Paul H Silvis

Paul founded Restek in 1985 to manufacture innovative, high quality chromatography products. Paul dropped the President/CEO title in 1995 and called himself the "Head Coach" to more closely describes the role he sees for himself. Paul passed on the President/Head Coach title on October 15, 2005 after 20 years serving in this role believing it is important for every leader to replace themselves. Paul currently serves as Chairman of the Board for Restek. Paul received a B.S. in Chemistry/Life Science from the University of Pittsburgh in 1977 and graduated from the Penn State SMEAL executive MBA program from the Penn State in June 2006. On January 1st 2009 Paul turned over the reins of Restek's chromatography business to the employees through an ESOP stock purchase. While Paul will remain on the Board, he will primarily focus on growing a new technology company called SilcoTek. SilcoTek applies a Chemical Vapor Deposition to metal and glass parts to enhance the material's physical properties thus creating a surface that is similar to an ultra high temperature Teflon®. Mr. Silvis was appointed by Governor Rendell to serve as a member of the Board of Trustees effective October 2010.