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Texas, United States

Houston, Los Angeles, Dallas, Brussels

Brussels Area, Belgium

Accountable for a team that manages the global Purchasing of tolling, contract manufacturing, raw materials via distributors, and industrial gases. Role is also responsible for a large contract negotiation platform, and a raw market market intelligence team that provides market studies, supports category strategy development, and leads the strategic planning for Solvay’s 4B€ Raw Materials Domain.

Houston, Texas

EVP of Purchasing accountable for the leadership and spend management of the combined N. American operations of Solvay, Rhodia, and recently acquired Cytec. Directly managing a spend in excess of $1.5 billion and accountable for achieving defined value creation targets. Responsible for entity integration and development of a high performance team that consistently leads in maximizing value creation. The operating model is built on the principle of business partnering and the continual pursuit of excellence while working collaboratively on cost reduction & avoidance, margin generation, risk mitigation, cash generation, and process improvements . The N. America team is also responsible for collaborating with global Purchasing directors where specific spend segments can benefit from multi-continent leverage.

Houston, Texas

Group Procurement Manager; NAFTA MSP Manager. $4 Billion spend. Responsible for global procurement processes, support functions, regional business interfaces and performance metrics; led mutlifunctional team to redesign global P2P process. As NAFTA Multi-Site Purchasing Manager, developed and implemented new accountability structure resulting in significantly improved alignment across the procurement network and Solvay's business entities.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Agreed to temporarily join Basell to assist in the transition and integration of Solvay Engineered Polymers after divestiture. Assignment was a contingency to consummate the deal. Co-led integration team to successfully merge the two entities to create a $450M+ revenue new company with significantly improved profit potential.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Interior and exterior automotive applications. Appointed the top executive of a global business struggling to overcome management, operational, and market issues impeding profitable growth and success. Designed and led a top-to-bottom business transformation, changing the organizational structure, management approach, marketing strategies, product offerings while strengthening the customer value proposition. Held full P&L and operational accountability. Built and led a 10-member senior team and 300 employees in 5 facilities located in the US, Europe and China. Recognized by OEMs and market participants as the market leader with Honda describing the company as the benchmark in the industry.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Medical (80%), Industrial Applications (20%). Class 100,000 clean room production of films and compounds for applications such as blood collection and separation, IV, dialysis. Developed and executed a growth through acquisition strategy, integrated this newly acquired medical sales and compound business into the Solvay Group structure. Made strategic investments in people, operations, and product lines. Leveraged core strengths of the business to create a sustainable growth model and differentiating IP that provided customers a unique value proposition. Garnered Solvay European Executive Board recognition for a highly successful specialty business acquisition which provided strong profits, access to new markets, and differentiated products.

South Bend, Indiana Area

P&L responsibility for the importation and sales of plastic film products manufactured by various European divisions of Solvay SA. Primary markets were medical (55%) and industrial (45%). Responsible for developing acquisition targets to establish a manufactring base and expand product offerings for medical applications.

South Bend, Indiana Area

Manufacturer, importer, and seller of medical (25%), consumer (50%), and industrial products (25%). Operation had negative EBIT and cash flow, dysfunctional management, and poor customer relations. Top-to-bottom restructuring, new manufacturing technologies, redefined value proposition, and company culture change returned it to sustainable profitability.

Houston, Texas Area

Positions in Finance/Planning, Sales, Sales & Marketing Management, and Procurement Management.

Williamsburg And Mclean Virginia

Various roles in Sherwin-Williams (wholesale/retail store management), BASF (chemical company), Markowitz and McNaughton (buy-side middle market M&A specialists).

Mba, Finance & Operations

Activities and Societies: FellowshipMBA Finance/Operations. Awarded full tuition+ Fellowship William and Mary Bureau of Business Research.

Bs, Biology

Activities and Societies: OWJ; Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity;Pre-med BS Biology.

High School