Agilex Flavors & Fragrances™ Management Team

Get to know Richard Green, Jr.
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Agilex Flavors & Fragrances™ Inc.

Rich Green comes to Agilex Flavors & Fragrances with more than 25 years of experience in the global Functional Food Ingredient and Specialty Chemical industries. He has a broad-based background in both public and private companies, having held several senior financial and operating management roles. He also brings a successful record in leading the growth and integration of multinational businesses.

Before joining Agilex, he was CFO and senior executive for U.S. and European sales and manufacturing operations for OmegaTech, Inc., a private biotechnology company.  He later led that company to a profitable exit via acquisition by Martek Biosciences, Inc.

Rich held multiple roles with Pfizer, Inc. As Vice President, Finance for the Food Science Group, he served as CFO, responsible for directing the group's financial and strategic business requirements.  Rich also held the position of Executive Vice President for European and African Operations and was involved in the successful divestiture of the Food Science Group to Cultor, Ltd. He then joined Cultor Food Science as President, Food Protectants Division.

Rich began his professional career at General Dynamics, Inc. after graduating from the University of Rhode Island with a B.S. degree in Business Administration.

Get to know Thomas J. Damiano
President, Flavor Division Agilex Flavors & Fragrances™ Inc. Tom Damiano leads Agilex's' Flavor Division and brings over 20 years of diversified operating and financial experience in the Flavor and Specialty Food Ingredient industries.

Tom joined Agilex from The Solae Company, a global leader in soy protein for food and beverages. At Solae, he was Senior Director, Global Strategy and Business Development. Previously, he served as Vice President, Commercial Development for Degussa Flavors & Fruit Systems where he successfully led the company's business expansion in the Americas.

Tom also held positions with Chr. Hansen as Vice President, Sweeteners and Flavors; Givaudan Roure as Industry Manager, Dairy, Bakery and Confections; and  Crompton & Knowles' Ingredient Technology Division as Director, New Business Commercialization.

He began his career as a financial analyst with Coca Cola Bottling Company of New York after graduating with a B.B.A. in Finance from Temple University. Tom also earned an MBA in Finance from Fairleigh Dickinson University.

Get to know Stuart A. Zlotnik
President, Fragrance Division
Agilex Flavors & Fragrances™ Inc.

Stu Zlotnik leads Agilex's Fragrance Division and brings 20 years of fragrance industry business experience to the company. 

He was the founding entrepreneur and President of AromaTech, Inc. in Branchburg, New Jersey and played an integral role in the growth of the company and in creating shareholder value prior to the successful sale of the company.Before entering the fragrance industry, Stu was a member of the New York Mercantile Exchange and was self-employed as a commodity futures Floor Trader, specializing as a market maker in crude oil futures. Prior to venturing out on his own, his career on Wall Street began at Mel Schnell & Company as a Floor Runner. Stu progressed through the ranks to Arbitrage Clerk, Silver Futures and finally as Manager, Floor Trading Operations on the New York Commodity Exchange.

Stu was awarded his B.A. degree with a concentration in Communications along with minors in Business and Psychology from the University of Pittsburgh.

Get to know Deepak K. Shah
Senior Vice President, Business Development
Agilex Flavors & Fragrances™ Inc. Deepak Shah has more than 25 years of fragrance industry business experience and leads the new business development and commercialization initiatives for the company, with a primary focus in supporting the Fragrance Division's expansion strategies.He was the founding entrepreneur and President of International Fragrance and Technology, Inc. in Canton, GA. Prior to the company's successful sale, he was a key player in the growth of the company and in creating shareholder value.

Prior to the founding of IFT, Deepak served as Chief Perfumer for Intercontinental Fragrances and earlier as a Perfumer for Aromatic Fragrances and Flavors International. He began his career at Fresh Products, Inc, an air freshener company, where he selected and incorporated fragrances for air freshener systems targeted to the Industrial and Institutional markets.

Deepak earned his B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Toledo and a B.S. degree in Chemistry from the University of Bombay. He also earned a Diploma in Perfumery from the International Federation of Essential Oils and Aroma Trades and is a member of the American Society of Perfumers.