Commercial leader for all sales, business development, and marketing for multi-site custom producer/contract manufacturer (FDA, ISO, cGMP) of fine and specialty chemicals. Responsible for business growth, customer management, commercial strategy development and execution, product commercialization, new product portfolio management, sales pipeline, and key business KPIs/metrics. • Worked in tandem with CEO (under prior Private Equity owners) to sell business to CPS Performance Materials two years early and for a significantly higher than expected multiple in late 2018. • Grew Palm Bay business 3x during tenure through consistent delivery of double-digit annual revenue/EBITDA growth, achieving highest revenue and EBITDA levels in FAR history. • Developed new customer relationships and brought in $7M+ in new product POs in last three years • Led successful commercial integration of acetylacetonates acquisition as well as FAR/CPS merger. • Created FAR marketing platform (e.g., branded products, website redesign, sales literature, exhibits)FAR Chemical, a division of CPS Performance Materials, is a custom manufacturer of fine and specialty organic and inorganic chemicals. We specialize in challenging chemistry and routinely produce pharmaceutical reagents and intermediates, performance additives, catalysts, cyanate ester pre-polymers, and other specialty polymers. Our FARMetl products are also widely used by formulators in the Paints and Coatings, PU foam, and allied industries. FAR Chemical can quickly and safely scale up a client’s process to multi-ton quantities or develop an efficient route to the desired compound. Our Bound Brook site is FDA-inspected with cGMP production capabilities and ISO 9001 certification and our Palm Bay site is ISO 9001-certified and can manufacture in compliance with Kosher Standards.

Technology lead and business leadership team member for newly formed Specialty Chemicals business. Responsible for leadership of multi-site technology team as well as product/process development and commercialization. • Established new technology team (comprised of scientists, engineers, and technicians) and lab-/pilot-scale capabilities at Alvin, TX and Pensacola, FL locations. • Drove commercialization of company’s first major new chemicals products (six in total) in 20 years. • Technical marketing lead for market scoping, customer interviews, and product sales/partnership negotiations for key markets such as CASE, plasticizers, Ag chemicals, oil & gas, and pulp & paper. • Implemented business unit’s innovation pipeline/portfolio management system.

Site Director of new Applications Development Research Center. Responsible for all aspects of Vertellus Specialty Materials’ New Jersey and North Carolina-based technology groups. • Orchestrated grass-roots rebuilding of team and innovation programs to better align research capabilities and development targets with newly uncovered market needs. • Led all aspects of leasing, design, build-out, and permitting of new R&D center. Project came in 11% under budget and two months ahead of schedule. • Developed five-year technology vision that outlined strategy to achieve critical staffing levels, competencies, and technology roadmaps for the organization. • Revised IP, technology transfer, and Portfolio Management/Stage-Gate processes.

Managed all aspects of a PSM-covered facility producing EO/PO-based polyethers and esterified polyether derivatives via batch processes. Led 24/5 production operation and managed $6 MM operating budget. • Achieved highest quarterly production volume in plant history while reducing product unit costs, $OT/ton, and quality-blocked inventory. • Created comprehensive dynamic production database utilizing Access, SAP, and Aspen/DeltaV data interfaces to facilitate trending of quality and process performance. • Introduced process Kaizen that has reduced cycle times for difficult products by as much as 30%. • Implemented 5S program that reduced raw material/product waste and improved inventory accuracy.

Led process technology and new product development group for growing North American silicone, polyether, and oleo-chemical production and served as main liaison with European and Asian plants. • Realigned group skill sets and project portfolio to focus on high margin specialty silicone product lines. • Created new global commercialization process that enabled successful scale-up and launch of over a dozen new products at Hopewell site. • Employed Lean principles to achieve a 6 % capacity increase for fully utilized reactor and statistical process control methods that increased average first-time pass rates by over 40%.

Managed 26-person technical staff (Coatings resin synthesis, applications, analytical, and process engineering/scale-up groups) and $4 MM annual research budget for newly divested $250 million liquid/powder coatings resin business unit. • Served as business unit’s Stage-Gate Champion for all R&D projects and drove commercialization of new technologies for emerging/evolving markets. • Implemented new project portfolio management program that reduced the average time-to-market from over 2 years to less than 8 months. • Rationalized overgrown liquid/powder resin project portfolio to focus on high hit-rate opportunities. • Successfully managed group’s various Six Sigma projects that ultimately reduced cycle times, enhanced overall product quality, and increased gross profit margins.