Leading the regional (Americas) presence for MAE S.p.A. and its supply of technology, process machinery and services into the chemical and man-made fiber industries.

· Responsible for structuring the transition of product innovations and new business initiatives to established business units. · Risk assessment and risk management of new product streams, targeting controlled transition of new product initiatives into market space. · Market and business potential assessment for new product. Working closely with research and development, sales and operations in order to eliminate technical and commercial barriers for product launch. · Identification and placement of resources to bolster new product initiatives.

· Responsible for sales of Design & Build evaporation and crystallization systems.Primary market focus in Middle East and Russia / CIS· Product Management and Marketing · Proposal / Tender Management -- coordination of company resources to generatecomprehensive proposals for sales effort

· Responsible for sales, design, engineering, project execution, installation & commissioning of complete processing plants (turn-key projects) with Harper as the process engineer & integrator and Harper thermal process equipment as the core technology. · Responsible for execution of revenue up to 40MM - 50MM USD through concurrent projects. · During project phases, responsible for leading teams of up to fifteen (15) to­ twenty (20) coworkers, including: application engineers, project managers, designers, mechanical and chemical engineers, construction engineers and field service engineers. · Provide technical and commercial oversight of team. Manage resources & team composition to successfully executed contracted projects on budget. · Responsible for recruiting, hiring and training of over 10% of company wide headcount. · Develop engineering, sales & marketing to allow for launching of integrated turnkey projects as a standard product offering at Harper International. Implement internal product development projects to migrate buy-out scope to Harper manufactured scope (design and manufacturing of Harper built oxidation ovens). · Development of departmental budgeting requests and forecasts. Secured and executed a R&D budget of approximately 2.0MM USD leading to a pilot scale complete carbon fiber research facility (completion projected in 2010). · Direct involvement in strategy development and policy setting for management of export regulated technology. Management of company's relationship with Bureau of Industrial Security

· Manager of resources and planning for Application Engineering Department and Pilot Testing Laboratory. Responsible for ten (10) direct reports including application engineers, researchers, engineers, lab manager and technicians. · Provide technical and commercial guidance to sales team. Support development of processes and applications. Maintain workflow in support of sales effort and sales to project transfer. · Responsible for development programs to bring forward new technology approaches and new equipment prototypes to address clients' emerging needs for material processing. · Led initiative to stream-line proposal turn around, increase proposal accuracy and standardization. Shifted departmental culture resulting in active involvement of application / process engineers as an active part of the technical sales team. HARPER INTERNATIONAL, Business Development CPI 10/05 ­ 12/06 · Responsible for development of new markets and technologies for Harper International. Areas of responsibility include Food Processes, Micro-Encapsulation,

· Responsible for sales of Design & Build evaporation and crystallization systems. Primary market focus in South America ­ Brazil, Chile, and Argentina. Part of team responsible for sale of 37MM USD turnkey facility in Chile. · Proposal / Tender Management -- coordination of company resources to generate comprehensive proposals for sales effort · Work with clients to develop new leads, discover commercially viable solutions to address client specific problems. Evaluate projected costs, and perform Return-On- Investment analysis of projects to develop competitive sales approach. · Support sale of sister-company's skidded evaporation technology into North America

Responsible for sales in Germany, Eastern and Northern Europe, United Kingdom and India. Peak sales of 12MM USD in 2003. · Responsible for sale of crystallization system to Magadi Pure Soda Ash (Kenya via Indian EPC) and turnkey wastewater facility to VWIO United Kingdom. Both projects represented break through sales efforts for the reference countries. · Developed Spanish language skills (conversational) while working in Bilbao · Increased exposure to contracting issues & refined own style of technical sales

· Generated technical/commercial proposals for evaporator and crystallizer systems. Present process designs to clients in effort to secure the award of EPC and Equipment- Only contracts. Develop cost estimates for projects, development of contract pricing and sales margins. Responsible for annual sales goal in excess of 1.5MM USD in

· Broad range of project engineering activities associated with the execution and delivery of crystallization and evaporation systems: equipment design, generation of procurement specifications; evaluation and selection of suppliers, inspections, maintenance of schedule; adherence to ISO 9001 standards. · Commission equipment after erection and installation. Work with field service team to plan commissioning strategy, train operators, troubleshoot operation of systems throughout the startup phase

Design and Optimization of Crystallization and Evaporation systems for industrail chemical production adn water treatment.

Design and Optimization of crystallization and evaporation systems for industrail chemical production and wastewater treatment.