Dan McClave
Dan McClave currently serves as a principal owner, operator & investor of Orange Star Ventures, an investment company that he co-owns with his wife, Christin McClave. Orange Star invests in a wide array of industries including automotive, technology and real estate. Dan spent a majority of his career in the Automotive Industry with CARDONE Industries where he served as Executive Vice President of Engineering & Product Development. CARDONE Industries is one of the largest automotive parts remanufacturing companies in the automotive aftermarket. As a senior executive and operations professional, Dan helped launch many new product lines, exhibited a broad range of skills in diverse areas including Engineering, Supply Chain & Logistics, Lean Manufacturing, Operations Management, and New Product Development. He accepted an international assignment in 2001 and relocated to Brussels, Belgium to lead the company’s expansion into the European aftermarket as Managing Director of CARDONE Industries Europe. Dan has a passion for giving back to the community and serves on several local and national non-profit Boards. He graduated from Wilkes University with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering, and also achieved a MBA from Drexel University. He and his wife Christin have three sons, ages 20, 18, and 15 and live in suburban Philadelphia.
Christin McClave
Christin is an experienced utility executive with a vision for growing profits and healthy cultures across the manufacturing, e-commerce, industrials, and healtcare sectors. Having worked internally at both public and private companies, been a shareholder/owner of a 3rd generation family business, and externally as an advisor across the multiple large enterprises, Christin approaches leadership and the boardroom with a multiple-stakeholder focus. My ability to be an upstream and downstream thinker, connect the dots and recognize patterns where others see complexity allows me to bring a future-oriented mindset to a leadership or board role that has a need to evaluate alternative scenarios and see around corners. She is passionate about developing teams and growing leaders. She has a competitive drive to grow revenue without sacrificing profitability and love to spearhead organizational culture & redesign initiatives. I am an agile leader who can effortlessly switch from divergent perspectives—leader, peer, coach, board member and owner. Executive leadership with private company due diligence, M&A integration, Realignment and Private Equity transition experience. Christin is a passionate strategist and tactical implementer at the intersection of people, process and technology. On the lighter side, I created the SpiritBizChicks private community to support women in their entrepreneurial ventures--this may include working inside or outside the home. The women who are a part of this community share common values and help each other increase their impact. Orange Star Venture allows me and my husband to work together as we grow a strong digital marketing affiliate business in the automotive space.
