Tom Lamb Email & Phone Number

Greater Atlanta Area

Currently semi-retired sitting on three boards (with high degree of engagement): 1) Mycelx Technologies (Chairman), a UK public water treatment company (https://mycelx.com/), 2) The Lebermuth Company, a family held Flavor and Fragrance company (https://www.lebermuth.com/), and 3) Craft Bank, an Atlanta Community Bank (https://www.craft.bank/). Also active in an advisory firm providing strategic and operations consulting services, used primarily as a vehicle to find the next operating role. Past success in providing strategic advisory services to industrial, technology, healthcare and consumer clients, and evaluating deals for private equity firms.

Houston, Texas Area

CEO of engineered systems company with operations in US (Houston), UK and Singapore.

Atlanta

As a Director on EvoShield's Board, responsible for overall corporate governance at the company. As Executive Director, provide guidance on strategic matters and significant operating issues.

Greater Atlanta Area

CEO of this $200MM mid-market private equity backed roll up. Led turn-around, which included a restructuring, strategic repositioning, operational improvement and debt refinancing that resulted in return of 4.5 times equity value (an attractive outcome given the difficult economic environment). Also, worked with Nautic Partners as an ‘operating advisor’ on other deals and portfolio companies.• Accelerated revenue and EBITDA growth to 10+% and 15+%, respectively.• Initiated customer segmentation strategy to drive high margin revenue growth.• Reset equity plan for executive team. Retooled sales force and compensation system.• Increased EBITDA from 23% to 30% of revenue and free cash flow to 95% of EBITDA.• Reduced working capital to 8% of revenue and achieved return on assets of 150%.• Positioned separate exits for the Flavor and Fragrance Divisions to maximize return.

Greater Atlanta Area

Founder of advisory firm, focused on strategic and operating issues facing companies ranging from industrial manufacturing to technology. Clients included businesses in industrial fibers, food ingredients, technology consumables and chemicals, among others.

Greater Atlanta Area

Led transformation of this commodity chemicals and minerals business into a leading specialty materials provider, after turning around lagging legacy business. Grew business from $700MM to $1.4BN with over 4000 employees in over 20 countries..• Oversaw largest acquisition in Huber’s history (CP Kelco, over $1BN in enterprise value).• Rebuilt CP Kelco’s business infrastructure, including a new product pipeline of $200MM.• Lead $30MM strategic capital investment plan in China to reduce costs over 50%.• Turned around $700MM legacy chemical business, returned it to profitability in 1st year.• Improved business portfolio with three acquisitions and a major divestiture ($180MM).• Built innovation capability growing new products from less than 5% to over 15% of revenue.

Lexington, Kentucky Area

Recruited to help transition Lexmark from a private to a public company. Revenues doubled from $2BN to over $4BN during tenure. Corporate Officer and major contributor to profitable growth for this Fortune 500 NYSE printer company. • Grew revenue 40%, operating income 70% and stock price 300% from 1998 to 1999.• Oversaw plant expansions of over $100MM in Mexico, Philippines, and Europe. • Developed intellectual property strategy to better leverage R&D investments across divisions. • Established strategic initiatives in small business and e-commerce, growing sales by 50%. • Established new business in compatible supplies that exceeded $100MM in second year. • Grew Asian and Latin American business by over 30%.

Turn-around executive focused on challenged businesses. Ran four (4) different divisions for Allied-Signal/Gen Chem/Henley Group.1. Norplex/Oak- Singapore (printed circuit board substrates, $10MM revenues).....1984-19872. Printing Developments, Inc. (lithographic printing systems, $25MM).................1987-19883. Electronic Materials (high-purity semiconductor materials, $30MM)..................1988-19904. Industrial Chemicals (alkalies and calcium chloride, $300MM)..........................1990-1995

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Marketing And Operations Mgt

Ba, Economics