Entrepreneurial personality. Strong business acumen with real commitment to achieving goals and results. Welcomes challenges and change. Solid commercial, technical and leadership background. Autonomous decision maker with a result-oriented attitude and structural approach. Operates with passion and ownership. Dynamic and enthusiastic “driver” of programs and relationships. Likes to explore new possibilities. Fast communicator. Always looking for creative solutions. Outgoing personality. Easily interacts with people of different backgrounds and cultures. Travelled all over the world during the last 25 years. Highly respected by peers, leaders, team-members, customers, subordinates and co-workers.

2008 – 2014
PolyOne – GLS International
Thermoplastic Elastomers (TPEs)
Global Accounts Manager Europe – GLS Thermoplastic Elastomers
Executive Sales Management large multinational accounts in Europe
• Management of primary account relationships
• Direct responsibility for sales and gross profit margin
• Global Account coordination for accounts with primary location in EU
• Development and management of new projects / initiatives
• Development and implementation of annual Strategic Account Plans
• Managed more than 40% of PolyOne’s EU TPE business
• Generated strong revenue growth every single year (often double-digit)
• Significantly outperformed average TPE market growth in Europe
• Established highest GM percentage of GLS EU TPE sales team
• Developed largest number of business closes, with highest revenue and
highest GM percentage of GLS EU TPE sales team
• Re-established fruitful business relationship with key EU distributor

2002 – 2008
GLS International
Thermoplastic Elastomers (TPEs)
Business Development Manager Europe
Startup, develop and manage the EU TPE Business of GLS International
• Initiate, develop, and manage the GLS EU TPE business from scratch
• Member of GLS Global Management Team
• Development and implementation of annual Strategic Account Plans for
GLS EU Platinum Accounts
• Development / management of new accounts per strategic plan initiatives
• GLS EU budget development and cost control responsibility
• Development of local EU warehousing
• Coordinate / Delegate EU logistical support
• Setup GLS office in Europe
• Hire and manage GLS EU support staff
• Setup and manage GLS European Agent and Distributor network
• Development and Management of EU tolling Partners
• Development and Management of GLS EU vendor relationships
• Participation in operational functions (materials purchasing, logistics,
inventory management, collections, invoicing) involving materials and
products in Europe
• Participation of new product and new technology development programs
• Participation in marketing and market communication programs
• Double-digit business growth every single year
• Established solid relationships with many global customers / prospects /
partners in the EU
• Setup GLS EU Sales Office
• Initiated “Must Keep” / “Must Gain” list for GLS Europe
• Developed EU weighted calls analysis
• Established EU Distributor and Warehousing network
• Initiated EU tolling projects
• Hired Technical Account Manager and Customer Service Representative

1998 – 2002
Bostik Findley Incorporated Europe
Hot Melt Adhesives
R&D Manager Nonwovens Europe
Management of EU R&D and QC lab, member of Euro Staff
• Management of Bostik Findley Roosendaal laboratory (9 people)
• Member of the Euro Staff (EU Management Team)
• R&D budget responsibility
• European Technical Service Coordination
• Startup of PD (Product Development) activities in Europe
• Management of QC lab (2000)
• Project leader to redesign lab resources allocation
• Focus on global R&D alignment
• Business Development SCA Hygiene Europe (1999)
• Upstream projects & sales at SCA Hygiene
• Patent on Emollient Resistant Hot Melt Adhesives (Sept. 5, 2000)
• Major shift in resources allocation Roosendaal laboratory
• QC Lab performance strongly improved
• Improved Lab Safety Awareness (installed new lab alarm system)
• Project Manager / Coordinator EU NW Lab Transition (2001)

1991 – 1998
Hercules Incorporated Europe (now part of Eastman)
Tackifying Resins
Chemist, Senior Chemist, Hot Melt Adhesive (HMA) Team Leader &
Project Manager at Hercules Application and Development Laboratory
Develop new resin applications for the HMA market, technical and R&D support at customers, manage HMA R&D team
• Started as Hot Melt Adhesives Chemist at European Application &
Development (A&D) Laboratory
• Promoted to Senior Chemist (1994)
• Promoted to Application Specialist / Manager (1996)
• Product Development & Technical Service for tier 1 customers
• HMA Department Team Leader
• Project Management, Patents
• Technical Documentation, Publications
• Presentations / Papers (Tappi, USA; Nitzl Conference, Germany)
• Initiated and developed Regalite® S 5100 a new resin technology for non-
woven HMA’s and received a patent on this technology (Aug. 15, 2000)
• Developed HMDA and Resin Blending Concepts
• Coordinated and managed HMA Deepfreeze Packaging Project a technical
partnership between Elf Atochem France, Hercules Netherlands, and
Schuman Sasol South-Africa
• Initiated and wrote new technical documentation and publications on
HMDA concept, Resin Blending, Resins for HMA deepfreeze packaging
applications and Regalite resins in HMA nonwoven applications
• Published in several technical magazines: Tappi Journal (Sept. 1997),
Adhesives Age (Nov. 1996, May 1997, Aug. 1997), European Adhesives
and Sealants (Sept. 1994), Adhesive Technology Magazine (March 1999)
• Received Best Paper Award twice at the Tappi HMA symposium,
Phoenix, USA (most important global HMA conference)

1979 – 1991
Verbunt Chemie Netherlands
Adhesives Chemist, Quality Manager
Adhesive R&D, quality control, raw material purchasing, production support, member of management team
• Started as Adhesives Lab Technician
• Promoted to Adhesives Chemist (1982)
• Overall responsibility for adhesives segment (1987), which includes
Production, Lab, Purchasing, Quality, Safety
• Development of a new & very successful adhesive product line (sprayable
contact adhesives)
• Significant growth of adhesives segment vs. other product lines
 1979: 25% of total revenue
 1991: 80% of total revenue

• Computers, Software
 Chairman Hercules Computer Club (1995 - 1998)
• Traveling, jazz music, reading
• Badminton
 Chairman Badminton Team “Network” (1982 – 1991)
• Billiards
 Chairman Billiards Team “De Gouwe Geijt” (1992 – 1998)
• Food, Wine, Beers
 Dutch Beer Tasting Champion 2003