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Calgary, Alberta, Canada

403-***-****

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Innovative business and operations leader with a proven record of driving positive change and building a culture of speed, efficiency, and flexibility. Proven expertise in business development, operations, engineering and project management in a variety of industries. Strong vision and values combined with business and technical abilities. Experience with lean enterprise solutions and a demonstrated ability to identify, attract, and develop high performance teams capable of meeting or exceeding business goals and objectives. Additional core competencies include:

Excellence in safety

Financial acumen

Operational improvement & optimization

Mentoring / Coaching

Peer and customer relationships

Organizational leadership

Establishing & delegating goals & priorities

Patent and HR legal protection

License / licensee administration

Experimental design and analysis

Business development / customer satisfaction

Change management

Strategic planning & value creation

Rapid growth management

Built cross-functional and international teams

Cross-cultural business experiences

Communication & presentation skills

Technology advances & process improvement

Mineral evaluation and application

Pilot plant operations / process scale-up

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

Lead the rapid growth and profitability enhancement of the VAM Canada operations through a period of overall market recession.

Played a key role in the conceptualization, process development, plant design, capitalization, contract negotiation, construction, start-up and commercialization of a novel mineral recovery business.

Contributed to the new product and market development of post-harvest coating products.

Spearheaded the organization and operation of a third party mineral evaluation facility.

Transitioned the lithium ion cathode material production from a batch to a continuous process.

Evaluated and implemented several new mineral process technologies (high solids processing, superconducting magnets and a new product form) to reduce cost and enhance performance. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Global Protein Products 2012 - Present

Process Technology Consultant 2012 – Present

Global Protein Products, Inc. (GPP) is a zein protein coatings company. Zein protein is the storage protein in corn kernels and has excellent film-forming and thermoplastic characteristics. GPP was founded in 1996 and now has four new food and post-harvest coating products currently being tested by prospective customers for market expansion. Played a key role in the manufacturing process design / optimization / operational procedure development as well as new product / market development and commercialization. Stephen A. Dow 403-***-**** 2 / 4

VAM Canada, Inc. Calgary, AB 2007 - 2012

President 2008 – 2012

Vallourec designs and develops a comprehensive range of products, primarily for the O&G industries, including seamless tubes and premium connections for drilling operations, oil & gas production, line pipes and well equipment capable of withstanding extreme operating conditions. With overall accountability for the Canadian sales and operations, primary responsibilities included:

Health, safety and environmental compliance

High volume / pricing sales negotiations

Revenue, volume & profitability growth

Full S&OP and P&L accountability

PRI management and CIT cost reductions

Human resources and employee development

Ensure adherence with all corporate policies

Directed sales, marketing and technical service

Subcontracting and licensee operations

IT system implementation & maintenance

Customer satisfaction

Long-term service contracts

Strategy & business development

Plant and facilities maintenance & expansion

Identification and integration of acquisitions

Establish, analyze and drive KPI metrics

New market / business plan development

Legal protection

Field services

QA/QC compliance

Through a team of five direct reports and two indirect reports (57 total employees) in four diverse locations, accomplishments included an increase in operations revenue from $7 to $19MM, a 10K to 45K increase in threading volume and an 11 to 19% increase in EBITDA. Vallourec also maintained over $100MM annual pipe sales in Canada. We also received the 2009 best licensee award, acquired and integrated a complementary threading facility in NL, expanded our field service capabilities, implemented a new pay for performance remuneration system, established an employee reward program and expanded the company HSE program. General Manager 2007 – 2008

Accountable for the Nisku administration and threading operations with day-to-day responsibility over personnel management, production planning, HSE implementation, QA/QC policy compliance, productivity improvement and cost reduction. Implemented a production reorganization, developed a production planning system, managed facility expansions and developed an integrated system for recording, verifying, analyzing and reporting operational data.

Ginn Mineral Technology, Inc. Sandersville, GA 2000 - 2006 Vice President 2002 – 2006

GMT is a mineral consulting company providing identification, quantification, optimization, commercialization and pilot plant services to a variety of mineral producers. At GMT I participated as a member of the Board of Directors and Secretary of four companies within the Ginn Technology Group, plus a Board member of a Japanese joint venture.

