Manage, lead, direct, and grow the tape release coatings business segmenthttp://www.hitacadhesives.com

• Serve as a member of the executive team that sets the company’s strategic direction• Spearhead business development initiatives that are consistent with the company’s overall strategy• Oversee, implement, and lead a team to execute company’s strategic business• Identify, source and negotiate with raw materials suppliers • Set up sales network of distributors, reps and contractors for the industrial and commercial flooring market sector • Oversee and manage operations, sales, marketing, and product development for the Industrial Floor Coatings and Specialty Products business division

• Managing a sales budget of $24MM with growth target of 8% per year• Managing and directing a sales team of 8 members selling into the adhesives, coatings, polyurethane system houses, infrastructure end markets, composites, and specialty applications such as aerospace and sporting goods – Both polyurethane and some epoxy-based chemistry • Developed and implemented sales strategies to grow the targeted business segments• Double individual sales territory in 2 years from $7MM to $14MM• Responsible for improving gross margin in the Polyurethane raw materials segment• Identify new end markets and target suppliers to fill the market channel• Negotiated a handful of multi-years supply contracts worth $10MM• Develop, track, and execute projects pipeline to grow sales revenue by $2MM per year• Responsible for delivery on projects specified by major chemical suppliers on quarterly basis• Involve in supplier quarterly performance review meetings• Tracking and monitoring competitive market pricing• Developed and implemented sales strategies with key chemical suppliers• Top sales performer at E.T. Horn (a $260MM company) 3 consecutive years

• Hired by Graham Partners (a private equity firm based in Philadelphia and the controlling shareholder of LINE-X) to develop new products and execute new business and end-market strategies• Structured long-term raw materials supplying agreements with BASF and DuPonto Negotiated new supply agreement with BASF resulting in $2M savings/yr• Evaluated and recommended various acquisition opportunities for LINE-X and Graham Partners • Charged with building a new strategic direct-end-markets industrial coatings business division.• Structured and expanded direct-end-markets from non-existence to $2.4 million with a gross margin of 47%• Hired a sales team to pursue various end-markets for the industrial coatings division• Developed pricing structures for strategic accounts• Developed in-house coatings formulation capability and built a full research lab and manufacturing facility from the ground up• Diversified franchise spray-on truck bedliner business model to an in-shop protective coatings business model • Lead member in developing new product launches and marketing programs• Key member of a team that, alongside Graham Partners, completed a complex recapitalization, substantially increasing the value of the owner’s stake

Responsibilities included: research, design, and implement new engineered materials in the manufacturing process of bathtub; continue manufacturing process improvements; design and construct new manufacturing sites with future expansion capabilities.• Managed and successfully implemented a $10 million capital project for robotics spray-up implementation in multi-site manufacturing facilities• Coordinated various professional disciplines to successfully bring capital projects to completion• Researched and developed new engineered materials for fiberglass bathtub application: Polyester; Polyurethane; Poly Urea; UV Curing coatings; SMC; RTM; BMC; etc.• Developed and justified cost impact of new composite materials and applications in BOM• Developed and implemented standard operating procedures for preventive maintenance of existing manufacturing equipment• Managed corporate training programs for new manufacturing equipment• Provided engineering support to multi-site Plant Managers in resolving manufacturing/operational issues

Responsible for developing and maintaining a $15 million customer base, including process streamlining, new product development, and technical and process consultation.• Increased sales at one of the key spas account by 100% after 12 months of developing relationships and proactively engaging in the selling process• Completed custom formulations of various polyurethane specialty systems• Regional urethane specialist for spa and hot tub industry• Provided technical and manufacturing process support to clients’ technical staff• Set up systems for start-up manufacturing operations• Provided manufacturing engineering support to customers• Provided manufacturing-process cost analysis studies, and technical support for all levels of customers’ management• Custom-formulated various polyurethane systems with Zero Ozone Depleting Blowing Agents to replace HCFC-141B• Provided technical and manufacturing process support to clients to meet the Montreal Protocol requirements