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Mr. Gross MS BS – Senior Consultant

Mr. Gross is an approved Senior Consultant at Appleton Greene and he has experience in production and management. He has achieved a Master of Science and a Bachelor of Science in Metallurgical Engineering. He has industry experience within the following sectors: Manufacturing; Automotive; Chemicals and Consultancy. He has had commercial experience within the following countries: United States of America, or more specifically within the following cities: Louisville KY; Nashville TN; St. Louis MO; Indianapolis IN and Cincinnati OH. His personal achievements include: implemented integrated management systems; management member for three startups; improved safety performance; significant reduction of hazardous waste and improved product quality performance. His service skills incorporate: risk management; systems assessment; systems development; problem solving and lean documentation.

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Mr Rubin BFA BID – Executive Consultant

Mr Rubin is an approved Executive Consultant at Appleton Greene and he has experience in production, management and globalization. He has achieved a Bachelor of Fine Arts and a BID. He has industry experience within the following sectors: Manufacturing; Chemicals; Consumer Goods; Healthcare and Biotechnology. He has had commercial experience within the following countries: United States of America and Canada, or more specifically within the following cities: New York NY; Toronto; Fairfield NJ; Allentown PA and Burlington. His personal achievements include: directed 60 employees to increase revenue from $25M to $50M for Akrion; turned around Starfire Systems Inc. with focused program management and strategic planning, the company was profitable for the first time in 4 years; managed the engineering of high-speed manufacturing lines and restructured manufacturing of consumer medical devices at ActiMed Labs which increased line yield 25% and capacity from 200,000 to 1,200,000 devices per year; turned around a $20M program at Materials Research Corporation failing and 1 year behind schedule to earn $10M in repeat orders and successfully sold the business to Veeco and directed the engineering and manufacturing of over 300 consumer products manufactured worldwide for Eden Toys, $45M in annual sales and exceeded profit margin goals and increased revenue by $5M each year. His service skills incorporate: product brand management; business development; financial risk analysis; market share analysis and business modelling.

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Dr. Chosnek PhD MBA CCPSC- Senior Consultant

Dr. Chosnek is an approved Senior Consultant at Appleton Greene and he has experience in production, management and safety technology. He has achieved a Doctorate in Chemical Engineering, a Master in Business Administration and is a Certified Process Safety Professional. He has industry experience within the following sectors: Chemicals; Energy; Oil & Gas; Manufacturing and Technology. He has had commercial experience within the following countries: United States of America; Mexico; Taiwan; Colombia and Israel, or more specifically within the following cities: Houston TX; Mexico City; Taipei; Bogota and Haifa. His personal achievements include: corporate technology leader; corporate process safety auditor; lead process safety incident investigator; major project principal risk engineer and corporate engineering associate. His service skills incorporate: process safety; knowledge management; management implementation; PSM facilitation and risk assessment.

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Mr McCullough MBA PhD BS – Senior Consultant

Mr McCullough is an approved Senior Consultant at Appleton Greene and he has experience in management, marketing and globalization. He has achieved a Masters of Business Administration, he is a Doctor of Philosophy in Organic Chemistry and has a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry. He has industry experience within the following sectors: Chemicals; Automotive; Consultancy; Construction and Manufacturing. He has had commercial experience within the following countries: Malaysia; Germany; United States of America; Singapore and Thailand, or more specifically within the following cities: Kuala Lumpur; Singapore; Dusseldorf; Bangkok and Pittsburgh PA. His personal achievements include: established vision and growth programs; restructured and transformed plastics businesses; achieved record sales and profit; established Automotive Glazing Excellence Center and grew Latin American business fourfold. His service skills incorporate: transformational change; Industrial marketing; strategic marketing; restructuring and team building.