Financial modeling & economic analysis

Project management

Business plan development

Sales & marketing

Plant design and construction

Environmental permitting

Commercial development

Accounting / financial statement preparation

Patent preparation & legal defense

Contract negotiation

Stakeholder / Investor relations

Equipment selection & procurement

Stephen A. Dow 403-***-**** 3 / 4

Principal achievement was as Project Director for the process development, equipment selection, plant design, capital acquisition, construction and commercialization of a new to the world, environmentally friendly mineral recovery facility and business model.

Process Technology Director 2000 – 2001

Responsible for the day to day operation of a third party, eighteen person laboratory for the purposes of kaolin exploration and evaluation. Trained personnel in the application and implementation of all primary and secondary kaolin beneficiation techniques as well as the processing of iron oxides, zeolites, titanium dioxide and other industrial minerals. Organized process data and developed an extensive database for tracking samples, data verification, storing multiple quality metrics, customer sample preparation as well as searching, analyzing and presenting data to potential buyers. Also responsible for business development, quote generation, program design, evaluation, interpretation and reporting of laboratory and pilot plant projects. FMC Lithium Division Bessemer City, NC 1995 - 1999 Inorganic Process Development Group Leader 1998 – 1999 FMC Corporation is a diversified chemical company serving agricultural, industrial and consumer markets globally. FMC Lithium provides complete solutions to markets including: air treatment, construction, energy, fine chemicals, glass & ceramics, greases & lubricants, polymers, pool water treatment and high value specialty applications. Principal engineer in the development, scale-up and commercialization of three new cathode materials as well as implementation of new technologies to reduce cost of the worldwide lithium operations.

Member of the Energy Business Team

New business development

Rotary calciner process development

Pilot plant operation

Bipolar membrane technology for LiOH production Lithium hypochlorite process optimization

Catalytic lithium phosphate process optimization Employee performance evaluation system Responsible for a million dollar R&D budget, including the management of three PhD chemists, one PhD Engineer and three technicians. Exhibited strong team leadership and project management skills for pilot plant operation, process scale-up activities and new process/product development. Primary accomplishment was rechargeable lithium ion battery business development and the transition of the cathode material production from batch to a continuous process.

Senior Process Development Engineer 1995 – 1998

Optimized and commercialized the three lithium oxide processes to produce cathode materials for sale to rechargeable lithium ion battery manufacturers.

New process / business development Project management

Process optimization / cost reduction Process scale-up

Taguchi experimental design and analysis Inventory control & database management Accomplishments included the design development and installation of two pilot furnaces and multiple small scale developmental furnaces including a complete PLC computer control system for numerous laboratory furnaces with multiple profile capability and real time data acquisition, furnace internal design, managed scale- up of spinel process to deliver large samples for customer evaluations, final construction inspection and P&ID check of the organo-metallic pilot plant and received three TOP Team awards. Stephen A. Dow 403-***-**** 4 / 4

ECC INTERNATIONAL Sandersville, GA 1989 - 1995

Process Technology Engineer / Senior Process Technology Engineer 1989 – 1995 ECCI provides kaolin, ground calcium carbonate (GCC), precipitated calcium carbonate (PCC) and talc mineral components that are essential for the paper industry. Lead several major projects with the overall objective of reducing cost, product improvement, new product development and/or process redesign. Champion (team leader) of the profit/productivity improvement team, magnet study team, new product team and a member of four other teams. All projects included: project management, investigation and implementation of new technologies and economic evaluation. Also developed a new environmentally friendly product form for bulk clay shipping. Additional projects included:

New process re-engineering strategy Business development for paper and non-paper customers

High G centrifuge implementation High solids processing (calcine and hydrous operations)

Magnet process optimization Super-conducting magnet evaluation & implementation

Wastewater recovery / reuse Installation and commissioning of membrane separators EDUCATION

Leduc Senior High, Leduc, Alberta, Canada – 1984

BSc - Chemical Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada – 1989 Exec MBA Program – Georgia College & State University, Milledgeville, GA – 1994 - 1995 Exec MBA Program – University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC – 1997 - 2001 CONTINUED EDUCATION / PERSONAL INFORMATION

AMA’s “Management Skills and Techniques for New First Line Supervisors” – 1990 AMA’s “Project Management” – 1991

Taguchi Techniques and Experimental Design – 1991; 1993 AMA’s “How to Improve Your Managerial Effectiveness” – 1993 Private Pilot – Airplane Single Engine Land; Instrument Airplane – 2001 / 2004 Earned Canadian private and instrument licenses – 2012 Dual citizen with ability to work in either the US or Canada

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