Who We Are

Dan Key
Dan Key is CEO of Key Tactical Solutions. He is an accomplished senior executive with a 35+ year track record in leading operations, supply chain, distribution, procurement, product management, and general management of global businesses. Dan is an expert in transforming, acquiring, growing, divesting, and repositioning assets throughout the world within both public and private equity owned companies.
You can reach Dan at dan@keytacticalsolutions.com.
Known for his approachable and inclusive style of leadership, Dan excels in rallying cross-functional teams around a unified vision. Dan also performs as Faculty for the World 50 Next program helping employees get ready for a C-Suite role and is currently an independent board member for a non-profit organization.
Over the course of this career, he has repeatedly contributed to Gross Margin and EBITDA growth year-over-year through innovative improvements for both internal and external customers, leveraging deep experience in leading end-to-end supply chain and operations across 50+ countries.
Dan is the former Chief Operations Officer at Solenis. Solenis is a ~8.5B water treatment services and supplies business owned by Private Equity. He managed 72 manufacturing sites and more than 100 distribution/toller sites with an annual COGS spend over $5.5B.
Prior to joining Solenis, Dan was Chief Supply Chain Officer at Dentsply Sirona a ~$4B dental supply company serving the oral healthcare markets with equipment and consumable supplies. He managed 30 global manufacturing sites and 60 distribution sites with over 5,000 employees with an annual COGS spend of over ~$1.5B. He was also the Chairperson of the D&I Council and the executive sponsor of 2 of the Employee Resource Groups. Before Dentsply Sirona, Dan was Chief Supply Chain Officer at Axalta Coatings – a $4B global paint and coatings company – where he led an organizational change that redefined the way Axalta managed operations and supported their customers on a lower cost basis. Dan was also Chief Supply Chain Officer at Sigma-Aldrich, where he led the charge in building a world-class global operation and supply chain function across 53 global locations supporting over 500,000 products to over 1 million customers. Prior to Sigma-Aldrich, Dan was Vice President of Integrated Supply Chain at UOP, a Honeywell Company serving the oil and natural gas industry with 14 global locations.
Jill Key
Jill Key is the owner of Key Tactical Solutions. You can reach her at jill@keytacticalsolutions.com.
