Larry has nearly 30 years experience in general management and senior leadership roles in operations, product engineering and market development. His expertise in lean enterprise principles has resulted in transformation of under-performing businesses while positioning them to focus on new business development and growth opportunities.
He has a track
record of successful “lab to fab” events with commercial launches of dozens of
new products in a variety of end-user applications and global markets. His product and process innovations span a
wide range of high-performance polymers, metals and coating technologies. Business development achievements also
include strategic acquisitions, joint development & license agreements, marketing programs and startup of a new business entity
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Larry led technical
development in two new market venture groups at Nordson Corp. which launched proprietary
industrial products and developed unique value-added applications using foamed
polymers and automated coating and curing systems for leading manufacturers of
consumer products.
After joining Allegheny
Teledyne, he led his business unit to develop and commercialize numerous proprietary
products used in metal forming applications for global OEM clients in
automotive, appliance and construction components markets.
In recent roles as
VP Operations and Managing Director at Polypore International, he led
operations and global continuous improvement functions to reduce process waste
and enhance material performance of porous membranes used in battery applications.
In addition to his
BSME from the