• Oversight for 3 business units (paper chemicals; industrial resins; formaldehyde) with total revenue of $200MM, 40 personnel (5 direct reports)• Increased unit margin 60%, decreased cost of sales 25%, almost tripling bottom line profit over 6 years • Leveraged technology position to improve unit margins 35%, contributing to doubling profits over 3 years • Generated $250K enterprise savings associated with integration of site management for co-located laboratories across 2… Show more • Oversight for 3 business units (paper chemicals; industrial resins; formaldehyde) with total revenue of $200MM, 40 personnel (5 direct reports)• Increased unit margin 60%, decreased cost of sales 25%, almost tripling bottom line profit over 6 years • Leveraged technology position to improve unit margins 35%, contributing to doubling profits over 3 years • Generated $250K enterprise savings associated with integration of site management for co-located laboratories across 2 Divisions Show less

• Managed plywood operations platform with revenue of $950MM across 9 plants; 5 direct reports• Executed improvement strategies to align business and operational teams with a focus on data based decisions: sales & operational planning process; business dashboards; leading indicators for safety; work processes for reliability; installation of machine interface data acquisition systems; benchmarking• Reduced weekly production variability 40%, yielding a 5% production increase ($50MM… Show more • Managed plywood operations platform with revenue of $950MM across 9 plants; 5 direct reports• Executed improvement strategies to align business and operational teams with a focus on data based decisions: sales & operational planning process; business dashboards; leading indicators for safety; work processes for reliability; installation of machine interface data acquisition systems; benchmarking• Reduced weekly production variability 40%, yielding a 5% production increase ($50MM revenue)• Implement a capital strategy to improve asset health, yield and reduce future labor cost through equipment/process installations • Launched an idle plant management program for 13 plants to assure readiness to resume operation at select sites and permanently shutter others Show less

• Managed business units and procurement team totaling $550MM in sales revenue and raw material spend of $600MM; 29 personnel with 8 direct reports• 75% unit-margin improvement in 2009 vs. 2005, minimizing total contribution loss to 23% despite a 60% loss in volume during market recession• Installed demand planning process to match raw material inventories with projected sales demand creating a $150K yearly benefit in cash flow

• $325 MM revenue; 40 personnel with 6 direct reports• 10% improvement in 2005 vs. 2000 business unit margin results, enabling EBIT stability despite a 9% decline in volume due to market conditions• Reduced cost to serve - transitioned from product to regional sales team and initiated cross-training to align field sales knowledge with market needs• Optimized customer and product mix to leverage organizational strengths• Built customer loyalty through project based service… Show more • $325 MM revenue; 40 personnel with 6 direct reports• 10% improvement in 2005 vs. 2000 business unit margin results, enabling EBIT stability despite a 9% decline in volume due to market conditions• Reduced cost to serve - transitioned from product to regional sales team and initiated cross-training to align field sales knowledge with market needs• Optimized customer and product mix to leverage organizational strengths• Built customer loyalty through project based service Show less

• Provided newly formed business unit with consolidated market point of view for venture development, corporate contract negotiation, and promotion, pricing and product strategy development• Liaison with industry trade and regulatory agencies

Held various roles of increasing responsibility (Chemist; Development Chemist; Technical Service Manager; Market Manager).• Developed product and customer segmentation strategies that improved operating results• Created project-based service and training programs to improve customer operating results• Developed and launched novel adhesive systems for the plywood, engineered wood products and oriented strand board industries.