Marlin Lester has more than 30 years of experience in construction maintenance and integrity management services required to maintain material assets in the Oil and Gas, Infrastructure and Defense, Aerospace and Power Generation Markets. In the past ten years he has been instrumental in leading companies to exponential growth and acquisition. In September of 2008 Mr. Lester joined RBG USA, Inc. as Vice President of Operations on a new start-up division in Lafayette, Louisiana. In less than 3 years revenues eclipsed $30 million leading to the acquisition by Stork Technical Services in May of 2011. Major contract awards included BP, BHP Billiton, Shell, Chevron, Murphy, and ENI. In June of 2011 Mr. Lester joined The NACHER Corporation as Vice President. From 2011-2013, he led the company to achieve 118% growth. After being promoted to Executive Vice President, he led NACHER to 100% growth in the 2014 fiscal year before MISTRAS Group acquired the company. Major contract awards included BP and Shell, along with Noble Energy and BHP Billiton. He remained with MISTRAS Group as Executive Vice President and Global COE Manager for the next five years. In December of 2019 Mr. Lester joined Corrosion Prevention Technologies as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. In his tenure he has been instrumental in the merger of multiple entities to form Corrosion Innovations LLC where he will serve as President and Chief Executive Officer.

Gregg Taney brings decades of experience in the coating and blasting industry to the Corrosion Innovations team. He plays a significant role in managing staff and overseeing departmental operations. Taney's responsibilities include overseeing internal operations, helping to build strong customer relationships, maximizing the company's operating performance, and helping to achieve the company's financial goals. Gregg will play a key role in managing sales for the company’s distribution of non-toxic and biodegradable metal surface preparation products that eliminate corrosion.

Jeremi Day has nearly 30 years of experience in facilitating quality program implementation and quality management, project management and estimating, corrosion control consulting, and auditing for industrial and manufacturing operations. As Chief Technology Officer, Mr. Day manages sales for Corrosion Innovations distribution of the Corr-Ze™ and Chlor*Rid™ product lines, which are non-toxic, biodegradable metal surface preparation products that eliminate corrosion and provide better coating adhesion. He will also provide technical support and product training to our distribution chain team members and lead technical presentations and product demonstrations. Mr. Day comments that the biggest challenge facing the coating industry today is "finding skilled craftsmen who are truly well-trained and experienced in the craft, and helping owners and contractors understand the importance of proper surface preparation." He believes we solve that problem "by providing a product {Corr-Ze™} that aids in proper cleaning of the surface, thus increasing the service life of the installed corrosion protection system." Mr. Day's skill set enables us to offer more than revolutionary rust removal, metal surface preparation products; you gain valuable solutions from our team of esteemed experts you can't get anywhere else.

John has 20 years of experience in operations and logistics management and is well-respected throughout the industry. He spent the last 15 years with RBG USA, Inc. and remained after @Stork Technical Services acquired the company. Marlin Lester, CEO of Corrosion Innovations, commented, "Due to the continued growth of our industry-leading Corr-Ze™ surface preparation product line, we needed to add someone to manage our manufacturing and product logistics. John was the perfect candidate due to his extensive experience and demonstrated commitment to service delivery. We are confident that John will excel in this role and assist us in managing the growth we are experiencing globally." Mr. Knight shared, "I am excited to join this team of experienced professionals who are revolutionizing the surface preparation industry with their Corr-Ze™ product line."

Archibald Cox, Jr. is chairman of Corrosion Innovations LLC and Corrosion Prevention Technologies LLC. He is also chairman of Sextant Group, Inc., a private investment firm and chairman of Ayablu Incorporated, Fairfield, CT; CEO of Bayesiant, LLC, Elk Grove, CA; and Manager of VHSC Holdings LLC, The Woodlands, TX. He serves on the boards of a number of other privately-owned companies, including Adranos Energetics, Lafayette, IN; EyeLock LLC, New York, NY; Inea International Ltd.,BVI; and Madaket, Inc., Cambridge, MA. In addition, he serves on the board of Unifi, Inc., Greensboro, NC. Mr. Cox has more than 56 years of financial, investment and operating experience and during his career has lived and worked in New York,Indiana, London, Singapore and Toronto. A native of Wayland, MA, Mr. Cox holds a bachelor’s degree (cum laude) in Economics from Harvard College (1962) and a MBA (with distinction) from Harvard Business School (1964).

Tobias Wood brings more than 30 years of experience in banking and start-up ventures to our team. He comes from a long lineage of cattlemen and is not only accomplished in finance, but also in ranching. Giving back to the community is a top priority for Mr. Wood and he is very involved in local philanthropic efforts.

Jim is the co-inventor and original patent holder of Corrosion Prevention Technologies’ revolutionary surface preparation technology, Corr-Ze. Jim developed the second-generation Corr-Ze system in 2009, then, in 2011, enhanced this to a superior two-step method that is the industry-changing product we know today,to clean and passivate mild steel. Jim’s professional experience includes synthetic organic chemistry, both, bench and plant scale, formulating cleaners and industrial processing aids across several industries, the introduction of new anti-microbial formulations into food safety applications, and introduction of new applications using anti-microbials to increase frac well production. Jim also has extensive experience in process development, troubleshooting,formulating, scale-up, production management, technical sales support,regulatory functions, ISO 9002 and quality control.

With a degree in Environmental Health and Safety from Oregon State University, Todd was Safety Director for BF Goodrich and Northwest Container, moving on to serve as a Safety Products sales rep for regional distributors such as Safety and Supply and Spider Safety Products. Mr. Olson served as a sales consultant driving new sales opportunities and developing markets for customers, and also owned and operated a Door and Millwork company for 7 years. Todd is President of Vandelay Sales, a leader in the market for sourcing and delivering safety/construction products in the US. Vandelay Sales has manufacturing agreements with companies in Taiwan. Todd worked closely with clients to develop and launch new product lines and expand revenue with overseas sourced safety equipment. In 2017 Mr. Olson founded WirxGroup. WirxGroup, together with CleanerBlast Systems, aligns equipment and sustainable corrosion and cleaning chemicals bringing a comprehensive and new approach to cleaning,preparing and preserving surfaces. CleanerBlast System is an industry leading manufacturer of wet abrasive blasting equipment. Mr Olson led CleanerBlast to 100% growth in 2019. Most recently Todd joined Corrosion Innovations LLC where he also serves on the board.