Garland Strong

President

• 30 years in plastic industry
• 8 years President and General Manager, Doskocil Mfg. and affiliated companies (Injection molding, structural foam, compounding; 180mm revenue)
• B.B.A. - University of North Texas

Bill Bowie

C.O.O.

• 18 years of exclusive focus on plastic resin
• 8 years as President and General Manager of Spectrum Polymers (Compounding, 120mm lbs., $28mm revenue)
• 6 years Resin Manager, Poly America (Compounding, 400mm lbs.)
• B.A. - University of Wisconsin

Mike Burns

VP of Polyethylene

• 12+ years H. Muehlstein and Company, Inc.
• 3 years Extrusion Polyethylene Product Manager, U.S. and Canada
• 9+ years experience in buying and selling Polyethylene, Propylene, Polystyrene, and recycled materials
• B.S. - Illinois State University

Greg Smith

VP of Engineering Resins, PVC, and PS

• 20 years in plastic industry
• 12 years Amoco - Executive Sales Polypropylene, Polystyrene & Engineering Resins
• 4 years GE - Executive Sales, Engineering Resins
• B.S. - Lehigh University - Civil Engineering
• Masters of Science - Carnegie Mellon University

Michael Dewsbury

VP of Packaging - PE

• Professional engineer with over 34 years of experience in chemicals and plastics businesses

• He spent the early years of his career at DuPont and ARCO Chemical
• Vice President of PET at Wellman

Lowell Huovinen

VP of PolyPropylene 

• 32 years in plastic industry
• 7 years Spectrum Polymers - General Manager/Operations
• 16 years Poly America - Operations Manager
• 6 years Poly Tech - Operations

Caton Morris

VP of Business Development

• 25 Years of Supply Chain Experience
• 10 Yrs in Senior Management roles within Supply Chain Operations
• 15 Yrs in Sales and Executive Sales Management roles within Supply Chain Applications Market
• B.S. – Industrial Distribution, Texas A&M University

Rick DePew

VP of Business Development

• 29 years in the Chemicals and Plastics industry
• Dow Chemical, NOVA Chemicals and Chemtura
• Broad based sales, marketing and commercial leadership experience Polyethylene, Polystyrene, Polypropylene
• Commercial Director for PE/Films at NOVA Chemicals
• Vice President, Global Sales at Chemtura
• BBA, Industrial Marketing from Western Michigan University

Craig Farrell

VP of International

• 3 Years General Manager, AT Plastics Corp.; LDPE and EVA
• 5 Years, Global Business Manager, Celanese; Acetic Acid and Acetic Anhydride
• 8 Years, Global Marketing Manager, Hoechst Celanese; Oxo Alcohols based in Frankfurt & Dallas
• 4 Years, Sales & Marketing, Hoechst UK; Packaging Film, Chemicals & Resins
• B.Eng. Leeds University, England; MBA, Kingston Business School, London

Robin Chesshier

Director of Client Services, Polyethylene

• 20 years of Purchasing and Packaging Experience
• Specialized in Extrusion blown film applications
• BS in Aeronautics from Embry Riddle Aeronautical University

Gus Garrett

Director of Education

• 36 years in Plastics Business with the Dow Chemical Company
• 27 years in Dow's Polyethylene sales, distribution, and marketing management
• B.S. - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - Mechanical Engineering

Sam Beasley

Director of Business Development, Polyethylene

• 23 Years in Plastics Industry (Color and Additive Concentrates)
• 4 Years PolyOne Corporation - Senior Account Management
• 10 Years M. A. Hanna Color - Regional Sales
• 9 Years PMS Consolidated - Quality Control and Color Formulation
• B.B.A. - Stephen F. Austin State University

Stacy Shelly

Director of Business Development, Eng. Resins/PVC/PS

• 20 Years in the plastics Industry
• 18 Years General Polymers/Ashland Distribution, ($2.6B Chemical & Plastics Distribution Co.)
• 6 Years General Polymers, Account Manager, MN/IA
• 13 Years Midwest District Business Manager, Directing 110+mm lbs of resin sales annually supplied by 30+ Resin Suppliers 
• B.S. Western Michigan University, Industrial Marketing

Mark Kallman

Director of Client Services, Eng. Resins/PVC/PS

• 23 years in plastic industry
• 7 years LATI - Market/Commercial Manager Engineering Compounds
• 14 years Dow Chemical - Executive Sales and Applications Development for Engineering Plastics and Styrenics
• B.S. - Illinois Institute of Technology - Chemical Engineering
• M.B.A. - University of Rochester-Simon School - Finance & Marketing

Scott Newell

Director of Client Services, PolyPropylene

• 14 years in the plastic industry
• Combined total of 9 years as Corporate Resin Manager for a major consumer products company (managing over 200m lbs. of commodity resins)
• Developed resin handling systems, compounding and materials lab
• B.A. - Northern Illinois

Kevin Roberson

Director of Business Development, PolyPropylene

• Kevin began his career with Fina Oil and Chemical Company in 1988 (Total Petrochemicals, USA, Inc.)
• 7 years spent in Senior sales and marketing position in the polystyrene field for Fina/Total
• B.A. - Harding University

Kevin Mitchell

Director of Marketing

• 20 years of professional experience in advertising and marketing. Key responsibilities have included more than 17 years management of corporate marketing communications, brand awareness and business development.
• 2 years Hanson Design (Advertising Agency)
• 18 years Doskocil Manufacturing Company - Marketing Communications
• B.F.A. - University of Texas
  

Ella M. Benton

Marketing Services Manager

Stephanie Hellstern

Marketing Coordinator

Debbie Burns

Executive Assistant

Sheila Williams

Director of Administration