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Sharell L. Mikesell, Ph.D. has 30 years of corporate leadership experience in global research & development and business operations. His background includes experience with polymer and material technologies in diverse positions with major companies including General Electric, Owens-Corning, and Advanced Elastomer Systems, L.P., an Exxon-Mobil subsidiary. Dr. Mikesell's responsibilities included the global technical leadership for product, process, and applications development as well as applied research and technical support to manufacturing and customers worldwide. In March 2001, Dr. Mikesell became the first Executive Director of the Ohio Polymer Strategy Council and continues in that role today. Additionally, in July 2005, he was appointed Co-Director of The Center for Multifunctional Polymer Nanomaterials & Devices, Ohio's first state funded multi-university center in nanotechnology. Dr. Mikesell has served on several corporate boards and advisory councils including: Corporate representative to the Industrial Research Institute; Advancement Council for the College of Polymer Science and Engineering at the University of Akron; Research Advisory Council of NorTech; Advisory Board of the Ohio Business Development Coalition; Scientific Advisory Board of UTEK Corporation; Board of Asahi Fiberglass in Japan, as an advisor to the Center of Photochemistry at Bowling Green State University; Advisor to the Chemical Engineering Department at the University of West Virginia; Board of Trustees for the Ohio Polymer Enterprise Development, Inc.; PolymerOhio, Inc.; the Edison Polymer Innovation Corporation; and the Olivet Nazarene University Foundation. A native of Ohio, Dr. Mikesell received a Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry from Olivet Nazarene University, Kankakee, Illinois and a Master of Science from the Ohio State University, Columbus. Dr. Mikesell received a Ph.D. Degree in Polymer Science from the University of Akron, Ohio. | 