Leadership

Eric Dann is a visionary start-up entrepreneur with extensive experience leading innovation-centric, high-growth organizations.

Often referred to as the “Chief Strategic Officer” of Formulated Solutions and with more than 600 successful product launches, Eric embodies the paradoxical balance of science and marketing. As a trained chemist with a keen eye for branding, his role involves both managing the company’s culture and growth, as well as evaluating technology platforms, new product concepts, market opportunities and potential joint development or otherwise strategic alliances.

Prior to his current role with Formulated Solutions, Eric spent five years with CPC Aeroscience, most recently serving as Technical Director. As the youngest member of CPC’s executive team, Eric managed the research and development, quality assurance and technical sales/marketing business units.

Eric graduated with honors from Indiana University with a B.S. in chemistry and a minor in environmental toxicology. He founded Formulated Solutions while working towards his Ph.D. in natural products chemistry. In 2015, Eric graduated from a three-year OPM Executive Education program at Harvard Business School. He was a nine-year member of Vistage International, a well-known international organization of CEOs, a board member for two venture capital-backed consumer product companies and has twice served as President of the Board of Directors of the Southern Aerosol Technical Association.

Victor Swint is an experienced global transformation leader with a proven track record of helping companies realize their potential. Over a nearly 30-year career, Victor has led transformation efforts in a variety of manufacturing companies, leading each to unprecedented growth results while ensuring their foundations for sustainable, long-term success. At Rockwell Automation, Victor led efforts to triple the size of the company through focused globalization and new product introduction. At Interface, Victor turned around four years of declining sales into double-digit growth. During Victor’s most recent role as CEO of Tecomet, an industry leading high precision orthopedic medical device contract manufacturer, he led strategic programs and implemented frameworks that lead to significant increases in customer OTD, sales growth and profitability.

As Chief Executive Officer of Formulated Solutions, Victor will oversee and continue to drive operational excellence, integration of strategic acquisitions, and execution of the company's massive growth potential and new product pipeline.

Victor's transformation philosophy rests on three critical principles: dedication to the fundamentals and doing things the right way, being open to what's possible, and creating an inclusive, empowering culture that allows people to do their best work. By relying on these three principles, Formulated Solutions is well-positioned to meet the future needs of the business and the needs of our customers, consumers, and the patients of trusted physicians who rely on the products we produce each and every day.

A University of Maryland graduate, Victor also earned a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School.

Derek is a proven scientific and business leader and has in-depth experience working cross-functionally to develop and commercially launch new products within the pharmaceutical and consumer health industry worldwide. In his role as CSO, he is responsible for the new product pipeline and directly manages the scientific innovation team, the analytical R&D team, and the project management team.

Prior to joining Formulated Solutions, Derek worked at Catalent Pharma Solutions for over a decade and gained recognition as a global leader and expert in oral drug delivery, particularly with regard to lipid-based formulations. He also managed a large Product Development team of 100+ people and successfully commercialized numerous new products over the same time period. He has successfully delivered year-over-year growth in R&D revenue throughout much of his career in the pharmaceutical industry and has helped to guide customers to customized solutions for complex technical challenges. Previous to Catalent, Derek also worked at Banner Pharmacaps in the research and development department, in addition to Los Alamos National Laboratories and North Carolina State University. 

Derek holds a Ph.D. degree from Duke University in Biophysical Chemistry, with an NIH certification in Pharmacological Sciences. He also graduated from Furman University with a B.S. in Chemistry. He is the inventor on 10+ granted patents and patent applications, as well as the author/presenter of numerous scientific publications and presentations.

John Maddox is an accomplished pharmaceutical and consumer health industry executive with diverse experience in operations, supply chain, and business management. As COO of Formulated Solutions, John is responsible for daily global operations ensuring on-time delivery and enabling Brand Partner supply chain success for one of the fastest-growing Consumer Healthcare CDMOs in North America. In his role, he has oversight of all safety, operations, supply chain, and engineering functions including customer relationships with our roster of world-class Marketing Partners.  

Prior to joining Formulated Solutions, John served as General Manager for Catalent Pharma Solutions in St. Petersburg, Florida, a global leader in contract pharmaceutical softgel development and commercial manufacturing. He also spent more than seven years with Bayer Consumer Healthcare in manufacturing supply chain leadership positions, accountable for several key brands including Claritin and Coppertone. Prior to his roles within Bayer, John held positions in operations, engineering, and project management with both Teva and Baxter. 

