Gary Murray

Email: abo6nz@r.postjobfree.com

Address: **** ********* *****

City: Kernersville

State: NC

Zip: 27284

Country: USA

Phone: 336-***-****

Skill Level: Management

Salary Range: 80

Willing to Relocate

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GARY WAYNE MURRAY, SR.

1055 Foothills Drive

Kernersville, NC 22284

336-***-**** abo6nz@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY

A Senior Manager with over 15 years of international and domestic experience in the chemical and textile industries. Possesses vast technical knowledge and major strengths in business and product development, marketing, sales and technical sales, sourcing, product management and technical service. A seasoned and versatile leader who provides creative solutions, resulting in increased sales and market share. Results driven with a proven record of growing sales and meeting targets.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

GLOBAL CHEMICAL CONSULTING LLC Kernersville, NC 2012-Present

President

Company started in 2012. Currently most Clients are located in Asia region, primarily PR China. Provide consulting services to textile and industrial chemical and textile companies in all technical areas as well as marketing and sourcing. Strong focus on fluorochemicals and textile finishing.

DOW CORNING CORPORATION, Greensboro, NC 2010 - 2012

Applications Engineer and Technical Service

Managed selected projects for Global and Regional textile markets including development of market opportunities, and development of new product candidates. Provided technical sales and marketing support for new products regionally and globally and promoted products to retail brands in Americas and globally.

HUNTSMAN INTERNATIONAL

Formerly Ciba Specialty Chemicals

Regional Senior Technical Manager Effects, Panyu, Guangzhou, P.R. China 2007 - 2009

* Grew branding program 10 - 15% through promotion of Teflon products and Teflon hang tag program to textile mills and retail brands throughout Asia Pacific region, in conjunction with JV partners Invista and DuPont.

* Increased by 5-10% Sales of Comfortex finishing effects product line through promotion to retail brands and selected mill customers throughout Asia Pacific.

* Worked with JV partner DuPont to evaluate C-6 based fluoropolymer products for the Asian market as a part of the process to remove C-8 based fluoropolymer products from the market.

* Provided technical service directly to Customer manufacturing sites, insuring the performance of our products and providing process improvement, thereby creating and enhancing Customer loyalty.

Regional Technical Head, Comfortex Asia, Panyu, Guangzhou China 2005 - 2007

Regional Head, Product Development

Promoted new and established finishing products, and provided expert technical support and service to selected mill customers. Provided technical and marketing leadership. Utilized knowledge of customers and market to define gaps in product line and needs in Asian textile chemical market.

* Increased sales by 15 - 20% over previous year by creating new and more effective marketing strategies for fluoropolymer based stain release and stain repellent products.

* Commercialized 5 new products for Asia Pacific Region and achieved $100K US of new sales revenue through these new textile chemical finishing products.

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* Increased by 10 - 15% Teflon and internal branding contracts with customers by promoting to retail brands in Hong Kong, China and throughout Asia Pacific Region.

Senior Technical Manager / Senior Product Dev Chemist, High Point, NC 1998 - 2005

Provided expert technical service to Customers throughout Americas Region.

* Achieved $3M US new sales by developing new textile chemical products for Americas Region.

* Developed and commercialized new fluoropolymer based-product, by blending DuPont fluoropolymer products and other organic chemistries. Worked with DuPont to evaluate and enhance performance of existing fluoropolymer-based stain release and stain repellent products.

Technical Manager / Product Development Manager, Greensboro, NC 1994 - 1998

Provided technical service to customers throughout Americas region.

* Developed novel fluorochemical products in conjunction with DuPont and Ciba Geigy research and development groups; launched 3 new fluoropolymer-based products into market, generating sales.

* Generated $1 M US from development of new textile chemical products for Americas Region.

* Provided direct technical service support to Customer manufacturing sites in North and South America, Central America and Mexico. Promoted new fluorocarbon products via presentations and plant trials.

ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

HIGHLAND INDUSTRIES INCORPORATED, Kernersville, NC

Product Development Engineer / Quality Assurance Manager / RCRA Coordinator

Managed quality assurance for automotive and industrial fabrics. Developed novel finishes for technical textile products. Managed RCRA and other environmental regulatory programs.

UNITEX CHEMICAL CORPORATION, Greensboro, NC

Plant Chemist / Quality Control Manager

Developed products for textile chemical, plasticizer and adhesive markets, resulting in sales of $8M over 8-year period.

EDUCATION

BS, Chemistry, Piedmont College, Demarest, GA

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