Led the licensing and business development efforts for new plant, and expansion projects in the MECS Sulfuric Acid technologies segment. Responsible for proposal pricing and scope strategy through to final negotiation and execution of contracts. Successfully closed over $100mil in signings at global locations including: Australia, India, Turkey, CIS, S Africa, Belgium, Brazil, Chile, and the US. Responsible for Marketing Agreements with Major EPC firms representing MECS technologies.

Commercial growth manager for new investment and supply opportunities in the Electronics Gases and Specialty Products division; collaborated with Key Account Managers and Sales Managers to win a number of large-scale projects in the semiconductor industry. Success was the result of creating and monetizing custom solutions that brought value to customers requiring reliable, complex technical processes.

Successfully led a large centralized team of technical and subject matter experts through a complex organizational transition with the goal of improving the operational reliability of the Linde Americas air separation production assets.

Led substantial cultural change in a cryogenic gas organization accountable for successful supply chain to over 800 customers in 5 states; including FDA grade medical products, food/beverage grade products, and major technical and industrial customers. Responsible for ensuring customer satisfaction and reliable operations of >$120mil in fixed assets (4 major ASUs and 4 on-site gas generators) and >$20mil in rolling assets. Successfully led the organization through critical changes including substantially improved SHEQ behavior/metrics, over $5mil in intensive capital projects, 4 major customer quality audits, and achieved ACC Responsible Care certification. Played a critical role in long-term contract renewal negotiations for 3 major customers.

Responsible for all aspects of this $8mil/year business operation with over 100 employees; was wholly owned by The Young Group (a $60m partnership) then acquired by Mistras in 2009. Growth, business development and profit/loss responsbilities were critical aspects for this entrepreneurial role. Focused on employee recruitment and retention, profitable acquisitions, contracts and negotiation, and customer retention strategies. With acquisition by Mistras there was substantial expansion of service offering to existing customers and broader base of potential customers realized. Transitioned business to new company and culture was accomplished in an accelerated timeline with both customers and employees extremely pleased with the resulting organization.GM role expanded into participation in growth of the Midwest region through new business development and expansion of employee base.

Specialty engineering consulting services for asset life cycle management and regulatory compliance in the chemical, petroleum, power generation, and heavy industries. Niche customer portfolio and high profitability led to partnership/acquisition by The Young Group of St Louis which after 8 years of profitable growth sparked divestiture to Mistras Group. Primary goal of the effort to find an acquisition partner was to fund additional business development through common customers and capital expenditures.

Operations management of the primary location in a specialty chemical batch manufacturing environment. Recruited to lead substantial culture change to the manufacturing organization in the form of operational excellence. Responsible for safety, scheduling, personnel, budget and cost control, and personnel performance in a GMP and ISO 9002 environment. Key role in development and implementation of a global ERM system.

Responsible for solid peroxygens specialty chemicals operations and professional personnel including operating and capital budgets; key partner in business strategy development. Accomplished ISO9002 certification for product line and GMP validation. Led task team for reliability and process uptime improvement from 72% to 85% effectively increasing production output 2 million pounds.Also Power/Utilities Maintenance Manager and Project Manager at the Memphis site.Served as Co-op Engineer for 18 months at 2 other locations while earning BSME.