eco2 plastics
A Better Idea
Management Team
Rod Rougelot: Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Rougelot knows recycling. He brings more than 20 years of extensive experience in recycling, operations, finance, and mergers and acquisitions to ECO2. As the founder of Recycling Resource, he led it to become one of the strongest recycling competitors in California. After Recycling Resource was acquired by Tomra Pacific, Inc., Rougelot served as President of the commercial division, building Tomra into one of the largest beverage container recyclers in the United States. Prior to joining ECO2, Mr. Rougelot was engaged through Stone Yamashita Partners as a strategic consultant with The Coca Cola Company. He earned his MBA degree from Harvard Business School and a Bachelor of Science from Cornell University.
Ray Salomon: Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Salomon has over twenty years of financial and operations management experience. Most recently, Mr. Salomon was the Chief Financial Officer of Barrier Systems, Inc. where he was responsible for finance, accounting, information technology and human resources. While at Barrier, Mr. Salomon designed and implemented reporting processes and achieved full Sarbanes-Oxley compliance. From 2003 to 2007, Mr. Salomon was the Director of Finance, Marketing and Sales, Western and Central U.S. for the Ford Motor Company. Prior to Ford, Mr. Salomon served as Revenue Manager and as Director of Financial Planning and Reporting for Lincoln Mercury, where he was responsible for the groups setting vehicle prices and where he developed and managed revenue forecasting and accounting. Mr. Salomon earned a Masters in Business Administration degree in 1985 and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics in 1982 from the University of California, Berkeley.
Fred Janz: Senior Vice President Operations
Mr. Janz has over twenty years of management executive experience with leading start-ups, integrating acquisitions, operations improvement and manufacturing turn-around. Most recently, Mr. Janz was Executive Vice President with Pitt Plastics, Inc., where he was responsible for operational changes that reduced spoilage by 20% and increased productivity by 10%. From 2006 to 2007, Mr. Janz served as President of Natures Natural Water Company, LLC, where he developed the business plan and financials and business strategy. From 2005 to 2006, Mr. Janz worked as a consultant specializing in acquisitions and profit improvement. During this time, he developed integration strategy and acquisition candidates of Asian-based companies for Europe and North America, assessed acquisition candidates in the Health and Beauty Aids (HBA)/ Food/Beverage/Spirits markets for private equity firms and developed cost reducing strategies for Water/Beverage/Food and HBA markets for Portola Packaging Inc. Mr. Janz co-authored an update to Understanding Lean Initiatives with David Rizzardo and Richard Brooks, updating the application of lean initiatives to the packaging industry. Prior to 2005, Mr. Janz held several positions with Portola Packaging, Inc. Mr. Janz received a Masters in Business Administration degree in 1976 and a Bachelors of Science in Mechanical Engineering degree in 1973 from the University of Florida.
Paul Dittmeier: Vice President of Sales and Marketing
Mr. Dittmeier brings to ECO2 23 years of sales, marketing, business development and product development management experience with Fortune 100 companies. Dittmeier is focused on further developing sales channels and defining new markets as ECO2 rapidly expands its operations. Most recently, he served as the Northeast Sales Manager at General Electric Silicones. In addition, Mr. Dittmeier is a GE Six Sigma Certified Green Belt and has completed five advanced General Electric Management Courses. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Technology Education from the State University of New York at Oswego and has also completed advanced marketing courses at the State University of New York.