Ms. Gulyas joined the Board on January 21, 2015. She brings to our Board her substantial and varied management experience and her strong skills in engineering, manufacturing (domestic and international), marketing, and non-U.S. sales and distribution gained as a senior executive of one of the world's largest chemical companies. Ms. Gulyas also has governance and oversight experience from her service as a senior executive of a public company and her prior service on a public company board.
Ms. Gulyas served as President of the performance polymers business of E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company which included DuPont's engineering polymers, elastomers and films business units from 2009 to 2014. Ms. Gulyas joined DuPont in 1978 and progressed through positions of increasing responsibility including a variety of sales, marketing, technical and systems development positions, primarily in DuPont's polymers business. Ms. Gulyas has served as Vice President and General Manager for DuPont's advanced fiber business and as Group Vice President of DuPont's electronic and communication technologies platform. In 2004, Ms. Gulyas was named Chief Marketing and Sales Officer of DuPont, responsible for corporate branding and marketing communications, market research, e-business, and marketing/sales capability worldwide. Ms. Gulyas is a director of Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals and Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. and served as a director of Navistar International Corporation until 2012.