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Dino A. Rossi
Board Member

Dino A. Rossi is a results-oriented, hands-on senior executive with proven experience initiating and leading organizations through the chaos and ambiguity of change. Strengths in defining and building management teams to execute plans and build shareholder value. Excellent experience in international relationships, LBOÕs, directing operations, research and development and commercial groups. Special ability to motivate and manage employees and Board members with intuitive business understanding. Retired as Interim President of Elite Comfort Solutions (ECS) in January 2017, after working with PE group, Arsenal Capital Partners, to form this $450M revenue technology leading polyurethane foam entity via 4 acquisitions in a 6-month period, beginning in January 2016. Successfully transitioned this role to a permanent CEO and is now Board Advisor to Arsenal/ECS. President and CEO of Balchem Corporation (BCPC-Nasdaq) from 1997 thru 2015, and Chairman of the Board of Directors from 2007 thru 2016. While at Balchem lead significant strategic changes and growth of the business ($28M to $550M in revenue) and increased Net Income driving the stock market capitalization from $20M to $1.8BN, focused on specialty chemicals for human and animal health, nutritional supplements and certain industrial end markets. Rebuilt the management team, Board of Directors and executed 6 strategic acquisitions and improved technologies that positively altered the Balchem business direction. Wall Street Journal, January 2016, did an analysis and wrote an article on the best-performing stock over the last 30 years and in fact it was Balchem, up 107,099%. Prior to this, Mr. Rossi was Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer from April 1996. He was Vice President, Finance and Administration of Norit Americas Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Norit N.V., a Dutch chemicals company, from January 1994 to February 1996, and Vice President, Finance and Administration of Oakite Products Inc., a specialty chemicals company, from 1987 to 1993. This company was on the NYSE until acquired by PE group Carlyle. Mr. Rossi worked with Carlyle as the CFO until the company was sold to a large German conglomerate, Metalgeselschaft. Prior to this role Mr. Rossi worked for Diamond Shamrock progressing through various accounting and financial roles in NA and Canada.