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Professional Profile:Business professional with a proven track record of accomplishments in business management and leadership. Experience is focused in Sales and Marketing, Business Development and Manufacturing. Demonstrated substantial revenue growth from $60 million to $650 million over a 17 year period with the industry leader in Plastic Compounding and Distribution. Professional Experience:2017-2023 Director of Sales and Business Development, Primex Color, Compound and Additives. Re-built declining divison of Primex Plastics, hired new sales people, established 40-50 new customer names in Color and Compounding. Restored profitability to record levels in 2023. 2010-2016: CEO, Cangen Holdings, Canterbury\Genca. A leading manufacturer of Screws and Barrels, along with Extrusion Tooling & X-Heads for the Plastics Industry. CanGen was a private equity backed enterprise sold to Milacron Corporation in late 2015 under my leadership. 1997-2009: President, Washington Penn Plastic Company. The largest independent Compounder and Distributor of Filled and Colored Polyolefins to the Plastics Industry. Serving major customers in Automotive, Appliance, Consumer Products and Construction with multiple manufacturing locations throughout North America. 2000-2008: President, Southern Polymer Incorporated. A wholly owned subsidiary of WPP. (President of both WPP and SPI during this time period). SPI is a Leading Distribution Company for Polyolefins to the Plastics Industry. SPI was acquired by Washington Penn in mid-2001.1993-1997: Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Washington Penn Plastic Company. Provided Management and Leadership to Sales, Marketing and Customer Service personnel. Developed World Class Organization and Structure for Washington Penn Plastic Company. 1982-1993: Director of Business Development with Basell Polyolefins (LBI), the world’s largest producer of Polypropylene. Also held various positions in Sales, Marketing and Sales Management during tenure at Basell/now LBI.Specialties: Related Experience:• World Class Safety Organization, OSHA Star Award.• Organizational Leadership: Balanced Scorecard Approach• Strategic Purchasing of goods and services.• Key Business Metrics• Strategic Planning Process• Lean Manufacturing• Personnel Development Of Key Talent

Listed skills include Plastics, Polymers, Manufacturing, Lean Manufacturing, and 15 others.