Who is the CEO of Dana?

R. Bruce McDonald is the top executive listed for this profile as of June 2026. Check the company's governance page for subsequent updates.

Where is Dana headquartered?

Dana is headquartered in Maumee, OH. It also operates through additional regional, manufacturing, branch, engineering, or commercial hubs.

Vehicle driveline, sealing, thermal, and powertrain systems

What is Dana?

Q: How much funding has Dana raised?

Dana is Public: NYSE DAN, so current venture funding is not applicable. Its capital profile is public equity, debt, operating cash flow, acquisitions, and shareholder returns.

Q: Who are Dana's competitors?

Dana competes with companies such as American Axle, BorgWarner, Eaton, Magna International. The relevant competitor set depends on product line, region, channel, and customer program.

Vehicle driveline, sealing, thermal, and powertrain systems company with $7.5B 2025 sales, headquartered in Maumee, OH.

Category: Vehicle driveline, sealing, thermal, and powertrain systems
Headquarters: Maumee, OH
Founded: 1904
Employees: About 27,000
Total funding: Public company; no VC funding
Status: Public: NYSE DAN

What is Dana?

Dana is a public vehicle driveline, sealing, thermal, and powertrain systems company. It reported $7.5B 2025 sales and serves light-vehicle, commercial-vehicle, and off-highway powertrain platforms, with a June 2026 agreement to combine with Eaton's Mobility business.

Dana is a mature public company operating at enterprise scale rather than a venture-backed startup. Its latest public reporting shows $7.5B 2025 sales, About 27,000, and a portfolio spanning Axles and driveshafts, Driveline systems, Sealing solutions, Thermal management, Electrified powertrain systems.

The company competes on engineering depth, product reliability, channel reach, installed base, cost discipline, and operational execution. Buying motions are usually tied to multi-year programs, dealer or branch networks, fleet plans, OEM launch calendars, procurement controls, safety or compliance requirements, and long replacement cycles.

For B2B sellers, Dana should be mapped as a multi-threaded account. The strongest pitches connect directly to measurable outcomes such as margin expansion, uptime, labor productivity, safety, quality, working-capital efficiency, customer experience, regulatory compliance, or lower cost to serve.

Sources:Dana 2025 results Dana and Eaton Mobility transaction

What does Dana offer?

Dana offers Axles and driveshafts, Driveline systems, Sealing solutions, Thermal management, Electrified powertrain systems, Aftermarket products and related services, software, parts, channels, or support programs.

Axles and driveshafts· Offering
Driveline systems· Offering
Sealing solutions· Offering
Thermal management· Offering
Electrified powertrain systems· Offering
Aftermarket products· Offering

Sources:Dana 2025 results Dana website

How does Dana make money?

Dana makes money through OEM program awards, aftermarket channels, engineered content per platform, and negotiated long-term supply contracts.

Dana's commercial model is built around OEM program awards, aftermarket channels, engineered content per platform, and negotiated long-term supply contracts. Public list prices are not the main enterprise pricing mechanism: large customers usually buy through negotiated contracts, dealer or distributor relationships, quotes, program awards, branch accounts, fleet agreements, or procurement catalogs.

Revenue growth is driven by end-market demand, price/cost management, product mix, content per vehicle or account, aftermarket and parts capture, acquisition integration, service attachment, and digital or software-enabled offerings where applicable. In cyclical markets, backlog conversion, inventory discipline, and channel execution matter as much as new demand.

Sellers should expect formal onboarding, legal and security review for software, supplier-quality review for operational vendors, and multi-region stakeholder maps. The practical buyer language is ROI by plant, branch, dealer, fleet, vehicle platform, contractor account, or customer segment rather than generic seat-based SaaS expansion.

Sources:Dana 2025 results Dana and Eaton Mobility transaction

Who leads Dana?

Dana is led by R. Bruce McDonald, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer; Byron Foster appointed CEO effective July 1, 2026, with finance, technology, operations, legal, product, segment, and commercial leaders shaping buying decisions.

