Mr. Russell joined Ferro in 2006. He came to the Company from Honeywell International, where he had worked since 2000. He had served as group vice president and general manager, Electronic Materials. His prior positions at Honeywell included business director-general manager, performance chemicals/specialty polymers, and director of marketing, specialty chemicals. Before his tenure at Honeywell, Mr. Russell was director of marketing for Mattson-CFM Technologies, a manufacturer of semiconductor/flat panel display capital equipment. From 1988 to 1997, he worked for FMC Corporation’s Specialty Chemicals Group in a number of roles, including business manager, fine chemicals and electronics, and manager, marketing and commercial development. Mr. Russell holds a bachelor of science degree in chemical engineering from Akron University and an master of business administration from the University of North Carolina in Charlotte.