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Western Springs, Il, Us

Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States

Providing a diverse portfolio of novel additive powders, dispersions, emulsions, and gels that give formulators the tools they need to enhance performance in paints, coatings, inks, and agrochemicals.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Led the sales team at Volley Automation which leverages cutting edge robotics and artificial intelligence to enable conventional garages to operate at substantially higher spatial efficiency - improving both financial returns and developmental viability. Ultimately, we're changing the way to think about parking and the experience it delivers.

Greater Chicago Area

Global Account Manager - Beverage & Chewing Gum (Jan. '20 - Oct. '21)Focused on Health & Nutrition's regulated markets with acquisition by Firmenich to manage key global customers in the beverage and chewing gum base markets. Leading several commercially strategic projects and heavily involved in critical internal projects for long-term growth. Global Account Manager - Adhesives & Beverage (June '17 - Dec. '19)Driving business growth and relationships with key global adhesive and beverage customers. Additionally, responsible for management of distribution partners in related markets. Tackifier business development for both legacy Pinova and new strategic DRT products as acquisition by DRT pushes evolution. Global strategy, marketing, and account responsibility for beverage weighting.Account Manager – North America (Oct. '16 - June '17)Responsible for driving rosin and polyterpene chemistry sales growth in the adhesives and coatings segments, as well as business development in new and developing industries. Focus on technical sales with emphasis on next generation development projects. Onboarding new terpene phenolic and waterbased dispersions since acquisition by DRT.Pinova is global manufacturer of pine chemicals (rosin and polyterpene resins) for the adhesive, beverage, coatings, tire, and asphalt markets. Recently acquired by Firmenich then DSM.

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

Mar. '15 - Sept. '16Responsible for exponential sales growth in a strategic and developing territory. Represented specialty chemical product lines focused around marine and protective coatings, as well as lubricant and metalworking fluids. Geographic territory consisted of Houston, San Antonio, Austin, as well as the corridor to New Orleans, covering both large and small customers. Jan. '14 - Mar. '15Responsible for the strategy, development, and spend of specialty chemical manufacturers in the CASE and metalworking industrial sectors where vendor consolidation, inventory management, and national partnerships can help save over a half million dollars. Palmer Holland was recently recognized as one of Northeast Ohio's Top Workplaces by The Plain Dealer, Ohio’s largest daily newspaper.

Greater Chicago Area

Responsible for developing and maintaining business relationships in the coatings, inks, composites, adhesives, and lubricants industries for the Midwest and West Coast. Sales focused on coatings additives, including drying, rheology, wetting/dispersing, silicone, and deareation/antifoaming additives to mid-size and large customers.

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Responsible for developing and maintaining business relationships in the coatings, ink receptive coatings/inkjet, food, cosmetics, pharmaceutical, and nutraceutical markets for the Mid-Atlantic, Midwest, Latin American, Canadian, and New England Territories with both direct and distributor customers. Responsibilities also included marketing in the ink receptive/paper coatings market as well as training other sales representatives. Side responsibilities included coordinating and developing basic projects to make the company more efficient through the development, customization, and organization of technology based procedures.

Bs, Chemical Engineering

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