Consultant / January, 2013 — Present

• Business scientist with 30+ years of international business management, operations and R&D experience in the specialty chemical industry focused on surfactants and their applications. • Accomplished at P&L management on revenues over $150 million per year growing EBITDA by over 10% per year. • Extensive industry knowledge managing and leading chemical manufacturing operations and R&D programs.

General Manager / December, 2021 — November, 2025

· Drive and organize the startup of a 40 million annual pound colloidal silica production facility along with conventional surfactant manufacturing. · Coordinated and facilitated the rapid growth of a large volume production facility in an organization only familiar with small volume, high value production. · Introduced and implemented cost driven, KPI targeted manufacturing to the site. · Production growth from <200,000 lbs to over 24 million annual pounds in 9 months.

VP Operations / June, 2020 — November, 2021

· Rebuilt manufacturing, operations, and logistics through the development of people, and systems across production, shipping, QC and engineering support. · Increased production levels by ~25% while reducing costs by 5% in less than a year. · Added production staff to meet a 24/7 volume requirement.

VP Operations and R&D / February, 2015 — November, 2020

• Realigned and grew manufacturing, operations, and sales through the development of people, systems and innovative surfactant-based products. • Increased sales by 40% at > 45% GM through development of customer focused marketing and aggressive sales strategies focused on unique chemistries and processes. • Led business development of technically unique products that generated sales of >$5 million and >55% GM in first year. • Built new business segments in agriculture and masterbatches.

COO / January, 2017 — October, 2019

Led the startup of a new subsidiary for the company in order to diversify beyond the textile industry. Company focused on developing unique products used in the animal agricultural industry. The organization’s product line gained very good response and rapid acceptance in the industry with use approved by all major chicken, turkey and hog producers. The business was sold 2 years after inception to an entrenched company in the industry at a value exceeding 2X total investment.

Executive VP Operations and R&D / February, 2009 — June, 2015

· Onsite at CRI from acquisition in August 2013: o Returned site to sustainable profitability in less than one year. o Improved efficiency and increased capacity over 75% (13 MM lbs. to 24 MM lbs.). o Added second and third shift manufacturing capability and built leadership teams. · Accomplishments at MC site include: o Upgraded manufacturing capacity by 50 % to over 100 million lbs. per year. o Improved efficiency and reduced manufacturing costs over 10%. o Strengthened morale on the floor by pushing ownership and responsibility to floor operators. Developed personnel into competent leaders; not followers. o Conducted negotiations to set a 25-million-pound annual supply contract with new toll customer providing contribution margin greater than $3.5MM.