Awards & Recognition
★2020 SCI Chemical Industry Medal from Society of Chemical Industry America Section
★Leadership Award for Outstanding Corporate Reinvention from American Chemical Society's New York Section (2017)
★Ranked #1 CEO among mid-cap publicly traded chemical companies by Institutional Investor magazine (2018)
★Named to Academy of Distinguished Engineering Alumni at Georgia Institute of Technology (2015)
★Named to 'CEOs Who Get It' list by National Safety Council and Safety+Health Magazine (2017)
Notable Facts
→Led Trinseo from 2010-2019 through formation via Dow Chemical spin-off, private equity ownership with Bain Capital, IPO and NYSE listing in 2014
→Company tripled in value between 2014 and 2017 under his leadership
→40+ year distinguished career in chemicals and plastics industry
→Previously served as President and CEO of NOVA Chemicals Corporation (2009)
→Currently serves as Founder and CEO of CDP Consulting LLC
→Chair of board of directors of Klöckner Pentaplast
→Board member at Hexion, IPS Corporation, Innovative Chemical Products Group
→Former board member of FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE) and Univar Inc. (NYSE: UNVR)
→Has Wikipedia page documenting career
→Retired from Trinseo CEO role in March 2019, succeeded by Frank Bozich