Born and raised in Seattle, WA. Dan Wood began his marine industry career serving, for five years, as an alternate skipper and engineer fishing king crab in the Bering Sea.

Later running a boatyard in Seattle, he serviced as a dealer corporate account for two well established yacht lines. He was offered a job at the dealership and sold boats for seven years.  Dan took a project management position building a 115-foot tri-deck yacht. Dan got his captain's license and piloted the yacht for many years.

In 2000 Dan delivered a yacht to the Crow's Nest in Newport Beach, CA and discovered the owners planned on opening a Seattle office, he then joined their brokerage business.