Principal Consultant / November, 2021 — December

Strategic focus on specialty polymer compounding area innovation organic growth and acquisitions. Partnered as an Executive advisor in acquisitions due diligence and strategy.

Executive Vice President / January, 2019 — October, 2021

P&L responsibilities with revenue & EBIDTA enhancement Strategic planning. Strategic Planning process for the growth plan. Driving Commercial and organizational Excellence with 8020 principles. Responsible for Business Development in B2B Marketing Innovation Engineering Quality and Human Resources.

Senior Vice President & Chief Technology Officer / August, 2017 — December, 2018

Led innovation and technology reporting to the President and Chief Executive Officer. Leadership team which led to the sale to a strategic buyer in 82018 for a 11 multiple of EBIDTA. Driven the idea process with a robust Innovation Pipeline and 8020 principles. Built the organizational talent with team development. Mentored technology organization.

Senior Global Technology Director / Global Technology Director Global RD / January, 2008 — June, 2017

Reported to the Sr. Vice President and Business Unit President. Senior global technology leader in Specialty Engineered Materials business. Promoted in 22015. Responsible for the revenue target and the operating income. Responsible for Strategic planning Team Building Management Project management development. Globally 7 direct senior reports of Directors/Mangers at three different innovation centers globally; McHenry IL Gaggenua Germany and Suzhou China with 65 indirect reports. Member of PolyOne Global Technology Leadership team for IP management and governance. Nurtured business segments innovation culture with 50 patents and applications. Led innovation in vibration damping driving new business opportunities. Innovation in SEBS TPV OBC and TPUs to dominate the TPE industry. Industry leader in Overmolding technology on engineering thermoplastics; polyamides polyesters acetal polycarbonate ABS and Olefin plastics such as PP PE HDPE and copolymers. Captured new business with applications in extrusion and blow molding. Key Leader for fostering alliances and open innovations with Dow BASF Kraton Bayer Marquinsa (Europe) Koraray (Japan) and Kaneka (Japan). Sponsor of Lean Six Sigma Projects- black belt green belt and Kaizen events. Recognized by Society of Plastics Engineers in 2012 with the prestigious Engineering Technology Award for technology contributions in thermoplastic elastomers during the joint session with NPE.

Executive Director / Director Global Technology / December, 2001 — December, 2007

Part of the leadership team in selling GLS TPE business to PolyOne at a 10 EBIDTA multiple. Reported to the President of GLS and was technology advisor to the Board. Led innovation driven double-digit growth for 7 years with best-in-class Vitality Index. Promoted to Executive Director in 12005. Led global technology with 5 direct reports and 30 indirect technology personnel. Built four technology groups - McHenry. Built greenfield Asia Innovation Center. Established color matching program with masterbatches with a separate color group and fostered a strong partnership with Chroma Color Corporation. Established best in class RD project acceptance execution and delivery process with metrics. Tripled commercial success rate with over 50% improvement in on-time delivery of samples. Led joint programs with BASF (co-branding) GE (co-marketing -Color FXTM and Dow (cobranded Olefin Block Copolymers compounds announced during K-2007). Grew business by gaining applications in extrusion blow molding and injection molding. Driven innovation culture and led the intellectual asset Management of 25 patents. Established a GLS technical career ladder with organizational talent for best-in-class performance. Commercialized the best-in-class overmolding products with precise color matches which propelled GLS as the global industry leader on overmolding in toothbrushes razors power tools and various consumer products in a variety of colors and special effects. Led other breakthrough technologies of health care TPE developments Super Barrier Technology for transportation and industrial Halogen Free TPEs for cable and accessory applications. Recognized by Society of Plastics Engineers in 2016 as SPE Fellow for contributions in thermoplastic elastomers.

Senior Technology Manager Commercial Roofing / January, 1999 — December, 2001

Senior manager reported to Vice President RD. Managed two technology groups- New TPO Group and The Bituminous Polymer Membrane Group (500M Business). Part of the leadership team with multi- million-dollar TPO manufacturing start-up with a significant capital investment from ground zero. This business showed exponential growth leading to multiple plants currently a large business for GAF. Established an on-line twin-screw TPO roofing membrane compounding and downstream calendaring operation. Drove innovations resulting in 10 patent applications and 3 issued patents within the team. Saved 2.0Myr. in raw material cost savings for bituminous polymer roofing membrane by new patented technology.

Manager Global Leader New Business Development / January, 1994 — December, 1999

Global Management Responsibility - One group in Akron Ohio which was built from the ground up and second existing group from European technology center in Belgium. Innovation in TPEs automotive weather seals resulting in a new product line for automotive (20lbs/car). This product line currently has grown into several hundred of millions in new revenue.

Technology Team Leader Sr. Research Specialist Product Development/Exploratory Group / January, 1991 — December, 1994

Technology Lead for new product development and foundation technologies for future growth. Applications included blow molded air ducts and injection molded seals for automotive under hood. Inventions of multiple technologies leading to 12 issued patents. Developed the high temperature TPVs based on Polyester and Polyamide with acrylate elastomers. Led the effort of selling the technology to Zeon Chemicals resulting in the SPI award winning Zeotherm product line.

Research Specialist Sr. Research Scientist Product Development Group / January, 1988 — December, 1991

Developed and launched low cured Santoprene TPV product line with significant revenue to integrate BPs acquired technology without using peroxide. Innovation leading to 10 patent applications.

Project Group Leader Polymer Technology Group / January, 1986 — December, 1988

Managed a team in the efforts of polymerizable binders for injection molding structural ceramics - Silicon nitride and Silicon carbide composites for turbo charged rotors. Obtained DARPA grant for 3M for Fiber Spinning Ceramic Superconductors using Polymer Binders.

Sr. Development Engineer Polymer Technology Group / January, 1985 — December, 1986

Developed tape casting formulations and commercial scale up. Developed patentable polymerizable binders for whisker reinforced ceramics. This patent was sold to Alcoa for 2M.