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Corporate Management |
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| The Cereplast management team is responsible for strategic guidance, vision and oversight of the company. The management team is committed to solid financial performance and the bottom line, and to furthering the sale of renewable plastics as an economically-viable alternative to traditional plastics. Alongside the management team, The Board of Directors provides decades of experience in finance and administration for counsel and support. |
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| Frederic Scheer, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer |
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Mr. Scheer became involved in the biodegradable plastics industry in 1994 through Montedison SpA, a large chemical conglomerate operating Novamont SpA, an Italian resin manufacturer and research company. Foreseeing that the demand for biodegradable products in North America would expand rapidly by the end of the decade, Scheer secured the exclusive distribution rights in North America for Mater-Bi™ resins. Soon thereafter, he began North American distribution of Mater-Bi, a 100% biodegradable resin patented and produced by Novamont. |
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| Scheer created the Biodegradable Products Institute (BPI), and this non-profit organization has quickly become the largest biodegradable association in the world, with more than 40 members, including BASF, DuPont, GeorgiaPacific, NatureWorks, Dow and Eastman. Prior to his involvement in the biodegradable industry, Scheer was a merchant banker in Europe. He holds a Doctor of Laws from the University of Paris, a Masters Degree in Finance and a Masters Degree in Political Sciences from Institut d’Etudes Politiques, Paris, France. Scheer, a US citizen, is fluent in French, Spanish, Italian and English. |
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| William Kelly, Senior Vice President, Technology |
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Mr. Kelly is a specialist in polymer product development, with 26 years of related industrial experience innovating new thermoplastic materials, which have been useful for serving demanding applications. He led technical efforts to develop fiber forming polylactide material with a unique property set for Chronopol. He also established process parameters for numerous grades of polylactic acid polymers. He planned and directed activities leading to product commercialization for over 50 new polymer systems and products to meet customer needs. |
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| For example, Kelly invented a ‘novel’ stabilization package for poly (lactic acid) polymer, which completely prevents molecular weight loss upon thermal processing. Without this improvement, PLA would lose about 50% of its molecular weight within one heat history. Kelly also developed many diverse forms of polylactic acid polymers and co-polymers – both low and high molecular weight. He received Academy Award recognition for technical achievement for BIOSNOW2 – a movie special effect for “snow” (based on a polylactic acid polymer) for outdoor scenes. |
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| He innovated and enhanced processing parameters for polylactic acid resin with revised material reformulations, which improved processing via fiber forming, injection molding, blow molding, film extrusion, and foam processing. Kelly invented and qualified the RADEL® R7000, polyethersulfone product line at Boeing and other airframe companies, which exceeding all FAA and industry requirements for performance. He transformed AMODEL® PPA resin into palatable material using existing ABS plating technology maintaining high heat capability. Kelly qualified and produced both amorphous and semi-crystalline polymers for many diverse customer applications. He has originated 20 patent applications with six issued, participated in numerous technical trials and presented papers worldwide. |
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| Margaret McMurray, Chief Administrative Officer |
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Margie joined Cereplast in June of 2006 and has over 30 years of experience in operations primarily in administrative management services to a variety of private and government agencies. Margie was recently promoted to her current position of Chief Administrative Officer and she oversees Cereplast's administrative functions by providing administrative direction, supervision and support to the staff pertaining to Human Resources, property management and purchasing, as well coordinating the duties of the office staff and general operation of the administrative offices. Prior to joining Cereplast, Margie spent ten years performing administrative duties for Conwell Shonkwiler’s & Associates in San Diego, Grossmont Community College and CompuSoft Publishing. Her background also includes advising the Directors of the U. S. Information Services offices in Bogotá, Colombia and Jakarta, Indonesia on government procedures pertaining to administrative and management matters. |
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Mark Barton , Senior Vice President, Manufacturing
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Mr. Barton joins Cereplast to lead overall manufacturing operations. With over 25 years of successful plastic compounding industry experience, most recently as Vice President of Toray Resin Company, Barton has held a succession of resin manufacturing leadership positions. Under Barton’s leadership, Toray Resin’s engineering resin compounding operations became an industry leader, achieving registrations of ISO 9001/TS16949 for quality systems, ISO 14001 for environmental systems and receiving the Toray Industries, Presidents Award in 2006 for overall performance and achievement. Barton’s experience includes championing successful lean manufacturing and continuous improvement systems in resin compounding operations. Barton holds a B.S in Management Science/Business Administration from Franklin University in Columbus, Ohio.
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