R. Bruce McDonaldChairman and Chief Executive OfficerChairman and CEO since 2024Leads Dana through portfolio refocus and the Eaton Mobility transaction process.
Byron FosterSenior Vice President, President of Light Vehicle Systems; CEO-electCEO effective July 1, 2026CEO-elect and leader of Dana's largest business unit.
Timothy KrausSenior Vice President and Chief Financial OfficerCFOOwns finance and capital structure during portfolio transformation.
Christophe DominiakSenior Vice President and Chief Technology OfficerTechnology leaderGuides driveline, thermal, sealing, and electrification technology.

Sources:Dana and Eaton Mobility transaction Dana 2025 results

Who are Dana's decision-makers?

How do you contact Dana's leadership?

Dana publishes official corporate, investor, media, sales, support, supplier, or branch contact routes rather than verified personal executive email addresses. Use those official paths and do not treat inferred personal addresses as verified.

Email formatOfficial contact routes; personal executive email format not publicly verified

R. Bruce McDonaldChairman and Chief Executive OfficerUse official investor relations, media, supplier, or contact form; personal executive email not publicly verified
Byron FosterSenior Vice President, President of Light Vehicle Systems; CEO-electUse official investor relations, media, supplier, or contact form; personal executive email not publicly verified
Timothy KrausSenior Vice President and Chief Financial OfficerUse official investor relations, media, supplier, or contact form; personal executive email not publicly verified
Christophe DominiakSenior Vice President and Chief Technology OfficerUse official investor relations, media, supplier, or contact form; personal executive email not publicly verified

Sources:Dana contact Dana investor relations

How much funding has Dana raised?

Dana is a public company (Public: NYSE DAN), so its capital profile is public equity, debt, operating cash flow, acquisitions, and shareholder returns rather than disclosed venture rounds.

Dana is a mature public company, so it does not have a current venture-round funding profile to enumerate. The useful financing history is its founding in 1904, public-company status as Public: NYSE DAN, access to debt and equity markets, and reinvestment of operating cash flow into products, plants, fleet, acquisitions, technology, and shareholder returns. Dana's June 2026 agreement to combine with Eaton's Mobility business is a live capital-markets and strategic-transaction signal; it is not a VC financing round, but it changes scale, integration planning, and supplier roadmaps.

For sellers, the budget signal is not runway; it is operating scale, segment priorities, balance-sheet capacity, integration programs, and annual planning. Dana's latest public reporting shows $7.5B 2025 sales and About 27,000, so enterprise buying decisions generally move through procurement, IT/security, supplier qualification, regional operations, and executive sponsorship.

Treat funding conversations as capital-allocation conversations. Strong commercial angles attach to margin improvement, uptime, automation, safety, working capital, field productivity, fleet utilization, dealer enablement, software integration, or faster customer service rather than a generic growth-stage spending narrative.

Sources:Dana 2025 results Dana investor relations

How much has Dana raised?

How did Dana get here?

Dana's history runs from its founding through public-market scale, portfolio moves, leadership transitions, product expansion, and current 2025-2026 priorities.

1904Dana predecessor foundedClarence Spicer founded the business behind Dana's driveline roots.
1946Dana name adoptedThe company took the Dana name after decades of driveline expansion.
2019Oerlikon Drive Systems acquiredDana expanded electrification and precision-gear capabilities.
2024R. Bruce McDonald named chairman and CEODana changed leadership during a portfolio review.
2026Byron Foster named CEO-electFoster was appointed CEO effective July 1, 2026.
2026Eaton Mobility combination announcedDana agreed to combine with Eaton's Mobility business in a transaction expected to close in 2027.

Sources:Dana 2025 results Dana and Eaton Mobility transaction

Who are Dana's competitors?

Dana competes with public and private companies that overlap in products, channels, customer programs, or industrial end markets.

American AxleCompetes in driveline, metal forming, and powertrain components.
BorgWarnerCompetes in propulsion, drivetrain, thermal, and electrification.
EatonCombining Mobility with Dana, but also a relevant powertrain and transmission peer until close.
Magna InternationalCompetes in powertrain, driveline, and vehicle systems.
ZFCompetes in driveline, chassis, safety, and commercial-vehicle technologies.