Michael Barbella, Managing Editor07.27.22
Spartech has added three new members to its executive team: Jessica “Jess” Sekely as director of Environmental Health & Safety; Mario Columbia as general manager, Polycast Acrylic Sheet Division; and Larry Baer as plant manager.
“Jess, Mario, and Larry are all talented individuals who are valuable additions to the Spartech team,” said Spartech CEO John Inks. “Their collective experience and leadership expertise will help us continue to serve as a reliable and responsive partner to our valued customers.”
Sekely will be working remotely but traveling on a regular basis to all of the locations in the Spartech network. She will be instrumental in the development of Spartech’s Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) strategy and overall employee engagement. Prior to joining Spartech, Sekely held various Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) leadership roles with Johnson Matthey in Smithfield, Pa.; Anheuser-Busch in Columbus, Ohio,; and PPG Industries in Pittsburgh, Pa.
Columbia will direct the Goodyear, Ariz.; Stamford, Conn.; and Greenville, Ohio, locations and has more than 20 years of experience in manufacturing management. Prior to his new role with Spartech, he served as general manager/CI for Kuehne & Nagel Inc. in Phoenix, and a Lean/Sustainability consultant and vice president of Operations & Corporate Quality with Lodi in Phoenix. Columbia is Six Sigma Certified.
Baer will lead the Paulding, Ohio, location and has more than 25 years of management experience in the composites industry. Most recently he was president of R3 Composites in Grabill, Ind. Prior to this he was chief operating officer for a joint venture between Continental Structural Plastics & Victall Railway Company in Tangshan, China, for two years. He was also the director of Operations for Continental Structural Plastics, overseeing their Tijuana and Saltillo, Mexico, locations.
Headquartered in St. Louis, Mo., with an innovation center and 16 manufacturing facilities throughout the United States, Spartech is a plastics manufacturer of engineered thermoplastic materials and specialty packaging products.
“Jess, Mario, and Larry are all talented individuals who are valuable additions to the Spartech team,” said Spartech CEO John Inks. “Their collective experience and leadership expertise will help us continue to serve as a reliable and responsive partner to our valued customers.”
Sekely will be working remotely but traveling on a regular basis to all of the locations in the Spartech network. She will be instrumental in the development of Spartech’s Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) strategy and overall employee engagement. Prior to joining Spartech, Sekely held various Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) leadership roles with Johnson Matthey in Smithfield, Pa.; Anheuser-Busch in Columbus, Ohio,; and PPG Industries in Pittsburgh, Pa.
Columbia will direct the Goodyear, Ariz.; Stamford, Conn.; and Greenville, Ohio, locations and has more than 20 years of experience in manufacturing management. Prior to his new role with Spartech, he served as general manager/CI for Kuehne & Nagel Inc. in Phoenix, and a Lean/Sustainability consultant and vice president of Operations & Corporate Quality with Lodi in Phoenix. Columbia is Six Sigma Certified.
Baer will lead the Paulding, Ohio, location and has more than 25 years of management experience in the composites industry. Most recently he was president of R3 Composites in Grabill, Ind. Prior to this he was chief operating officer for a joint venture between Continental Structural Plastics & Victall Railway Company in Tangshan, China, for two years. He was also the director of Operations for Continental Structural Plastics, overseeing their Tijuana and Saltillo, Mexico, locations.
Headquartered in St. Louis, Mo., with an innovation center and 16 manufacturing facilities throughout the United States, Spartech is a plastics manufacturer of engineered thermoplastic materials and specialty packaging products.