C. Edward Boardwine

Current

• President and Owner at Southern Silicon and Sizing LLC

Past

• President and CEO at Excera Materials Group, Inc
• President and CEO at Simcala, Inc.
• Vice President Silicon Metal Division at Elkem

• Vice President north American Operations at Elkem
• President and CEO of a Elkem start-up in Pittsburgh at Elkem
• Maintenance Engineer at Union Carbide

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Education

• West Virginia University Institute of Technology

Industry

Mining & Metals

C. Edward Boardwine’s Summary

Executive Management with profit/loss and ownership success. Experience in turn around and new start up ventures.

C. Edward Boardwine’s Experience

• President and Owner

  Southern Silicon and Sizing LLC

  (Mining & Metals industry)

  2003 — Present (5 years)

  Provide fine sized silicon metal to specialty applications in the refractory and ceramic industries. Utilize experience in the refractory and ceramic industry in providing management consulting services to the ferrous and non-ferrous industries.

• President and CEO

  Excera Materials Group, Inc

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Defense & Space industry)

  2005 — March 2006 (1 year)

• President and CEO

  Simcala, Inc.

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Mining & Metals industry)

  1994 — 2003 (9 years)

  Joined Capital One Partners and Charter Oak to purchase the assets of SIMETCO, in Canton, Ohio that went into bankruptcy in 1993. The Montgomery plant was the highest production cost and lowest quality producer of silicon metal in the US. Phase 1 was a five year $15 million cap-x plan to bring the plant into compliance with air emission standards, safety standards, and technical upgrades of all production equipment to world class standards. Simcala endured a two year strike by the USWA that resulted in a decertification of the union by employees. Training and incentives were built into all production levels and marketing was refocused to high margin customers in both the chemical and electronics industry. Simcala was sold to Dow Corning, the world’s largest consumer of silicon metal, in June 2003. Simcala was the lowest cost and highest quality producer of silicon in the US in 2002.

• Vice President Silicon Metal Division

  Elkem

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Mining & Metals industry)

  1989 — 1994 (5 years)

  Profit/Loss accountable for $300 million USD business with 5 plants and 6 sales offices worldwide.

• Vice President north American Operations

  Elkem

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Mining & Metals industry)

  1986 — 1989 (3 years)

  Accountable for the production cost, quantity, and quality of all production of silicon, manganese, and ferro-silicon. Oversaw three plants and 1500 employees.

• President and CEO of a Elkem start-up in Pittsburgh

  Elkem

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Mining & Metals industry)

  1982 — 1986 (4 years)

  Lead a new start up venture based on silica fume, a by-product generated from the smelting of silicon, that was being land filled after mandatory collection to meet air abatement laws. Built team to define product attributes, potential markets, designed and installed product handling and packaging systems for the new product and built a marketing team to commercialize the product. Successful in developing value for a waste stream product.

• Maintenance Engineer

  Union Carbide

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; UCC; Chemicals industry)

  1970 — 1982 (12 years)

  Entered as maintenance engineer and advanced to Supt Engineering and Maintenance of the facility and then to Supt of Production.

C. Edward Boardwine’s Education

• West Virginia University Institute of Technology

  1964 — 1968

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