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Rick Montani is a President/CEO at Sika Corporation and is based in Lyndhurst, New Jersey. He has worked as Senior Vice President - Construction Division at Sika Corporation, Vice President of Marketing at Sika Corporation, and Sales Engineer at AFi Systems. Rick studied at University of Dayton between 1978 and 1982 and The Wharton School between 2009 and 2012.

Mike Cate is a Chief Executive Officer/Member, Board of Directors at Marianna Industries Inc and is based in Omaha, Nebraska. He has worked as Earlier Professional Experience at Various; Vice President and General Manager, Staples Print Solutions at Staples; and Division President at PepsiCo Food Systems, a Division of PepsiCo. Mike attended Wake Forest University School of Business between 1991 and 1993 and Davidson College between 1983 and 1987.

I am an entrepreneurial, high energy leader with strategic vision, global operational experience, full P&L ownership, and strong business acumen delivering consecutive years of earnings growth for chemical division operations. Excel at accelerating growth and turning around underperforming stagnant businesses.Having led global businesses along with an expatriatiation in Europe, I build strong international teams across multiple regions. I inspire and influence positive change across an organization, and deliver rapid results. Industry Knowledge:Intermediate and Specialty Chemicals, Petrochemicals, Polymers, Oil & Gas, Electronics, Pharmaceuticals, Food, Agrochemicals, Animal Feeds, Composites, Absorbents, Coatings, Packaging, and Polymer Additives. Achievements:• Delivered 23% per year average annual income growth over 5-year period. • Drove new product development delivering $4M - $7M in incremental margin over 3-year period.• Grew top line sales by 4% despite stagnant market growth through new product introductions and sales initiative that improved competitive positioning and market share. • Led Operational Excellence initiative increasing capacity by 10%, winning award for reliability improvements.• Acquired and integrated company, achieving target of 3-year pay back on investment. • Developed novel manufacturing asset optimization strategy improving EBITDA margin by ~50% and chaired global project implementation team.• Created, launched, and led Community for Marketing Excellence “CME”, a company-wide initiative to introduce best practices, develop talent, and drive cultural change that maximized sales of |$2B.Expertise: Global Business Strategy and Execution / New Product/Business Development / Improving P&L, ROCE and Cash Flow / Creating a Continuous Improvement Culture / Deal Making, Acquisitions, Partnering / Staff Development / Driving Accountability and Alignment / Lean Six Sigma

Mr. Avery is a global, transformative CEO with a background of leadership, operations, reengineering, and financial management as a CFO in a broad diversity of industries and issues. A business value creator, change management leader and business strategist, he has created operational empowerment for regions and functions leading to consistently-strong results. He has Board and C- Level executive experience.Currently the CEO of Verdesian Life Sciences. Mr. Avery has transformed all areas of the business, resulting in significantly improved working capital and profitability. He has established a new strategic direction that has led to enhanced operational excellence, a customer-centric view point, improved pipeline commercialization and increased productivity.Earlier, Mr. Avery served as VP, Global Lead, of Monsanto's Vegetable business, transforming the strategic direction and delivering consistent year on year financial and operational improvement.As VP, Global Business Operations, he drove Monsanto’s critical business process redesign efforts across all geographies, divisions and many functions, realizing $950M in cumulative savings.Before, Mr. Avery served as VP and CFO for Delta & Pine Land Company, overseeing accounting, finance, tax, treasury, insurance, HR and safety, and participated in the Company’s sale to Monsanto for a premium of current market price. Earlier, he was VP/Controller for Eagle Materials.A Partner with Arthur Andersen during 1990 to 2002, Mr. Avery served public and large private companies in auditing/consulting.He has a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Accounting from Mississippi State University.