Our Management Team
Managed by a team of industry professionals who believe strongly in the tremendous industrial market for Sodium Borohydride and related products, the Montgomery Chemicals management team includes:
Charles A. Lumsden - Senior Vice President, Sales & Marketing
706-467-9106
CLumsden@MontChem.com
Charles A. Lumsden has served as Senior Vice President of Sales & Marketing since 1999. He began his career in marketing Sodium Borohydride (SBH) and related products in 1972, as a salesman for the Ventron Corporation, selling SBH primarily to the textile and paper industries. After Thiokol's purchase of Ventron, he was promoted to regional manager for the Midwestern Sales and Marketing, then to
Western Sales Manager for Morton-Thiokol with responsibility for 24 states. In 1994, Charles founded his own sales and marketing
organization, Meltex & Co., Inc., to promote Sodium Borohydride products in the U.S., including representing Finnish Chemical Co. for Sodium Borohydride products. A graduate of Georgia Tech with an engineering degree, he has done post-graduate work in textile
chemistry.
Larry Stewart - Vice President - Engineering
610-567-0877
LStewart@montchem.com
As Senior Project Engineer, Larry Stewart is responsible for designing and implementing projects that will reduce costs and improve efficiencies in the production of Sodium Borohydride. Prior to joining Montgomery Chemicals, Larry was employed by Houghton International, a specialty chemical manufacturer, where he was responsible for process and project engineering duties for their domestic plants. Larry received his Bachelor of Chemical Engineering degree from the University of Delaware and a Masters of Chemical Engineering from Villanova University.
Jeremy Ko – Specialty Borohydrides Sales & Marketing Manager
617-232-2270
Jko@montchem.com
As Specialty Borohydrides Sales/Marketing Manager, Jeremy Ko brings 17 years of experience in the sodium borohydride industry. He is responsible for the development and growth of specialty borohydride products primarily in North America. After a 5-1/2 years stint as a project engineer for Millipore Corp. designing filtration systems for the biopharmaceutical industry, he came back to the borohydride world. His background includes marketing, product management, engineering, and technical service for borohydride and specialty magnesium products, serving the pulp & paper, wastewater treatment, textile, pharmaceutical, rubber, and various chemical industries. Prior to joining Morton Thiokol in 1985, later known as Morton International and Rohm and Haas, Jeremy was a process engineer for International Paper in Ticonderoga, New York. He holds a B.S. degree in chemical engineering from Tufts University and an EMBA from Suffolk University.
Keith Dunn - Senior Technical Accounts Manager
864-346-8100
skdunn@montchem.com
As Senior Technical Accounts Manager, Keith has represented Montgomery Chemicals since 2006. He has been successful in developing business opportunities for Montgomery Chemicals in textile dyeing and finishing where sodium borohydride was not previously recognized as an alternative to sodium hydrosulfite and thiourea dioxide. Targeting sales opportunities in continuous dyed wovens and denim segments, Keith is instrumental in establishing MontTex sodium borohydride as the accepted reduction chemistry and technology for textile processing. Keith has represented Ciba-Geigy Corporation, Apollo Chemical Corporation and CHT R. Beitlich. He has a B.S. degree in Textile Chemistry and Textile Technology from North Carolina State University.
Michael J. Curtis - Technical Support & Services Manager
603.674.1720
mcurtis@montchem.com
As Manager of Montgomery Chemicals' Technical Support & Services Group, Michael J. Curtis is responsible for customer technical support and engineering services, including design and implementation of both trial and permanent chemical mixing systems. He also is responsible for design and implementation of new equipment to better optimize customer requirements. He has previously worked for Corning Inc. for three years in their early stage technical development group and for five years as a Chemical Applications Engineer with New Hampshire based Clements Scientific Co.
Michael received a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from the Johns Hopkins University where he did research in the field of soft matter physics utilizing dynamic and static light scattering in addition to neutron scattering techniques. He also did his post-graduate work at Tufts University in biomedical engineering with a focus in natural and engineered biopolymers and worked as an R&D electrical engineer for Diagnosys LLC for one year.
