Dan Grosh

Managing Director

San Francisco

Dan Grosh is a Managing Director in Boyden's San Francisco office. As the Global Technology Practice Leader — Americas Region for Boyden, he spearheads and facilitates key client relationships across two continents and conducts searches within the Global Technology and Cleantech verticals. Dan also drives the Private Equity and Emerging Growth practice within the North America West Coast region. 

He has built numerous senior management teams, placing Board Members, CEOs, CXOs, GMs and VP executives into public and private-sector companies in functions spanning General Management, Engineering, Sales, Marketing / product, Operations and Finance. With more than a decade of executive search experience, clients and industry executives frequently leverage Dan’s perspective by seeking his advice on strategy as well as Board and company leadership selection.

Dan was a partner with a mid-size global executive search firm, where he led the Emerging Growth Companies Practice while also focusing on Fortune 1000 senior-level assignments. Dan also served as President of Grosh Associates for several years - a highly-successful boutique placement firm that he founded. He began his career with Northwestern Mutual Life. 

Dan holds an MBA from Golden Gate University and a BA in Communications from the University of Minnesota. Dan also holds leadership roles within a number of local charity, community groups, and professional associations. 

RECENT TESTIMONIALS

"I recently worked with Dan while recruiting a VP in my group. I was very impressed with Dan's professionalism and efficiency. He spent a great deal of time understanding the role, the company, the culture and the Industry. His research identified candidates that were very qualified. He was on top of every detail and was very responsive. In addition, he was very effective in using his connections — that greatly expedited the process — highly recommend him and look forward to working with him again in the future."

PK Karnik
Vice President  Worldwide Client Services
Imperva

"I hired Dan for a critical CEO hire for one of our portfolio companies. The Board set a very high bar and Dan exceeded expectations. He brought a sense of urgency, passion, strategic insight and added tremendous value during the search. Dan was relentless in finding a star and meticulous in the process. We look forward to continuing the partnership with Dan to represent key executive search assignments for the Emergence portfolio in the future." 

Gordon Ritter
General Partner at Emergence Capital
Board Member at PivotLink

“I have worked with Dan several times throughout my HR career and I would certainly welcome the opportunity to work with him again. Dan knows how to partner with key stakeholders of the organization to understand the organization's culture and the skills and experiences required. He always delivers high caliber, quality candidates. He is focused, dedicated, results driven, and a pleasure to work with.  I recommend him as an executive search professional in the technology sector”.

Shirley Braun
Vice President Human Resources
Imperva

“Dan filled a senior level position in 6 weeks that we had been recruiting for over 6 months. What sets Dan apart is his ability to quickly convert desired competencies to qualified candidates. Worth every penny and then some.”

Maureen Kelly
Chief of Staff to VP Product Marketing 
Symantec

“Dan was hired to fill a key senior management position for me and my Company. From the onset, he worked to thoroughly and diligently understand our needs and present very strong candidates. He partnered with us well through the entire process always appreciating our business' needs and working style. I would certainly welcome the opportunity to work with him again.”

Kim Morton
Director of Human Resources
Host Analytics

“We engaged Dan to fill a senior position at a critical time for our company. The search was difficult and sourcing top notch candidates was not easy or obvious. Dan and the team at Boyden did an outstanding job for us. They were responsive, creative and very effective.”

Paul Detering
Chief Executive Officer
Tioga Energy

“Dan is an 'All Star' when it comes to executive recruiting in technology. He is 'fast and furious,' 'quick and clean,' focused and detailed,' 'cost effective and quality oriented;' as well as a very smart, savvy and well connected executive search professional.   Dan is also very knowledgeable, a quick study, a pleasure to partner with, and he really does work 24/7.  If you're looking for the right person to fill that executive technical position — Dan is definitely the right search executive who will get it done right, the first time!"

Christos Cotsakos
Chairman & CEO at Pennington Ventures
President & CEO at EndPlay

“I know Dan as an executive search colleague while we were both with the same executive search firm, as well as an executive search partner via Boyden, whom Tripwire hired to perform a Head of Product Management search. I hold Dan in the highest regard; he's diligent, ethical, honest, fast, and flat-out great at what he does. He is respected and trusted by the executives he represents, as well as the clients (like Tripwire) whom he recruits for. Dan is a great one; and one of the few pro's out there that I would stake my reputation on via my recommendation."

Jeff Markham
Talent Acquisition Manager
Tripwire