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He is a senior executive with more than thirty years of international experience in the chemical and related industries. For eighteen years he held various management positions in fine and specialty chemicals and plastics for the Elf Aquitaine Group, including over three years as European General Manager of the bio/fine division of M&T Chemicals (later the CECA subsidiary of Elf Atochem) and two years as Director of Technology for Akishima Chemical (Elf Atochem Japan) in Tokyo. He served as CEO of Syrgis Performance Products, LLC, a privately held $50 million diversified group of specialty chemical companies.

For eighteen years he held various management positions in fine and specialty chemicals and plastics for the Elf Aquitaine Group.

He managed fine and specialty chemical businesses which supplied additives for the plastics industry.

He helped the owner of a small, privately held, fine and research chemical business to formulate a 5-year development plan and exit strategy.

He assisted a large multinational company, with a very favorable raw material position in fine inorganic chemicals, to quantify the market size and growth potential for supplying a new range of chemical intermediates for pharmaceutical synthesis, electronics and high performance materials.

He assisted a new high tech startup corporation to validate their estimates of market opportunity and potential prior to their filing for an IPO.

He assisted an Asian chemical company who was seeking to expand their presence in the North American market by preparing and carrying out a marketing communications program designed to raise their visibility in their key target markets.

He assisted a large multinational company, with a very favorable raw material position in fine inorganic chemicals, to quantify the market size and growth potential for supplying a new range of chemical intermediates for pharmaceutical synthesis, electronics and high performance materials.He helped a private equity investment firm making an acquisition in specialty chemicals as part of their due diligence team to provide an analysis of the value of the technology being acquired, future market potentials, and possible synergy with their other investments.He aided an Asian chemical company who was seeking to expand their presence in the North American market by preparing and carrying out a marketing communications program designed to raise their visibility in their key target markets.For the senior management team of a large international European based chemical company, which had just made an acquisition in specialty chemicals in North America, he provided a tutorial on the background technology, business structure, and market impact of the acquired business.A small high-tech startup with a patented new technology in surface modification was seeking potential applications for their capabilities. He surveyed several possibilities, helped them select the most promising, and connected them with innovative companies in that field who were willing to test their technology. For the same client he also carried out a cost analysis for scaling up production of their product and identified several potential partnering manufacturers.