Ben Mitchell, MBA, is the extrusion coatings sales and marketing manager for AkzoNobel, a global paints and coatings company and producer of specialty chemicals. He has a bachelor’s degree in comprehensive science as well as an MBA from Urbana University in Ohio. Mitchell started at AkzoNobel in 1990 as a lab chemist formulating PVDF coatings, and moved into product management. He can be reached at ben.mitchell@akzonobel.com.