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General Management and Operational Experience
Hands-on experience in Strategy, Sales, Marketing, Product Management, Laboratory Management, Organizational Design and Development, Engineering Management, Manufacturing, Logistics, Human Resources, Finance, Quality, Six-Sigma.
Subject matter expert
- Industrial markets
- Global Laboratory Products markets (Laboratory Glass and Plastics Consumables and Instruments)
- Automotive Structural Adhesives and Composites
- Bio-Specimen Storage
- Glass and Plastics Rigid Packaging
- Organizational Culture as a Business Strategy
Acquisitions Expertise
Business strategy specific to growth through acquisitions. Identification of targets, making contact, negotiations and post acquisition integration. Acted as an acquirer and as an acquired business for public and private companies ranging from $7MM to $34Bn.
Who Can Benefit From Our Services
Small to Medium Sized Business Owners or Executives
Mid-Market Private Equity Firms
About Stephen Drozdow
Stephen served as Executive Chairman, President and CEO of WHEATON INDUSTRIES – a broad line manufacturer of pharmaceutical packaging, life science and laboratory research and production products.
Stephen began his stint with WHEATON when it was a subsidiary of ALLUSUISE-LONZA and as it evolved into an ALCAN PACKAGING operating unit. Stephen led WHEATON’s spin out to the PE firm RIVER ASSOCIATES in late 2006 and subsequently to PNC EQUITY PARTNERS in 2010.
Prior to WHEATON, Stephen served in increasingly senior roles with multiple industrial and life science manufacturers, automotive suppliers and chemical companies, including HONEYWELL (Sales, Marketing, Supply Chain, Strategic Operations Planning), DOW CHEMICAL (Marketing, Laboratory Management, General Management) and METTLER-TOLEDO (Marketing, Sales, Technology Management, Strategic Planning).
Stephen served as Chairman of the 120+ member Laboratory Products Association, representing manufacturers, distributors and media organizations serving the science discovery market.
Stephen has 7 years of military service (artillery) as a non-commissioned officer (Sergeant First Class, E-7).
Stephen has been an Adjunct Professor in the Masters Program for General Management at Fairleigh Dickinson University.
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