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STRATEGIC MARKET PLANNING * BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

Business-to-Business Technology Products * Solar & Semiconductor MaterialsSenior level strategic marketing and business development manager with outstanding strategic vision and planning skills. Successfully developed markets for newtechnology products achieving high revenue, profit and corporate expansion.

CORE COMPETENCIES* Marketing Planning and Business Development for Companies With Intensive Product Development Requirements* Strategic Market Planning For Business Units Of Four Fortune 500 Companies* Market Analysis For Technology Investment And Intellectual Property Licensing* New Technology Road-mapping * Extensive Business Development and Marketing Experience in Asia and Europe* Development of Marketing and Technology Management Systems for New Products* Strategies For Supply Chain Services and Cost Analysis* P&L Management* Solar and Semiconductor Materials Expert

SELECTED ACHIEVEMENTS* Developed and executed business plans for specialty chemicals into the semiconductor manufacturing market in Japan for Ashland Chemical that resulted in over$40 MM in revenues and launched the Ashland Japan, Ltd. business entity. Actedas Business Director of the start-up, reporting directly to the Executive VP at

Ashland Chemical.* Global market planning for start-up company (PPT Research, Inc.) in solar wafering chemicals and silicon recovery technologies. Business management responsibility for Europe. Managed the company's most important product development testing efforts, building relationships with managements of top European solar manufacturers.* Strategic marketing manager of $20 MM core products for AZ Photoresist Division of Hoechst-Celanese. Developed marketing plans for divisions most profitableproduct line achieving >90% market share in thin film head manufacturing.* Received Ashland Chairman's award for project achievements in management systems for new product development. Award was given for selected achievements to 60employees of a 6000 person global workforce in 1997.* As independent consultant, successfully sold high value IP in semiconductor ch

emical technology.

PROFILE

Market Planning and Technology Analysis for Investments and Acquisitions:* Market and technology consulting for stock market and investment analysts in the solar wafer, cell and polysilicon markets. Advise top stock analysts and industry market analysts on market and technology trends, particularly in solar wafering and polysilicon cost reduction efforts in the industry.* Currently providing technical review and cost analysis to major European solarwafer manufacturers concerning next generation technologies and technology roadmap issues.* Successful semiconductor technology investment and market analyst for British

Technology Group. Managed technology acquisitions and portfolio for intellectualproperty in semiconductor design and materials. Developed and executed marketing plans for commercializing the portfolio of technologies.

Business Development in U.S., Asia and Europe* Managed strategic planning and business development for materials into the semiconductor and solar markets in U.S., Asia and Europe for four Fortune 500 companies including Hoechst-Celanese, Ashland, ATMI, Praxair, as well as British Technology Group (British top 50). Built high value relationships with top manufacturers in solar and semi industries throughout the world.

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* Won a 30% market-share turnover in Japan against Japanese competitors in specialty products for advanced semiconductor market (DRAM, System-on-Chip) at Ashland Chemical.* Received top awards for record profitability at Ashland Chemical and for business development efforts in Japan.

PROFILE CONTINUED....* Develop and executed business plans, spending past 3 years travelling to Europe for testing new generation technology (PPT Research) for solar wafering at major manufacturers. Secured high level agreements with top-level management at customer and partner manufacturing sites and managed the relationships during long-term developmental testing efforts. Coordinated the organizations for solving complex problems affecting customer's manufacturing processes.

Strategic Marketing for Supply Chain Services* Developed and managed marketing strategy for the global Praxair / Merck partnership for new on-site services and supply chain management of semiconductor materials.* Directed $200,000 in expenditures on customer supply chain analysis, and managed supply chain consultants providing information from audited customer locations and developing activity based cost models.* Re-designed Praxair divisional P&L and accounting flows to handle supply chainservices.

* Made recommendations to senior management at both Praxair and major semiconductor manufacturer for implementing supply chain cost saving strategies at the customer manufacturing site.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

ARGENTA, LLC - Coopersburg, PA 2003 - presentIndependent ConsultantBusiness development and strategic marketing consultant for companies with intensive new productdevelopment requirements. Market analyst and technology road-mapping in solar manufacturing.Acting VP of Marketing, Sales and Applications, PPT Research, Inc. (2009 - prese

nt)Acting Marketing Manager, PPT Research, Inc. (2006 - 2009)Acting Strategic Marketing and Applications Manager, ATMI (2003 - 2004)Investment and IP Consulting (2003 - 2006)BRITISH TECHNOLOGY GROUP - Conshohoken, PA 2001 - 2003Associate Vice President, Analyst, Strategic Market Planning - SemiconductorsAnalysis of technology markets for venture capital investments and IP acquisition.PRAXAIR, INC. - Dallas, TX 1998 - 2001Marketing Manager,Strategic planning for on-site and supply chain management services for semiconductor materialsASHLAND CHEMICAL COMPANY - Easton, PA 1992 - 1998

Global Marketing Manager, Electronic Chemicals Division (1995 to 1998)Global Marketing and Applications Manager, Ashland-ACT (1992 to 1995)HOECHST-CELANESE CORP - Somerville, NJ 1984 - 1992Marketing Manager of Core Products, AZ Photoresist Products (1990 to 1992)Technical Sales Representative (1988 to 1990)Senior Applications Engineer (1984 to 1988)M.I.T. / LINCOLN LABORATORY - Lexington, MA 1981 - 1983Technologist - Contractor to U.S. Air Force developing semiconductor manufacturing technologyEDUCATION

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B.A. Chemistry, University of Rhode Island - 1984