Gary Sosenko

Working to fight climate change. Helping companies that manufacture a technology for the concrete industry that introduces recycled CO₂ into fresh concrete to reduce its carbon footprint without compromising performance.

Helping to procure mineral resources such as limestone and pozzolans for western United States, and Canadian plant locations. Working on a 20 million dollar budget for location sites and infrastructure. PENTA provides global, design/build (EPC and EPCM) project solutions for industrial minerals plants. Our clients appreciate the simplicity of contracting with and managing a single-source provider for all the services required for their facility upgrades, modifications, and new greenfield plants.

https://www.penta.net/projects/

• Worked closely with team members to deliver project requirements, develop solutions and meet deadlines. Working in the construction, energy, and automotive markets.
• Work with the Gas and Oil industries
• Prioritized and organized tasks to efficiently accomplish service goals. Working with battery recycling and plant design and removing black mass.
• Juggled multiple projects and tasks to ensure high quality and timely delivery.
• Provided excellent service and attention to customers when face-to-face or through phone conversations.
• Improved operations by working with team members and customers to find workable solutions.
• Motivated and encouraged team members to communicate more openly and constructively with each other.

• Responsible for sales of Diatomaceous earth and zeolite products to the Coatings and Polymer (Plastic) Industries in North America.
• Major accounts were Sherwin Williams, PPG, Behr Paint, Ampacet Masterbatch, Heritage Plastics.
• Responsible for setting up North American Distributors. 50 sales people through 3 Distributors
• Developed a marketing strategy for using Diatomaceous Earth and Zeolite to the wine and Cannabis Industries.
• Filtration media for the paper and beer industries

• Promoted Lithium project in Ontario Canada to supply lithium hydroxide and lithium carbonate for electric vehicles and batteries. Worked with Tesla, Vw, Ford Motors and GM. Developed new business opportunities to sell lithium to battery manufacturers.
• Developed and implemented market strategies to increase brand awareness and customer loyalty.
• Created promotional materials such as brochures, flyers, advertisements.
• Negotiated contracts with vendors for advertising services or products.

• Spearheaded all company-wide prospecting, marketing and closing endeavors.
• Developed products for the Gas and Oil industries, worked with Halliburton and Schlumberger
• Most recently working with soil amendments to the cannabis and wine industries.
• Plan, implement, and conduct programs involving the exploration and evaluation of industrial mineral deposits, including limestone, talc, wollastonite, nephelene synenite, feldspar, diatomaceous earth, zeolite, clay and carbon black as a conductive mineral in plastics for batteries.
• Involved in both domestic and international projects.
• Experience selling rare earth metals and oxides from China.
• Particular interests involve exploration programs; ore reserve estimates, market studies, and new product development.
• Hands-on operations, marketing, product development and direct sales experience for diverse product lines.
• I have developed business plans for potential new companies.
• This includes marketing and some engineering for grinding and selling materials.
• I have sold milling and production equipment. Some of the equipment we sold was from T.J. Gunlach, Hosokawa, Metso, Sturtevant, and Union Process.
• I have worked on polymer programs with Dow, Dupont, BASF, and have extensive knowledge with polyurethane's, pvc, polyester, and polyolefin's.
• Conducted regular status meetings with internal teams and external partners to track progress against established milestones.
• Analyzed data from various sources such as surveys, interviews, focus groups. to inform decision-making related to projects.
• I have sold industrial minerals to the paint, plastics, rubber, and ceramic industry.
• I have worked on projects in the automotive industry and building industry.
• Excellent knowledge of ceramics and abrasives.
• Experienced in achieving growth through mergers, start-ups, joint ventures and introduction of new product lines. Selling capital equipment for clients.
• Worked with recycled materials (glass) to develop new markets in the Coatings and Polymer Industries. Helped turn a waste product into a $40 million dollar company.
• Maintained records of all documents related to each project including specifications, change orders, invoices.
• Participated in cross-functional teams responsible for developing innovative solutions for complex problems. Advanced Microsoft Office and CRM user.
• Facilitated resolution of conflicts between team members when necessary.