Profiles
Rom Reddy
Managing Partner/CEO
MBA – Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.
Exxon Chemical (1980-1991) – 5 locations – Financing, manufacturing and marketing of chemicals – Started up a Dow/Exxon joint venture and served as GM.
Purchased Exxon’s PP fabric business in 1991 – Grew from $38M to $128M in 4 years.
Limited partner and consultant for private equity funds – 1995-present.
Started Nexcel Synthetics in 1997; PP carpet backing, PP fibers/yarns, PE/PP artificial turf – Grew from $400K in 1997 to $60M in 2004 – Sold to Blue Point Capital in 2004 – Purchased back as ITS in 2010. American Synthetics (americansynthetics.org) – Formed in 2009 in Charleston, SC – Producing polywoven packaging.
ITS purchased back Nexcel assets in 2010 in conjunction with Northstar Capital. ITS purchased Sprinturf in August 2010 to form first fully integrated turf company.
Justin Reddy
President
B.S.E. Bioengineering – University of Pennsylvania
MBA – Darden School of Business, University of Virginia
Hyde Engineering and Consulting (2005 – 2008)
Project P&L responsibility for 20% of corporate revenue
AT&T (2010 – 2016) – Strong business operations experience including graduating from 2 year Leadership Development Program, building and leading two new Customer Service Desks, serving as Senior Strategist for Internet of Things division and ensuring profitability as Lead Finance Manager for Internet of Things division
Sprinturf (2016 – Present)
John Bogosian
Chief Financial Officer
B.A. Chemistry, B. S. Chemical Engineering – University of Missouri
MBA Temple University
Monsanto and its spinoff Solutia Inc. – 15 years in Operations & Business Management Roles
Biolab, Inc. – Vice President of Worldwide Operations – A $700M specialty chemical consumer products business
Lynx Chemical Company (2005-2007) – President/CEO – a $50M specialty chemical company
Nexcel Synthetics – (2007-2009) – President/CEO
Integrated Turf Solutions (Jan 2010 – Aug 2010) – Chief Operating Officer/Chief Financial Officer
Sprinturf (2010 – Present)
Bruce Cheskin
Executive Vice President
Attended Lynchburg College.
Attended Temple University.
Sportec USA Inc. (1997- 1999) – President – Physical structure development – design and construction.
Specialty Surfaces International (1999 – 2009) – Senior Vice President – Sales and installation of sport surfaces.
Liberty Sports, LLC (2009 – 2010) – President.
Sprinturf (2010-Present)
Guido Vliegen
Chief Operating Officer
Guido Vliegen is an accomplished C-Level executive, with broad experience in global sales, marketing, production, as well as research and development of performance materials.
Originally from the Netherlands, Guido has lived and worked in Europe and the USA. In 2005, Guido moved to Georgia, U.S.A. to drive the strategy and integration of a newly acquired large American business unit of personal protective textiles for TenCate.
Later, Guido was Global Group Director for TenCate Grass for TenCate’s global synthetic grass division. He drove the transformation of the global business into a full-fledged leading supplier of components and finished products.
Most recently, Guido was a partner with B2B CFO® helping privately held small & medium sized businesses to increase and realize their value potential.
Guido holds an MBA / MSc from Eindhoven University of Technology.
Sprinturf (2018 – Present)
Webb Cook
National Sales Director
BS, Political Science – Syracuse University
JD, Washington & Lee University
Hummer Turfgrass Systems (1996 – 2002) – VP of Sales
A-Turf, Inc. (2002 – 2009) – Vice President of Sales & Marketing
Liberty Sports, LLC (2009 – 2010) – Executive Vice President
Sprinturf (Present)
Jeff Hathcock
Manufacturing Director
Attended Covenant College, Lookout Mountain, GA
Fruit of the Loom (1978 – 1993) – 4 locations – Managed all facets of yarn manufacturing – Last assignment served as a plant manager
The Dixie Group (1993 – 2001) – 2 locations – Served as plant manager – Managed all facets of yarn manufacturing including product development
TenCate (2001 – 2008) – Plant Manager – Managed the operations a of PE & PP yarn extrusion plant
Nexcel Synthetics (2008 – 2009) – Plant Manager – Managed operations of PE, PP, & Nylon extrusion plant
Integrated Turf Solutions – (2010 – present) – Plant Manager
Sprinturf (2010 – Present)
Marc Belluomini
Vice President of Sales & Marketing
BS, Construction Technology, Northern Michigan University
L.M.S. (1996 – 2002) – General Manager
SRI Sports, Inc. (2002 – 2004) – Western Regional Manager
Sportexe, Inc. (2004 – 2007) – Central/Western Regional Manager
Sportexe, Inc. (2007 – 2009) – Chief Sales Officer
Sportexe, Inc. (2009 – 2011) – Vice President Sales
Shaw Sports Turf (2011 – 2012) – Senior Vice President Sales
Hellas Sports Construction (2012 – 2015) Vice President Sales & Marketing
UBU (2015 – 2016) Chief Operating Officer
Sprinturf (2017 – Present)