USgift.com, an online wholesale distributor for the gift, garden and home accessories industry, added Daniel Catan as Chief Marketing Officer. Catan is responsible for managing sales operations across various channels including direct, wholesale, and e-tail. And if that doesn’t keep him busy enough, he will also manage corporate training, domestic and international business development, new product development, research and competetive intelligence, merchandising, advertising and public relations.

Prior to joining USgift.com, Catan served as a key executive at Denwa Commercial Application Service Company. From 1996 to 1999, Catan was Chief Marketing Officer of HTE, Inc. He also served as Vice President of Marketing with Atlanta Centennial Olympic Properties, where he developed multi-tiered sponsorship and event investment programs designed to bring in $1.1 billion in revenue for the 1996 Olympic Games. During 14 years at IBM, Catan, a graduate of St. John Fisher College in Rochester, held a variety of sales and marketing positions.