation.
“I love the world of style and design in the architectural products field,” said Kennard. “I look forward to supporting the Belwith Products family to continue our positive growth across our four brands and building upon our rich history of quality and innovation.”
