• Operational responsibility for 4 domestic plants with annual sales of 48 million dollars (10 million EBIT)• Played key role growing the business from 19 million (3 million EBIT) to current level• Direct reporting responsibility for 30 employees + 12 indirect.• Employee selection, hiring, development and promotion• Establish new job specification, play key role in pay rate evaluation• Develop leaders and implement pillar teams to drive continuous improvement for Safety, Quality, Productivity, Maintenance Excellence, Continuous Skills Development & Housekeeping• Implement Standard Work For Leaders to drive employee engagement and ownership of the business• Develop, maintain, and effectively employ safety programs and procedures to maintain an injury-free work environment• Play key role in development of adhesives division annual budget, 5 year strategic plan and marketing plan• Experience in developing and delivering formal presentations to upper management (VP level and above) • Experience in developing and presenting key division level performance reports to upper management (financial commentary, financial bridge and analysis, variance report)• Responsible for capitol project planning, project funding proposals, on time & on budget project completion• Negotiate price and service agreements with logistics suppliers and management of on-going relationships• Drive EBIT growth through increasing manufacturing capacity and capabilities• Drive working capital reduction through inventory management and business financial process• Develop new products and services such as in-plant cooking systems and bulk tank cleaning services • Successfully built the business case, obtained project funding, oversaw engineering, construction and start-up for a west coast adhesives production and distribution facility - Winner of Sonoco 2012 Growth award for Industrial Segment• Lead the ERP System upgrade team

• Assured environmental compliance of 45 facilities in 19 states, across eight divisions of the corporation• Lead the development of policies/programs involving solid/hazardous waste, PCBs, and asbestos• Acted as emergency response coordinator• Established facility programs to sustain and improve environmental compliance • Negotiated with state and local regulatory agencies for new permit applications and renewal agreements• Lead pilot plant performance evaluation of compact biological waste water treatment at Sonoco Bolton mill• Applied Six Sigma methodology for reduction of operating costs and environmental impact. Key projects include: • Newport, TN wastewater solids fiber substitution (nominated for CSTE award) • Newport, TN aeration pond capacity and efficiency improvement (won Division CSTE award)• Hartsville, SC #4 boiler fly ash energy recovery (nominated for CSTE award)

• Managed large scale (multi-million dollar) industrial construction and rebuild projects including:• PORI International - Ethylene glycol distillation and concentration facility - Baltimore, MD• Mitsubishi Corp - High purity silicon waste recovery and recycling facility - Theodore, AL• Nichia America cathode ray tube manufacturing facility - yttrium oxide waste recovery and recycling facility - Mountville, PA• Weirton Steel waste oil recycling facility rebuild - Weirton, WV• Supervised engineering personnel and contract employees• Designed industrial control systems and developed associated software programming including writing ladder logic for Allen Bradley PLC 5 and Slick 50 series PLC’s, Wonderware HMI, GE Fanuc State Logic • Provided primary engineering support for seven off-site oil recycling facilities• Developed and implemented cost and quality improvement initiatives at customer facilities• Also responsible for: engineering proposals, customer sales calls, customer invoicing, engineering drawings, project budgeting, plant start-up & troubleshooting, operator training, final project documentation

• Lead the process change to implement AutoCAD based drafting vs. drafting by hand• Developed drawing standards for all standard equipment components and associated detail drawings• Implemented standard process elements for equipment design, cost estimation, and bidding process • Standardized elements for equipment start-up, operator training, and final project documentation• Significantly reduced project engineering & drafting costs and cut project lead time nearly in half • Managed 11 turn-key, green field capital projects worth over 2 million dollars