Experience

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  Apollo Commercial Properties, LLC

  • Milton, Georgia

  • Chief Operating Officer

    • Jan 2019 - Present
    • Milton, Georgia

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  Independent

  • Greater Atlanta Area

  • Consultant

    • Jan 2017 - Present
    • Greater Atlanta Area

    Working independently and investing in selected startups in various industries.

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  Maine Pointe

  • Boston, Calgary, Schaffhausen, Shanghai

  • Executive Vice President - Chemical

    • Jul 2013 - Jun 2016
    • Boston, Calgary, Schaffhausen, Shanghai

    Maine Pointe is an operations management and implementation firm with offices in Boston, Mass. (USA), Canada, Europe and Asia. We are rapidly becoming a leader in sustainable global supply chain transformation.Maine Pointe helps clients maximize profits, improve cash flow, and free up working capital while developing a sustainable approach to business practices. We accelerate value creation by leveraging our frontline operations expertise across multiple industries to break through the barriers to improved growth and profitability.Our methodologies, processes, and collaborative knowledge transfer capabilities help transform how companies actually operate on the ground. Maine Pointe teams work with all personnel to seize opportunities through operations excellence, strategic procurement, logistics, and leader and organizational improvement that drive significant cash, profitability, and EBITDA enhancements to the bottom line.As a member of the firm's senior leadership team, I head the Chemical practice focusing on business development, C-level client relationship management, strategic industry trend analysis and planning as well as executive quality and oversight of client engagements. I assist chemical and process industry companies in achieving transformational business impact through the optimization of their global supply chain operations.

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  IBM Global Business Services

  • Greater Atlanta Area

  • Americas Chemical Practice Leader

    • 2003 - 2012
    • Greater Atlanta Area

    Division was formerly PwC Consulting, Atlanta.Partner - Americas Chemical Practice LeaderWorld Class Subject Matter Professional, Level 6 Managed a $100M business for the Chemical Industry in the Americas which includes teams of consultants serving all the major chemical and process industry companies.2002-12Partner - Chemical and Process IndustriesRelationship Manager for various clients that included Celanese, Eastman Chemical, LyondellBasell, Hercules, DuPont, BASF, Bayer, JM Huber and Synthetic Industries.2011-12

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  PricewaterhouseCoopers

  • Greater Atlanta Area

  • Consultant - Chemical Practice Leader

    • 1996 - 2002
    • Greater Atlanta Area

    Group purchased by IBM. See above.

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  LPS Laboratories, Inc.

  • Greater Atlanta Area

  • Director of New Product Development and Marketing

    • 1994 - 1996
    • Greater Atlanta Area

    LPS is in the Specialty Material Chemical division of Morgan Crucible - a multi-billion dollar producer of cleaners, lubricants, and corrosion inhibitors for the industrial, automotive, and aerospace industries. The company operates globally with a focus on North America, Europe, and Asia.* As a member of the senior management team, established international business growth programs with a focus on Europe and Asia.* Served as a member of the Morgan Crucible international planning committee.* Awarded 1995 “Product of the Year” by Plant Engineering magazine subscribers. (One year after launch competitor WD-40 matched their 50-year-old product to LPS.)

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  BP

  • Greater Chicago Area

  • Director - Sales and Marketing

    • 1985 - 1990
    • Greater Chicago Area

    Castrol is a division of Burmah Castrol - Swindon, U.K and BP., which produces cleaners, metalworking fluids, and corrosion inhibitors for the industrial, automotive, and appliance industries.* Recruited to upgrade the sales, marketing, and distribution functions.* Grew national sales by $20 million in five years through development of a sales, marketing, and distribution team.* Grew international sales 15% through the introduction of new products and distributors.* Managed the merger and integration of four companies over 5 years.* Re-branded and positioned 4,000 products in four domestic and seventy-five international units.* Served on the International Sales and Marketing Committee.

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  Velsicol Chemical Corporation

  • Greater Chicago Area

  • Division Business Manager; Benzoic Acid Group

    • 1983 - 1985
    • Greater Chicago Area

    The company is a division of Northwest Industries. It operated three primary businesses: Agricultural, Pesticide, and Chemicals - which produces Plasticizers and Benzoic Acid related products for a North American market.* Managed sales, marketing, and the distributor network making benzoic acid and sodium benzoate at the Chattanooga, TN plant.* Established a joint venture with Pfizer Chemical to package sodium benzoate while successfully relocating the facility from Texas to Tennessee.

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  Praxair

  • Greater Chicago Area

  • Marketing Manager

    • 1975 - 1983
    • Greater Chicago Area

    Acquired by Praxair and founded more than 100 years ago, Liquid Carbonic produces industrial gases, storage and conveyance related equipment. The market focus was North America - selling equipment, chemicals, and gases to the industrial and chemical segments with customers that included refineries, utilities, and industrial plants.* Developed and implemented 12 successful national marketing programs targeted at the chemical process industry.