Background and Experience Charlie Ragland has worked with "best in class" global multinational corporations for more than twenty years, including Owens-Corning, General Electric, BFGoodrich/Geon, and AlliedSignal. This experience provides insight and perspective for successful approaches that will "help companies grow". His industry expertise resides in the areas of engineering materials, plastics, performance fibers, concrete fibers, and fabrics. Charlie serves as an adjunct professor at University of Tennessee at Chattanooga College of Business, teaching Business Marketing Management and New Venture Creation (Entrepreneurship). Academic Lecturer - University of Tennessee at Chattanooga College of Business Business-to-Business (Industrial) Marketing New Venture Creation (Entrepreneurship) Small Business Entrepreneurship (MBA) International Management (MBA) Business Communications General Management Member of Senior Management Leadership team. Strategic alliances, acquisitions, business integration, strategic planning, change leadership, crisis management, litigation, e-commerce. Leader of $55 million division with 100 sales, marketing, and technology professionals. Sales & Marketing Management 20+ years in sales, market development, business management, and general management roles. Global Business Development Market development experience in more than twenty market segments and sixty end use applications. Led multi-cultural, global business development efforts in North America, Europe, and Asia (China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, and Malaysia). New Product Development All aspects of new product development, technology platforms, commercialization strategies, strategic relationships, and market development. Engineering polymer new product development R&D Synthetic fiber new product development R&D Engineering Materials and Technology Engineering materials, plastics, polymers, fibers, fabrics, polymer additives, specialty chemicals and industrial recycling. Primary Market Segments include: construction, building materials, ready mixed concrete, computer, business equipment, telecommunications, transportation, and appliance.