John holds a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame and an MBA, with honors, from Washington University in St. Louis.

Brian is a dynamic leader with a background that spans multiple industries and disciplines within the field of finance. As Chief Financial Officer Brian leads the company's financial operations and makes strategic recommendations to guide the company to exceptional levels of revenue and return. Previously, Brian served as VP of Finance at Formulated Solutions and a Finance Director at Catalent Pharma Solutions for five years, prior to which he held leadership roles with Preferred Materials and Synthomer (OMNOVA Solutions). He also worked for Ernst & Young in the Transaction Advisory Services – Valuation group. Brian holds a BS in Accounting and Operations Management from Miami University and an MBA from Cleveland State University. He is a CMA and a licensed CPA in the state of Illinois.

Clint Belinsky is the Vice President of Lean Manufacturing at Formulated Solutions.  He is responsible for transforming the business through Lean manufacturing and continuous improvement, enabling step-change performance improvement in customer satisfaction, growth, and profitability. 

Prior to Formulated Solutions, Clint served as the Vice President of Manufacturing Operations, Quality and Safety for Symbotic, where he scaled the operations from a private company to a public $600M business.  He has 35 years of experience leading Operations, Quality, Lean Manufacturing and EHS for global companies.   Clint also served as the Senior Vice President of Global Quality and Lean Manufacturing for Jabil, one of the world’s largest providers of global contract manufacturing and engineering solutions.  Clint has had successive leadership roles in design engineering, manufacturing, quality and EHS at General Electric, Yokogawa, Emerson and MEMC.  He has demonstrated the ability to significantly improve customer satisfaction, process capability, cycle time reduction, on-time delivery, and margin improvement through the implementation of progressive manufacturing methods.

 Clint has an M.S. in Computer Science and Engineering from Rensselaer and a B.S in Computer Engineering from the University of Connecticut.

Will is a passionate and innovative leader in the Consumer Healthcare and CPG industries with 25 years of experience in operations, world-class continuous improvement programs, safety, and manufacturing site management. As Vice President of Operations (Cleveland, TN), Will’s core focus is optimizing the performance of the Formulated Solutions Compounding and Filling Value Streams.

Prior to joining Formulated Solutions, Will served as Director of Operations for Beiersdorf, Bayer and Merck in Cleveland, Tennessee, all of which produced a diverse portfolio of OTC brands including bag-on-valve, aerosol, liquid/semi-solid, solid dose, powder filling and medical device dosage forms. Prior to his roles within the CPG/OTC industry, Will held leadership positions in operations and quality with Sonoco Products Consumer Packaging Division. 

Will holds a Bachelor of Science in Operations Management from Auburn University, an MBA from Troy State University of Montgomery, Black Belt Certification from Merck, and is currently pursuing a Project Management Certification from Wake Forest University.

As a visionary, Mickey is a transformational leader with over twenty-three years of extensive experience domestically and globally across various industries, such as Industrial, Automobile, Medical, and Aviation and Aerospace. His leadership experience spans across several functions, involving Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain, Lean, New Product Development, and Business Operations. As Vice President of Operations, Largos, Mickley will lead the team through a lean transformational culture change journey towards operational excellence.

Prior to joining Formulated Solutions, Mickey served as Global Group Vice President at Tecomet where he steered the team in turning around struggling performance indicators. He developed strong cross-functional teams, policies, and procedures to sustain performance while driving profitable business growth through sound strategic planning, daily management, team building, collaboration, operational excellence, lean transformation, organizational design, and sales and operations planning (SIOP).

Mickey holds an MBA from the University of Hartford, a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from the University of Rhode Island, and an Advance Management Certificate from Columbia Business School. In addition, Mickey has a Six Sigma Green Belt from Central Connecticut University and has Master Black Belt training and experience in Standard Work, 5S, SMED, Variation Reduction, and Value Stream Mapping from the Danaher Business Systems.

Mike is a well-versed Human Resources Executive with over 20 years of Human Resources experience within the Pharmaceutical and Medical Device industries. Mike is responsible for planning and leading Formulated Solution’s Human Resources function with a focus on aligning with the organization’s values/mission, advancing business strategies and achieving long-term organizational Human Capital Management objectives. 

