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California, United States

Pleasanton, California, US

Purissima is an early stage, wellness products company bringing natural ingredients produced through fermentation to life. We started as a resident of Johnson & Johnson Innovation, JLABS @ SSF, located at 329 Oyster Point Blvd., South San Francisco, CA 94080http://jlabs.jnjinnovation.com/residents?name=puri&sort_by=title

Pearl River, New York, US

Anellotech is developing an eco-friendly thermal catalytic process for converting non-food biomass into aromatic chemicals which are identical to petroleum-based aromatics.Anellotech's competitive advantage lies in its use of a one-reactor catalytic process and it's reliance on renewable and readily available non-food inputs, such as wood, corn stover and.

South San Francisco, California, US

• I was recruited by Solazyme to build both a team and the corporate infrastructure to launch the first products and realize the first sales from it’s novel MicroAlgae technology platform. Deploying fundamental tenets of.
• Recruited high performing Nutritional Ingredient, Oil and Gas and Industrial sales teams (8 direct and 6 indirect reports) within 18 months.
• Negotiated strategic agreements, creating an international distribution network for Food ingredients, Industrial Lubricants + Metalworking Fluids and Oil and Gas exploration.
• Signed the first major supply agreement (10K MT / $XXMM) with a strategic partner for Solazyme oils in the Home and Personal Care market.
• Launched a novel oilfield lubricant called Encapso™ in the Oil and Gas industry and achieved sales in excess of $1.25MM in the first 12 months of production.
• Achieved International Soleum™ oil sales in excess of $500k within the first 12 months of production at a market premium driven by product performance.

• DSM had just completed the acquisition of The Polymer Technology Group and needed to integrate this business during a 3 year ‘earn-out’. I was appointed to energize growth in it’s core polymer business and to merge.
• Launched 3 new implantable biomaterials and achieved customer projects in excess of $7MM within 12 months of launch.
• Implemented an improved licensing model for all 5 business lines in 2011 that secured $150k per Licensee each year.
• Achieved both revenue and profit growth in excess of 40% from 2009-2011.
• Led M&S due diligence for the $360MM acquisition of the Kensey Nash Corp. in June '12

Heerlen, Limburg, NL

• DSM’s Global Life Protection Business growth was slowing and there was conflict and competition between the regions around new products and production capacity. I was appointed to accelerate business growth and to.
• Landed the two largest business deals (>$50MM) in the history of DSM Dyneema at higher than average gross margins.
• Launched two global products, plus a novel ballistic technology in 2007-2008, proliferating continued technology leadership in the life protection segment and establishing Dyneema® as a highly recognized brand in Life.

Heerlen, Limburg, NL

• DSM’s Arnite business was losing money and needed a dramatic turnaround. I was appointed to develop a strategy to grow the business and restore profitability to a $70MM regional product line of polyester compounds.
• Developed and implemented a growth and profitability improvement plan which rejuvenated sales team interest in the business, and increased average gross margins by more than 27% from 2004-2006.
• Repositioned the marketing of specialty PET grades towards higher value applications where >30% increases in gross margin were achieved.
• Aligned the R&D focus to only support key market applications, saving >$1MM Euro/yr.

Heerlen, Limburg, NL

• Western Region Sales Manager 2001 – 2003DSM’s revenue growth in the Western Sales Region had stalled and I was appointed to rebuild the distribution network, focus the region on projects DSM could win and restore.
• Grew profitability of the Sales Region by 15% and overall sales by 11% in an 18-month period of rising raw material prices and deteriorating market demand by increasing customer market-share through key account.
• Improved the profitability of the Fiberfil® Polypropylene product line in excess of 20% from 2000-2001, while maintaining volume in a period of inflationary raw material prices.
• Launched the Arnite® PBT product line in the USA and within 18 months built a portfolio of business development projects with sales potential exceeding $5MM annually.

• I was recruited to DSM to lead the Plastics Coloring Technology development for it’s portfolio of polymer compounds. DSM needed guidance for it’s technicians to enable selection of the proper colorants for each polymer.
• Developed proprietary coloring technology for Akulon® PA6 that enabled DSM to penetrate the automotive and lawn and garden markets and extract a price premium

Bs, Chemistry

Mba, Business Administration And Management, General