Chemical Engineering Manager

Stephen D. Lux

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732-***-**** ******@*****.***

OBJECTIVE: Senior executive / Business leadership opportunity

QUALIFIED BY:

Thirty-four years of major corporate experience, with an ever-increasing scope of responsibility in senior management and international oversight roles.

President and CEO of a venture capital funded Florida-based high technology business for over six years, including commercially proving viability, extensive community involvement, multiple fund raising rounds, and various restructuring events.

Proven ability to succeed in a wide array of market sectors with a track record of growth from highly sophisticated technology applications to glamour markets including color cosmetics and diamond jewelry.

EXPERIENCE:

2013-Present Flexabar Corp, Lakewood, New Jersey

A leading innovator to the pleasure boat and fish farming industries.

BUSINESS CONSULTANT

Achieved the contracted goal of facilitating the transition of full time business oversight from the age 80+ patriarch to the next generation through proper structure and organization.

2006-2013 Gemesis Diamond Company, Sarasota, Florida

The first company to perfect laboratory-grown pure diamonds of size and quality suitable for the $60B jewelry industry.

PRESIDENT AND CEO

Guided the private entity for the Board through its initial growth, secondary funding, and retail web-based strategy.

1997-2006 Engelhard Corp, Iselin, New Jersey

A consortium of precious metal based specialty chemical businesses serving industries from automotive to cosmetics.

GROUP VICE PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER

Managed four discreet business units with a combined revenue to $800MM and 3000 employees worldwide. The company was acquired by BASF in 2006.

1973-1997 Monsanto Company, St. Louis, Missouri

A major specialty chemical provider

(Assignments in Ca., Mo., Ma., and Puebla, Mexico)

OPERATIONS MANAGER, SILICON WAFER GROWTH

Reduced process cycle from thirty four days to under four days through lean manufacturing and statistical quality control.

BUSINESS DIRECTOR, US/MEXICO JOINT VENTURE

Oversight of building a factory locally, resulting in an extremely successful business development in Mexico.

EDUCATION San Jose State University, San Jose, California

Bachelor of Science, Chemical Engineering, 1973

Master of Science, Chemical Engineering, 1977

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