Manager Sales

ROBERT A. WELCH

*** * ***** ******** ****** Mobile 910-***-****

Carolina Beach, NC 28428 ******@********.***

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

OCEANTECH CORP. Wilmington, NC 10/2009 Present

Newly organized company focused on the development and commercialization of novel cryogenic

technology for use in oil spill cleanup projects and processing of materials for bio mass to bio fuel

conversion.

President

Established a program to commercialize the CRYOP technology for large scale oil spill cleanup.

Attracted a major industrial gas partner, Air Liquide, to enter into a Joint Development Agreement for the

refinement of the CRYOP technology

Submitted a comprehensive proposal for three companies to deploy for the Deepwater Horizon cleanup,

which was later approved by the USCG and the EPA for submission to the Unified Command

TRION SPECIALTY GASES, LLC Wilmington, NC 2001 – 2009

A business development company specifically focused on two projects: the creation of a high tech fluorine

chemical manufacturing facility in Tomsk, Siberian Region, Russian Federation, utilizing privatized Russian

nuclear fuel production assets; and secondly, creation of a manufacturing program in Russia to produce muon

drift tubes (MDT’s) for use in tomography systems to detect and identify High Z radiological materials.

Co Founder and Managing Director

Organized company to market specialty gases and CVD precursor chemicals made in the Russian

Federation for distribution to IC/LCD manufacturers in Asia.

Negotiated a distribution agreement with the Siberian Group Chemical Enterprises (an element of

Russian Federal Agency Atomic Energy) for the construction of a $25 Mil Nitrogen Trifluoride plant.

Secured a three year $12 Mil take or pay agreement with BOC Group to baseload the NF3 plant.

Secured first order for a prototype MDT system utilizing Muon Tomography to detect and identify

radiographic materials concealed in bulk shipping containers.

TRI CHEMICAL SYSTEMS, Modesto, CA 2001 2002

Chemical manufacturing joint venture between Tri Chemical Laboratories, Japan, and CS Clean

Systems, Germany, for the production of advanced CVD chemicals for semiconductor

manufacturing.

Interim President, Turnaround Manager

Recruited by the owners to replace the existing (expat) manager and complete the construction and startup of a

behind schedule $8.5 Mil high purity chemical production facility in Modesto, CA.

Reassigned /replaced personnel in key positions; hired an experienced Ph.D. chemist with in depth

process development and startup experience, and a QA / Safety manager with expert knowledge of

industry QA protocols. Implemented a TQM program and initiated first steps to ISO certification.

Scaled back the chemical program to focus on two products, dropping two others and thus eliminating

$1.3 Mil from the capital program and reducing the first year operating budget by $210 K. (~15%).

Restore relations with the distributor partner, Air Liquide, and the primary customers, Intel and Texas

Instruments by gaining their support and agreement with a revised startup and qualification plan.

Completed the startup program, installed the Ph.D. chemist as the new plant manager and turned over the

completed project in less than a year, with operations running on plan.

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ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY MATERIALS, INC. (ATMI), San Jose, CA 1998 2000

Producer of ultra pure specialty chemicals and related systems with annual sales of $US 250 Mil.

Vice President, Marketing Materials Group.

Responsible for the company’s global marketing program, field service program and key account

management in the US and Asia.

Worked with senior management team to acquire and integrate two electronic chemical firms, resulting in

a 75% increase in sales, followed the next year by a 18% increase

Revamped Asian distribution and service program, replacing two underperforming rep companies, and

creating a direct sales and service organization in South Korea.

Recast the chemical product line to eliminate under performing products, and trimmed the equipment

development program focusing on product simplification and cost reduction.

AIR LIQUIDE AMERICA, Walnut Creek, CA 1988 – 1998

The US division of a leading international industrial gas producer, ~ $US 8 Bil annual turnover.

General Manager, Electronic Gases

Director, Pacific Rim Business Development

Held an ascending series of positions in general management and business development with

responsibility for 45 exempt and non exempt personnel and product line sales of approximately $35 Mil.

Main focus on gases, systems and services for international semiconductor customers, with emphasis on

Asian companies coming to the US to establish production ventures.

Created a new chemical equipment program (CSI) for on site generation of UHP chemicals.

AIR PRODUCTS & CHEMICALS, Allentown, PA and San Jose, CA 1979 – 1988

A leading international industrial gas and chemical producer, ~ $6 Bil annual turnover.

Director, Electronics Business Development

Senior Product Manager, Electronic Specialty Gases

Senior Development Engineer, Cryogenic Systems Group

Held an ascending series of positions in Applied R&D, product development, chemical product line

management, and electronics products business development.

Directed a 3 year program (1985 – 1988) to promote NF3 as a new in situ chamber cleaning gas.

Awarded a US Patent for a novel cryogenic process related to industrial coatings

Two time recipient of top sales awards for new technology products; recognized for leadership and

business line achievements in the emerging electronic specialty gases product line.

EDUCATION, MILITARY SERVICE

M.B.A., Smith College of Business, UNIVERSITY of MARYLAND, College Park MD (1979)

B.S., Chemistry, UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA – CHARLOTTE, Charlotte, NC (1970)

Air Liquide Executive Development Program, INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France (1991)

US Army, Military Intelligence, CI Special Agent and HUMINT Case Officer (1971 – 1977)

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