Daniel S. Powell
President and Founder

Daniel Powell is the President and Managing Director of SourceWest Partners an Executive Search and Talent Management firm.

With a primary focus on helping his clients achieve top-line revenue growth, Mr. Powell has extensive experience with the assessment, placement and development of senior leaders and their teams.

He brings to his role at SourceWest a diverse set of experiences having served as president, general manager and sales leader to Fortune 100 companies, as well as small to mid-sized organizations. Prior to establishing SourceWest Partners, Mr. Powell was a Partner at the Executive Search Firm of Korn/Ferry International.

Before entering the search and consulting business, Mr. Powell was formerly the President of Newgen Results Corporation, a Teletech Company.

Mr. Powell has held a number of other key leadership positions including Senior Vice President, Oce North America and Corporate Vice President, Toshiba America Information Systems where he served as a Business Unit General Manager.

Mr. Powell’s experience includes over 25 years with Xerox Corporation having held a number of key leadership positions including Senior Vice President and General Manager. He also served as a member of the senior validation team during Xerox’s successful quest for the Malcolm Baldridge National Quality Award.

Mr. Powell is a visiting Professor, University of California, San Diego, Rady School of Management and a Certified Executive Coach. He is a member of the Society For Human Resource Management and has also served on a number of boards including Percepta, a joint venture of Ford Motor Company.

Mr. Powell is a graduate of the University of California, Irvine with a degree in Economics.