Mark Womack's impact in helping to drive the transformation of Basell's North American business into a high performing organization with a leadership culture and winning attitude was significant and enduring. His innovative ideas and refreshing insight were invaluable.

Mark's uncompromising pursuit of quality and demand for timeliness had a huge impact on our corporate culture as we put in place a new high energy organization where vision, strategy, leadership behavior, structure and processes are now crisply aligned. His ability to approach challenges with both a "big picture" perspective as well as the necessary attention to detail is unique and hugely successful. This level of professionalism has become the benchmark for comparison of other such services for Basell North America.

– Chuck Platz, President, Basell North America

Chuck Platz graduated from the University of Maryland in 1969 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Aerospace Engineering. He started his career with Hercules' aerospace division, serving as a research engineer in the plastics division before transferring to sales and marketing.

In 1983, when Hercules and Montedison formed Himont, he was appointed Product Director for Pro fax resins. He subsequently became Director of Marketing for the U.S., Vice President of Sales and Marketing for North America and Vice President/Resins for Europe in Belgium.

When the Royal Dutch/Shell Group and Montedison formed Montell in 1995, he became Senior Vice President/Polypropylene and Polyethylene Business Management for Europe. In 1999, Chuck was appointed President of Montell North America. When BASF and Shell formed Basell in 2000, he became President of Basell North America's Polyolefins Business, his present position.

Chuck serves as Chairman of the American Plastics Council and is a member of the Executive Committee and Board of Directors of the American Chemistry Council. He and his wife Jean reside in Wilmington, Deleware; they have two sons.

Rarely in this life do you have the opportunity to work with someone of the caliber and character of Mark Womack. I have had the distinct privilege of collaborating with Mark since 1995, when we partnered on a year-long business transformation project tasked with redesigning our field sales and service organization.

His ability to facilitate results-generating visioning sessions is unparalleled, providing a foundation for success for both short- and long-term organizational benefits. Mark connects at so many levels with those who work with him, helping to align people, process and technology in a way that makes both practical and professional sense.

In addition, I have personally experienced the profound impact of working with Mark on a full-time basis, an experience that truly helped to shape the person I am today. While our efforts and work product were focused on tangible deliverables, there was a parallel benefit to my personal life – in essence, establishing a crystal-clear vision for what success truly looks like, and crafting an actionable plan for getting there.

In early 2005 – 10 years following our first engagement with Mark and his team – I brought Mark back to work with my National Accounts and International Sales organization as we deployed a new more customer-focused organization structure. Some of the powerful elements of his work, which had a profound impact on my team, included:

Mark's ability to truly make a difference in people – professionally and personally – is unique and powerful. To categorize him as merely a "consultant" or "coach" doesn't do justice to the body of work he delivers. He has impacted my team in ways that will truly impact their short- and long-term professional performance, and I would highly recommend his services to any organization committed to taking their performance to a higher level.

– Mike Fraser, Vice President    National Accounts and International Sales
   Safety-Kleen Systems, Inc.

Mike Fraser is the Vice President of National Accounts and International Sales for Safety-Kleen Systems, Inc. Headquartered in Plano, Texas, Safety-Kleen is the leading parts cleaner, industrial waste management and oil recycling and re-refining company in North America, with approximately 4,500 employees serving hundreds of thousands of customers in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico.

Mike joined Safety-Kleen in 1987 and during his tenure he has managed distributor sales, compliance business management and marketing, and national accounts. Most recently Mike served as Director of Strategic Accounts, and has been personally involved in the management of several key growth initiatives with the company's largest and most complex clients.

Mike has more than 23 years experience in the environmental services industry, having previously served as Sales and Marketing Manager for US Ecology.

It has been a distinct pleasure to have known and partnered with Mark Womack over the past four years. His trusted and highly sought after talent as a partner to client executive teams has convinced me that Mark is as effective in this role as anyone I've ever met.

More importantly, his relationships and trusted advice lead to action. Leadership team development, mission adoption and rapid execution are trademarks of Mark's capability.

He has a unique style which not only engages, but absorbs clients, participants and colleagues. His capability to communicate and enrapt an audience is second to none.

Mark's counsel and unwavering commitment to your success can benefit you in the same ways it has helped numerous executive leaders of the world's most renowned companies. Without hesitation, I recommend Mark to any individual or organization that is serious about achieving greater and more meaningful success.

– David Fritts, Vice President, Health Dialog

Dave Fritts has over thirty years of experience in the management and operations of consulting firms, including senior leadership roles at Andersen Consulting (Accenture), Digital Equipment, Renaissance Consulting, Computer Sciences Corporation, Nextera, Celerant Consulting and Health Dialog.

I sought the services of J.W. Webb to help me with an important management team meeting in which I wanted our team to assess our past year's performance and then establish a clear strategic framework for our aspirations in the coming year.

Because of my previous experience with Mark Womack, it was a "no-brainer" that they were the right choice to assist me in the design and execution of such an important leadership undertaking.

Mark closely partnered with me to provide just the right touch of guidance, leadership and counsel. Together, we developed a crystal-clear, highly ambitious set of meeting objectives and agenda. We also established leadership and behavioral standards for how my team would operate during the off-site, both individually and collectively.

During the off-site sessions, we were able to exceed my high aspirations for how much we would achieve and for how we would work together. While I certainly give a lot of credit to my very talented team members, our performance was significantly enhanced due to Mark's guidance and commitment to helping us operate at the highest possible level. Mark is relentless about staying the course and holding everyone accountable to agreed-to standards, which enabled us to achieve our lofty ambitions.

As a result, we developed a clear set of business imperatives that have proven to be meaningful guideposts for the leadership team over the course of the business year. We not only developed a solid strategy and plan for the coming year, we also visibly became a stronger and more effective team through the process. My organization continues to greatly benefit from the tangible and intangible results of this off-site.

– Paul Heiden, Ph.D. Sr. Vice President Bayer Biological Products

Paul Heiden is a senior executive of Bayer, a multinational Fortune 500 company specializing in Healthcare, Polymers, Chemicals and Crop Science. Dr. Heiden began his career with Tropon, a former pharmaceutical subsidiary of Bayer AG in 1987, where he eventually headed the Quality Assurance function. In 1992, he joined Bayer's Consumer Healthcare U.S. operations as the Head of Quality Assurance and member of the Executive Management Team. In 1996 he joined Bayer's Pharmaceutical Division at it's Leverkusen, Germany headquarters as the Global Compliance Officer.

Later as the Head of Global Quality Assurance and a member of the Pharma Management Committee, he was responsible for the analytical development of Bayer's drug development pipeline and all Quality Assurance Operations worldwide. In 1999, he left this position and relocated again to the U.S. on an assignment from Bayer's board to serve as a member of the Leadership Committee of the Biological Products Division, specializing in protein drugs originated from plasma fractionation and biotechnology. In 2000, he was made responsible for Technical Operations of the Active Ingredients Manufacturing Plant of Bayer's Pharma Division in Wuppertal, Germany.

After moving to the U.S. in 2001, he has served as the Vice President, Technical Operations for Biological Product's Berkeley, California facility. Bayer's biotechnology operations at this site produce protein therapeutics for the treatment of life-threatening diseases, such as KogenateTM, a recombinant FVIII product for the treatment of hemophilia. In his current position, Paul is the Berkeley Site Manager and Senior Vice President of Bayer Biologicals. He received his Ph.D. degree of Pharmaceutical Chemistry from the University of Bonn, Germany in 1986 and received several academic awards and distinctions for his work during his academic career.