Tensar CEO and leadership

A highly successful Finance Executive with an excellent track record of professional accomplishment who built strong organizations with outstanding leadership and organizational skills developed in multi-cultural, publicly-held international organizations. Proven ability to improve operations, impact business growth, and maximize profit and cash flow. Strong Sarbanes-Oxley experience in three different organizations/industries operating at highest level with external constituencies. Strategic business partner to the Chairman & CEO as well as Senior Operating team. Recognized for staff development and financial leadership. Business fluent in English, French and German.Specialties: Private Equity, Financial and managerial accounting, Financial Planning & Analysis, Strategic Planning, Mergers & Acquisitions, International Finance, Lean Six Sigma, Treasury, Tax, FX/Hedging, Transfer Pricing, Risk Management, Internal Audit, Sarbanes Oxley, IFRS, Cultural Integration, Team Management, Board of Management experience. Involved in multinational organizations as well as start-ups and middle market corporations during my career.

Results-driven Chief Financial Officer with a strong track record of creating value at two Fortune 500 companies and three private equity backed firms. Primary role: providing financial and business leadership in rapid growth, turnaround and transition situations. Industry expertise includes:Consumer Products, Pulp and Paper, Building Products and Distribution / Logistics.

Notable Achievements

• Led two successful NYSE IPO’s

• Successfully placed a $255 million High Yield Debt

issue during the 2008 / 2009 debt crisis

• Played a key role in three successful M&A

transactions -- total value $1.8 billion

• Reduced costs by $8 million per year in a large

distribution business by initiating and implementing

dramatically improved transaction processes

• Developed and implemented a customer segment

strategy that improved profitability by $3 million per year

CFO of Tensar Corporation, a $225 million private equity backed manufacturer and marketer of Geogrids, engineered plastic grids that are used in road construction and retaining walls. Tensar has six manufacturing plants around the world, including in the United States, England, China and Russia and markets its products throughout the world.

Previously I was CFO of Cellu Tissue Holdings, a 10 plant private label tissue manufacturer. During my three and a half years with Cellu Tissue, we acquired two plants, built a green field plant, raised nearly $300 million in high yield debt, went public, and sold the company to a larger competitor for $.5 billion. This sale which closed on December 27th 2010, completed a successful exit for Weston Presidio from its 2006 purchase of Cellu Tissue.

Specialties: I have very strong manufacturing and logistics experience. Key strengths in analysis and planning along with strong business execution skills have enabled me be a key part of a number of successful business turnaround and growth situations.