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Garland StrongPresident - 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
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Bill BowieC.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
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Mike BurnsVP 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
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Greg SmithVP 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
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Michael Dewsbury VP of Packaging - PE |
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Lowell HuovinenVP 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
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Caton MorrisVP 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
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Rick DePewVP 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
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Craig FarrellVP 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
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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
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Gus GarrettDirector 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
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Sam BeasleyDirector 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
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Stacy ShellyDirector 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
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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
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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
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Kevin RobersonDirector 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
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Kevin MitchellDirector 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
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Ella M. BentonMarketing Services Manager |
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Stephanie HellsternMarketing Coordinator |
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Debbie BurnsExecutive Assistant |
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Sheila WilliamsDirector of Administration |