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Chief Commercial Officer and Manufacturing and Technology Development Leader and Global

Novus International, Inc. is headquartered in metropolitan St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A. and serves customers in over 100 countries around the world. A global leader in developing animal health and nutrition solutions, Novus International's products include ALIMET and MHA feed supplements, ACTIVATE nutritional feed acid, ACIDOMIX preservative premixture, CIBENZA enzyme feed additive, MINTREX chelated trace minerals, SANTOQUIN feed preservative, AGRADO feed antioxidant and many other specialty ingredients. Stratum Nutrition, a division of Novus Nutrition Brands, LLC, focuses on human nutrition through specialty and functional ingredients for manufacturers of foods, beverages and dietary supplements (www.stratumnutrition.com). Novus is privately owned by Mitsui & Co. (U.S.A.), Inc. and Nippon Soda Co., Ltd.

I’m an experienced life scientist, leader, and strategist. I’m expert in technology development, service delivery, leading teams, supply chain, and process improvement. In high school I realized my passion is science – especially chemistry and engineering. This led to me to complete degrees in chemistry and chemical engineering – finishing with a PhD in Chemical Engineering. But my first job after graduate school was in direct sales...how did that happen?! The answer is that I wanted a career that would take me closer to the front lines of business. This required the development of skills I did not possess. I developed these skills over the next 17 years as moved into positions that utilized my strong background in chemistry and engineering but also pushed me to develop skills in sales, management, entrepreneurship, international business, quality management and operations/supply chain, audit, IT, and most recently business process improvement. My first job was at a small, privately owned company. My sales territory was the entire US. I developed skills in negotiation, distributor management, and targeting key accounts. I loved it! My second job was at a small, privately held contract research company and I had to both sell and then deliver my projects. I developed strong project management and pharmaceutical development skills. The Open Book environment also expanded my business management and finance skills significantly. By moving to Novus I had an opportunity to develop my skills in a large scale international company. Novus has operations on every continent and sales offices in 90+ countries. I’ve developed additional skills in R&D, innovation, QA, audit, IT, manufacturing, and supply chain. In 2015 I was promoted to lead manufacturing, logistics, procurement, reg affairs, IT, and global process improvement. This very challenging role is using existing skills, developing new ones, and is on the FRONT lines of Novus business.