With 40 plus years of business development experience in textiles and nonwovens markets, Andrew has worked at multiple levels of relationship management including distribution, mass merchant retail, and national consumer and commercial brands. He brings unique talents developed in direct management of launching new product and new market programs involving production and converting of conventional and nonwoven textiles. Most of Andrew’s years in business development have focused on creation of value-add using sustainable raw material inputs including recycled post-industrial textile by-products; repurposed textile remnants and product development using plant-fiber based materials. In the last 5 years, he has worked with packaging brands and distribution to transition cold chain packaging insulation use from EPS foam to sustainable plant-fiber based nonwoven insulations using cotton, wool, and BAST fibers including Hemp and Jute.