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)
Joe Johnson
Director of Site Operations
Joe Johnson has been working in the synthetic turf industry for over 10 years, building synthetic turf and track systems for Middle Schools up to Collegiate fields.
BS – Eastfield College, Texas
Texas Sports Builders (2011-2017) – Senior Project Manager – Estimator
Sport Field Solution (2017-2021) – General Manager of Construction
Sprinturf (2021-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)
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)