Meet Our Team


Garland Strong

President, Resin Technology Inc.
  • 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., Resin Technology Inc.
  • 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

Global Business Director, 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

Global Business Director, 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

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

Vice President of Client Services
  • 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

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

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 Serves, 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 

Cindy Bryan

Director of Research
  • 9 years Icis Lor - Senior Editor reporting on petrochemical industry
  • 4 years Carlson Marketing Group - Program Manager
  • B.A. - Valparaiso 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
Information Empowers