Garland Strong

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

Global Business Director, PET

• 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

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

Gus Garrett

• 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

• 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

Mark Kallman

• 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

• 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

• 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 

Cindy Bryan

• 9 years Icis Lor - Senior Editor reporting on petrochemical industry
• 4 years Carlson Marketing Group - Program Manager
• B.A. - Valparaiso University

Kevin Mitchell

• 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