Senior management team member of second largest group in company with $410MM+ Net Sales. Annual sales growth of 15%, and net income of 25%+ for seven years. Led team responsible for sales forecast, and supply direction/execution of global raw materials/packaging, and sub-contracting. Directed the Strategic Buying Plans, for commodity raw materials and packaging, to successfully negotiate, and execute $6.2MM in savings. Identified supply/demand outlook, underlying forces, and recommended buy strategy/execution. Increased confidence of packaging availability across internal plant network to improve turns by 40%, customer order-fill by 8%, and carrying cost of $350,000/year. Leveraged $25MM Sub-Contract Business, to increase gross margin by 44%, or $1.9MM. Created "full-service" business plan that eliminated inventory and saved $400K/year. Led the turnaround of the $13MM Pottery Business, by increasing gross margin by 27%, or $3.6MM. Shifted sourcing, and moved facility to capture exchange rate, and outbound freight savings to retail stores. Negotiated exclusive licensing agreement, and implemented an innovative, new packaging concept on Miracle-Gro Potting Soils products. Project generated incremental sales, and net income of $30MM and $18MM, respectively. Advised on Facilities P-Card for non-inventory purchases across 25-plant network. Pathway defined for purchases, receipt verification, and monthly reconciliation.;

ASK Chemicals Group, headquartered in Hilden near Düsseldorf (Germany), is a global supplier of high-performance industrial resins and materials. The company's products are mainly used in foundries and in the production of abrasives, refractories, impregnation, coatings, insulation and composite materials. The Foundry division offers an exceptionally wide and innovative range of foundry consumables including binders, coatings, risers, filters, release agents as well as metallurgical products such as inoculants, inoculation wires and master alloys for iron casting. The Industrial Resins division is a leader in the field of specialty phenolic resins. Our phenolic resins are the preferred choice when it comes to meeting the highest requirements in the areas of fire protection, energy consumption, service lifetime, health and safety at work. The company has a production and sales network in 22 countries and employs approximately 2000 people worldwide. ASK Chemicals Group sees itself as a driving force of industry-specific innovations with research centers and laboratories in Europe, Asia, America and Africa. ASK Chemicals is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.

We don’t just make chemicals. We solve problems. Let our chemical expertise enhance your competitive advantage. We work with companies to innovate and achieve commercial success through the manufacture of high-performance materials and additives and expert advisory and consulting services. We don’t just sell chemicals; we solve problems and deliver solutions, leveraging nearly one hundred years of applied chemical technology to help our customers commercialize their products profitably. Whether you are part of a small company or a Fortune 500 organization, we value your relationship and want to serve your long-term needs. Fine and Specialty Chemical Manufacturing for all Industries Worldwide Since 1928 • Analytical Reagents • Organics and Inorganics for Research • Specialty Chemicals • Customized Bulk Process Chemicals ISO 9001:2015 ISO/IEC 17025:2017

OHIGRO, Inc. is a three-generation family-owned agribusiness serving the Central Ohio agricultural community since 1965. With three area locations, OHIGRO specializes in addressing the fertilizer, seed, and chemical needs of Central Ohio's agricultural community.

Toagosei America's parent company, Toagosei Company, Ltd. of Japan, has been producing cyanoacrylate (instant) adhesives since 1963. In 1990, Toagosei and Borden Inc. Consumer Packaged Products division (presently, Elmer's Products Inc./Newell Brands) established a sales subsidiary as a joint venture to strengthen sales of instant glue Aron Alpha® and Instant Krazy Glue® . In 1994, a factory for formulating, filling and packaging was constructed in the suburbs of Columbus, Ohio (West Jefferson) to secure a supply base for the North and South American regions. The factory is known as Krazy Glue Company, A division of Toagosei America. Today Toagosei America Inc. manufacturers, markets, sells and distributes Aron Alpha® Industrial Krazy Glue to North and South American assembly, manufacturing, industrial and specialty markets. Toagosei America also has a joint venture with Newell Brands'​ Writing Division who markets, sells and distributes Instant Krazy Glue ® to North American Consumer Retail Markets. Toagosei America's sales, marketing and technical group offers on site engineering assistance and consultation, joint product development, lab services and testing, prototype testing and custom formulations in order to provide Aron Alpha® bonding solutions to our industrial clients. Toagosei America formulation, filling and packaging manufacturing factory's quality management system is registered ISO 9001 and 140001.

Navidea Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE: NAVB) is a leader in precision medicine with immuno-targeted products designed to help identify the sites and pathways of undetected disease and enable better diagnostic accuracy, clinical decision-making, targeted treatment and, ultimately, patient care. Applying our Manocept™ technology, Navidea seeks to develop next-generation targeted diagnostics and therapies for cancer, autoimmune conditions, and other inflammatory diseases, with an initial focus on personalized Rheumatoid Arthritis diagnostics. The company, founded in 1983, maintains headquarters in Dublin, Ohio.