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Mr. Connell B.Eng Pr. Eng – Senior Consultant

Mr. Connell is an approved Senior Consultant at Appleton Greene and he has experience in globalization, management and production. He has achieved a Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical) and is a Professional Engineer. He has industry experience within the following sectors: Chemicals; Construction; Food & Beverage; Mining and Oil & Gas. He has had commercial experience within the following countries: United States of America; Canada and South Africa, or more specifically within the following cities: Denver CO; Phoenix AZ; Toronto; Cape Town and Johannesburg. His personal achievements include: general manager for Sub-Saharan Africa; established & expanded mining group; executive sponsor of project portfolio; oversaw development of +$10BN project and improved project execution processes. His service skills incorporate: project initiation; project set-up; execution methodology; project management and project audits

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Mr Angre MBA MSc BSc Dip – Executive Consultant

Mr Angre is an approved Executive Consultant at Appleton Greene and he specializes in manufacturing and production. He has achieved an Master of Business Administration in Production and Materials Management, a Master of Science in Bioananalytical Sciences, a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry and a Diploma in Biotechnology. He has industry experience within the following sectors: Manufacturing and Education. He has commercial location experience in the following countries: India, or more specifically in the following cities: Thane; Kandivali; Rabale and Belapur. He has successfully achieved the completion of several consulting projects relating to manufacturing and production. His service skills incorporate: method development; method validation; general management; sample analysis – analytical & bio-analytical ; production and materials management.

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Mr Fradelos PhD MPhil – Executive Consultant

Mr Fradelos is an approved Executive Consultant at Appleton Greene and he has experience in finance, management and information technology. He is a Doctor of Philosophy in Quantum Mechanics based Computer Simulations of Electronic Structure and he has achieved a Master of Philosophy in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance – NMR Spectroscopy. He has industry experience within the following sectors: Banking & Financial Services; Consultancy; Technology; Biotechnology and Chemicals. He has had commercial experience within the following countries: Switzerland; United Kingdom and United States of America, or more specifically within the following cities: Geneva; Lausanne; Zurich; London and New York NY. His personal achievements include: conception of solutions; creation of new company divisions; attraction of international attention to new product; team creation and forecasting. His service skills incorporate: consultation; project evaluation; new solutions; risk management and technology analysis.

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Ms Darwish MBA BA – Executive Consultant

Ms Darwish is an approved Executive Consultant at Appleton Greene and she has experience in human resources, management and customer service. She has achieved a Master of Business Administration and a Bachelor of Arts. She has industry experience within the following sectors: Chemicals; Manufacturing; Pharmaceutical and Consultancy. She has had commercial experience within the following countries: Egypt; Turkey and United Arab Emirates, or more specifically within the following cities: Cairo; Istanbul and Dubai. Her personal achievements include: implementation of change management; management of performance development plans; facilitation of company restructuring; management of compensation & benefits and management of succession planning. Her service skills incorporate: strategic planning; process improvement and performance management.

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Mr Chagas BS PMP – Executive Consultant

Mr Chagas is an approved Executive Consultant at Appleton Greene and he has experience in production, management and information technology. He has achieved a Degree in Physics, a Graduate Degree in Systems Analysis and Information Systems and is a Project Management Professional. He has industry experience within the following sectors: Manufacturing; Logistics; Chemicals; Construction and Oil & Gas. He has had commercial experience within the following countries: Brazil; Mexico; Colombia; Venezuela and United States of America, or more specifically within the following cities: Sao Paulo; Rio de Janeiro; Monterrey; Bogota and San Francisco CA. His personal achievements include: facilitated performance management improvement process; implementation of business management projects; performance portfolio project evaluation and facilitated expansion of business units. His service skills incorporate: portfolio management; project management; production consulting; maintenance consulting and quality consulting.

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Mr Le Roux Dip – Associate Consultant

Mr Le Roux is an approved Associate Consultant at Appleton Greene and he specializes in marketing and management. He has achieved a National Diploma in Technology. He has industry experience within the following sectors: manufacturing; agriculture; media & marketing; chemicals and defense. He has commercial location experience in the following countries: South Africa, or more specifically in the following provinces: Mozambique; Botswana; Zimbabwe and Malawi. He has successfully achieved; SA Department of Economic Development & Tourism – won the KZN sector for co-operatives from Productivity SA; Makari Foods – part of the team that won the Ithala entrepreneur of the year award; AECI – inventor and co-inventor of 4 national patents, 4 pending patents and 1 international patent related to explosives and blasting systems; successfully created private label brands for Fruit & Veg City and successfully created private label brands for Boxer super stores. His service skills incorporate: brand management and building; business development; FMCG private label development; Agro processing factory development and Agro supply chain development and management

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