Experience

Colonial Chemical M.E. Arabia

• Saudi Arabia
• Chemical Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• President

  • Jun 2023 - Present

  Dammam 3rd Industrial City, Eastern, Saudi Arabia



StarChem, LLC.

• United States
• Chemical Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• President

  • Aug 2009 - Sep 2022

  Wellford, South Carolina, United States President of specialty chemical manufacturing company with full PL responsiblities - Grew revenues over 300% over a 13-year period - Transformed business form a loss making entity to a solidly profitable enterprise - Supported the development of new businesses entities in Honduras and Colombia - Reorganized StarChem Canada and redirected the business selling the Textile business and developing O&G and HI&I segments. Transformed business from a loss making entity to… Show more President of specialty chemical manufacturing company with full PL responsiblities - Grew revenues over 300% over a 13-year period - Transformed business form a loss making entity to a solidly profitable enterprise - Supported the development of new businesses entities in Honduras and Colombia - Reorganized StarChem Canada and redirected the business selling the Textile business and developing O&G and HI&I segments. Transformed business from a loss making entity to a solidly profitable company. - Directed the business to new markets namely manufacturing specialty chemicals for the Oil and Gas and HI&I (Household Institutional and Industrial Cleaners) and Personal Care markets. Business was transformed from 85 % Textiles share in 2009 to an even distribution of revenue share of each of the four market segments - Established structured business processes (product management, NCR process, product development process) while maintaining speed and flexibility in our ability to react to the market and customers’ requirements. Established key metrics for all functions and drove the business to be ISO 9001 certified in 2019 - Strove for operation excellence in production while emphasizing safety. - Upgraded facility from one where equipment was in a very poor state to dependable batch manufacturing facility with over 23 reactor vessels and an annual output of 35 M lbs Show less



Huntsman Corporation

• United States
• Chemical Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Regional Business Director

  • Jan 2005 - Jul 2009

  Houston, Texas, United States - Member of the Coatings, Construction and Adhesives Leadership team reporting to the global vice president for the business - Generated revenue growth of 18% during the period and an 10% increase in gross margin intensity - Streamlined the distribution business for Adhesives business in N. America from thirty to nineteen distributors - Established new product development programs with a potential of over $5M in new business



Ciba Specialty Chemicals

• United States
• Chemical Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• N. America Business Unit Manager

  • Jan 2002 - Dec 2004

  Brewster, New York, United States

• Sales Director

  • 1997 - 2002

  Brewster, New York, United States

• Marketing Manager

  • 1993 - 1997

  Basel, Switzerland



Ciba-Geigy

• Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Research Scientist

  • 1989 - 1992

  Basel, Switzerland