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Mr. Sklar is a chemical formulator, strategic planner and profound dealmaker. Based on Mr. Sklar’s experience, he has managed teams of engineers, chemists and sales and marketing personnel from product concept to full commercialization. Mr. Sklar’s ability to lead and manage people effectively is a crucial part of SEI’s success. A side from SEI, Mr. Sklar has started and sold a chemical distribution company, is a share holder in an industrial applications firm and owns real-estate holding company. He envisions a tremendous future for niche chemical players in the fields of material science, construction technology and alternative energy. Having grown up in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Mr. Sklar had been exposed to the oil and gas industry from a young age. After finishing a feasibility study on a corrosion preventative technology in university, Mr. Sklar secured the distribution rights to a niche line of coatings and oil and gas production chemicals for the province Alberta. SEI Group began operations in his third year at U of M in 1996. By 1998, Mr. Sklar assembled an impressive team that collectively built and executed a strategic marketing plan that built SEI Group into a successful international chemical supplier. Mr. Sklar sold SEI Group in 1999 in Canada and organized SEI Chemical the following year in the US. In 1999 Mr. Sklar incorporated SEI Chemical. Mr. Sklar holds a Bachelors Degree in Political Science from the University of Manitoba | 