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Management team
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Duane B. Priddy Jr., VP Global Business Development
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Duane Priddy has more than 17 years experience in plastics, having worked internationally for both Dow
Chemical and Bayer AG. As one of the original founding members of Omnexus, Duane has driven the SpecialChem
business development with his knowledge of plastics from multiple perspectives including chemistry,
traditional business and e-business. His experience has ranged from research, technical marketing,
product/sales management, and technology. Duane holds eight patents and has authored 25 scientific
publications.
Duane has a Ph.D. in Polymer Chemistry from Virginia Tech, a Bachelor's degree in Chemistry and minor in
Business/Marketing from Cedarville University. Currently based in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
He can be reached at duane.priddy@specialchem.com.
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Raphael Mestanza, VP Polymer additives & colors
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With great experience in polymer science and compounding technology, Raphael
Mestanza is in charge of developing the polymer, additives and colors division
of SpecialChem and Omnexus by SpecialChem. In 1994, after two years as project
leader in reactive extrusion with Solvay (Belgium), he joined GE Plastics
Europe (The Netherlands). He was in charge of Polycarbonate Compounding and
technical development. In 1998, he joined Polytechs SA, a company specialized
in toll compounding and masterbatches. Then he was Sales and Marketing Manager
for France and South Europe.
Raphaël Mestanza holds a Ph.D and a Engineering Degree in Polymer Science from
the University of Strasbourg (France) and a Masters Degree in Organic
Chemistry.
He can be reached at
raphael.mestanza@specialchem.com.
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Bernard Hasson, Chief Executive Officer, Founder
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As Chief Executive Officer, Bernard Hasson brings to the company his strong
background in the chemicals industry, business development and management. His
efforts are focused Business Development. Before founding SpecialChem, Bernard
Hasson spent 8 years with Atofina (Elf Atochem at that time), where he led an
active international career. He began his career in Germany where he was in
charge of technology watch and environmental communication. Subsequently he
managed the business development of plastics in the emerging countries of
Central Europe. Then, as Project Manager, he was in charge of the construction
of a petrochemical plant in Poland.
Bernard holds a MBA from H.E.C. Business School and speaks five languages
fluently.
He can be reached at bernard.hasson@specialchem.com.
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Christophe Cabarry, Chief Operating Officer, Founder
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As Chief Operating Officer, Christophe Cabarry brings to SpecialChem a unique
international strategic vision of the chemical industry as well as high profile
connections based on his 12-years industry experience. He is in charge of
Business Development. Christophe Cabarry began his career with Atofina (Elf
Atochem at that time), as Supply Chain Manager in a new compounding plant in
Eastern Germany. Then he was in charge of implementing the commercial and
industrial strategy of Atofina’s Vinyl Division in Central and Eastern Europe.
Two years before founding SpecialChem, Christophe Cabarry was appointed to the
department of Strategic Planning. He was in charge of competition watch,
evaluating industrial investments as well as international M&A
opportunities.
Christophe Cabarry holds a Masters Degree from the Ecole Centrale de Paris and
an MBA from the Toulouse Business School. He speaks four languages fluently. He
can be reached at
christophe.cabarry@specialchem.com.
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Vincent Cadoret, VP Engineering
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Vincent Cadoret has strong experience in Information Technology, including
artificial intelligence, information retrieval, search engines technology and
project management. He is in charge of the technological division of
SpecialChem. Vincent Cadoret began his career by leading a research project on
utterance analysis in a dialog system. As Product Manager, he managed a team
developing a terminology and nomenclature builder with Lexiquest, a company
with 20 years experience in the area of natural language processing for search
engines. In 1997 he joined Dalet (a global provider of professional software
for traditional and new media broadcasters), as project manager for multimedia
broadcasting.
Vincent Cadoret completed a PhD at the France Telecom Research Center (CNET).
He can be reached at
vincent.cadoret@specialchem.com.
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| SpecialChem's management team |
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The highly multi-national SpecialChem management team, including the two
founders, combines expertise and substantial experience in the chemical
industry, e-marketing and information technologies.
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How to contact management team?
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Feel free to contact any member of the management team by clicking here, or directly
using the personal e-mail address mentioned at the bottom of each curriculum.
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