Jay Krishnamoorthy Cell : 480-***-****

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SUMMARY

Business-savvy professional with a proven track record of financial acumen and product commercialization. A quick learner adept in being an active contributor in multi-disciplinary teams.

● Strategic financial analysis, contract negotiations and business development

● Polymer science and structure-property relationship

● Commodity markets – Natural gas, NGL, crude oil and chemical derivatives

● Design of experiments and statistical data analysis PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Olin Corporation, Freeport, Texas 2015 –

Business Finance Manager

Responsibility includes analyzing the capex projects for BoD approval, developing financial models to enable operational efficiency, business development and strategic analysis.

● Guided the management team in purchasing high cost, supplemental power for Gulf Coast operations on a monthly basis, based on the variable margin of the products the power purchased would enable.

● Provided finance role support to a successful, multi-million dollar contract negotiation for BoD approval (~10% of annual revenue of the company) by evaluating the cost of the product, return on the investment, pricing of the product and other pertinent factors for a JV type arrangement.

● Evaluated various sourcing projects – brine for chlor-alkali production, warehousing options for Texas operations – financially and strategically, to optimize the income statement impact and capital needs.

● Improved the cost performance of DMCA, a JV of Dow and Mitsui (before DMCA was acquired by Olin),by analyzing the various cost elements and optimizing the cost structure by hedging the energy requirements (which accounts for ~50% of the organization’s cost).

● Financial planning for DMCA and reporting the quarterly performance to the Board of Directors

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The Dow Chemical Company, Houston, Texas 2013 – 2015 Commercial Manager

Responsible for monitoring the natural gas and NGL (Natural Gas Liquids) markets and aiding the risk management team hedge Dow’s exposure to its feedstock and energy needs in the US Gulf coast using various financial instruments.

● Maintained the NGL supply-demand model and provided guidance to enable Dow’s

‘Investor Relations’ team address investor queries about the company/industry forecast.

● Developed a multi-factor model to forecast weekly natural gas inventory change based on natural gas price and supply, heating/cooling degree days, and other energy sources and compared it against the published EIA numbers to deduce the tightness in natural gas supply-demand.

● Collected and analyzed data for white papers submitted to the upper management on (a) Naphtha exports to Europe from the US Gulf coast (b) Impact of shale oil growth on the US refining and (c) LPG exports from the US to facilitate the team in optimizing the capital investments between the North American and European operations. The Dow Chemical Company, Freeport, Texas 2007-2013 Associate Scientist, 2010-2013

Harnessing the technical background to analyze the market, identifying market needs, developing and commercializing products by interacting with multi-disciplinary teams to ensure the success of the business in the short-term and long term.

● Led the program to identify new applications and markets for a proprietary amine molecule

(NPV10 of $210 million) and enable the management in the decision making for resource allocation and business expansion.

● Successfully led the project to identify, screen, evaluate and develop new technologies for rigid, polyurethane foam for water heater market to address the Department of Energy’s regulation and retain Dow’s technology and market position.

● Led the initiative to proactively address impending market trends in the phasing out of halogenated materials in the rigid foam market.

● Technical leader for the development and commercialization of rigid foam for an international customer in Mexico by closely interacting with the commercial and manufacturing functions. Realized a gross margin of ~35% for the product. 3

Jay Krishnamoorthy

Senior Chemist, 2007-2010

Responsible for developing multiple adhesive products to expand the product portfolio and identifying new market opportunities through the existing products in Dow’s arsenal.

● Led the scoping, development and commercialization of polyurethane adhesives for construction industry with a team of commercial and R&D functions. Commercialized 2 products for a gross margin of ~50% and got 2 products technically qualified.

● Consolidated various adhesive technology platforms in Dow to facilitate greater interaction among various businesses and to enable the management streamline the adhesive platform.

● Identified potential adhesive markets for Dow to participate through an extensive market study coupled with a competitive IP landscape analysis and made recommendations to the leadership.

● Subject matter expert in adhesives, including role to screen new business opportunities with the commercial team, train sales team on the talking points of the product and provide guidance to the production team during manufacturing scale-up. EDUCATION

● Passed CFA Level I, Level II and Level III in 12/10, 6/11, and 6/12 respectively

● Ph.D in Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA

● M.S in Chemical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, India

● B. Sc in Chemistry, Loyola College, University of Madras, Chennai, India ACHIEVEMENTS

● Ranked among the top 5% of the employees in The Dow Chemical Company

● One of the twelve candidates selected to prestigious IISc through a nationwide, aptitude test followed by an interview with a panel of professors

● Certificate of merit for proficiency in chemistry for being the class topper, Loyola College PUBLICATIONS

● 5 scientific publications in peer-reviewed journals & 3 patents in polyurethane and epoxy chemistry

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