Prior to joining Formulated Solutions, Mike held HR Leadership roles with several OEM/Contract Manufactures within the Healthcare space.  Most recently, Mike was the Global Director of Human Resources for Oscor Inc./Integer Holdings, in Palm Harbor, Florida.  He also led the HR function as the Director of Human Resources for Apyx Medical/Bovie Medical.  Additionally, Mike spent more than eleven years with Smith & Nephew – Advanced Wound Management, North America as the Director of Human Resources.

Mike holds a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology and a Master’s Degree in Public Administration/Human Resources Management from The Florida State University.

Andrew McWaters is a seasoned veteran of the pharmaceutical industry and joined Formulated Solutions after leading information technology teams with increasing responsibility at DPT Laboratories, Mylan Pharmaceuticals, BioBridge Global and most recently at MedPharm Ltd. His accountabilities at Formulated Solutions include advancing FS business processes and implementing best-in-class practices in integrated information technologies. Andrew has a BSc in Information Technology from Wayland Baptist University and is a veteran of the US Marine Corps.

David is an accomplished supply chain leader with over 25 years of experience in the CPG industry, demonstrating proven results in both operations and financial disciplines. As VP of Supply Chain, he is accountable for coordinating end-to-end processes to drive best-in-class customer service, champion the S&OP process, and deliver top-tier inventory management.

With 11 years of progressive finance experience and over 15 years as a supply chain leader, David has a consistent track record of optimizing costs, improving service delivery, and increasing efficiency. Prior to joining Formulated Solutions, David was with Church & Dwight, where he led their North American customer service and logistics organization. He has also held previous roles with Clorox and Procter & Gamble.

Daron is an accomplished global procurement, sourcing, and supply chain executive. As VP of Procurement, Daron will develop and execute key strategies to ensure reliable supplier partner performance, improve enterprise-wide value and collaborate to grow customer brand relationships

Prior to joining Formulated Solutions, Daron served as Vice President Global Procurement and Contract Manufacturing at Catalent Pharma Solutions. In addition, he has held leadership assignments across global sourcing, manufacturing, and supply chain in the healthcare, pharmaceutical, plastics, and energy industries with General Electric, Nicor Gas, Pilkington, and Caterpillar Tractor.

Daron received his Bachelor’s in Business Administration from Illinois State University.

Sejla is a seasoned sales, business development and project management professional with over a decade and a half of experience at Formulated Solutions. As Vice President, Commercial Development, Sejla initiates projects for both new and existing customers, ensuring that each opportunity is closely evaluated so that it is nothing short of a win-win for both the company and our Brand Partners. Prior to her current role, Sejla was in project management, where she liaised between internal and external stakeholders to bring dozens of projects to successful completion. Throughout her tenure with the organization, Sejla’s focus has always been on driving value for our Brand Partners, which she has achieved by serving in a broad array of roles that have given her an unmatched fundamental understanding of how all aspects of our business operates. Sejla holds a B.S. in marketing from Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

Troy is a highly-skilled, hands-on pharmaceutical executive with success in demanding manufacturing, operations, and engineering leadership roles. As Vice President of Engineering, Troy is responsible for the engineering services at the site and ensuring our Brand Partners’ projects are commercialized on time.

Prior to joining Formulated Solutions, Troy served as the Senior Director of Engineering for DPT Laboratories in San Antonio, Texas. While at DPT, he also had leadership roles in Manufacturing and Logistics where he gained extensive CDMO experience with semi-solids and liquids. One of his first pharmaceutical projects was building the DPT Aerosol facility. Prior to DPT, Troy worked at IBM, Texas Instruments, and Abbott Laboratories.

Troy has a BS in Industrial Engineering from Iowa State University.

Dan is a hands-on leader with over 35 years of progressive leadership experience in Regulatory Compliance, Quality Assurance, Quality Control, and Quality Management Systems over a diverse line of prescription drug products including oral solid (capsule/tablet/liquid), sterile liquid/lyophilized, nasal spray, transdermal patch, cream/ointment, and inhalation dosage forms. 

As Vice President of Quality and Regulatory at Formulated Solutions, Dan leverages a successful track record of inspection readiness and regulatory compliance, building and enhancing Quality Management Systems and oversight of quality operations to provide strong leadership and strategic guidance to drive a quality, compliance, and continuous improvement mindset to effectively contribute to the values, culture, and growth of the company.

Prior to joining Formulated Solutions, Dan most recently served as Vice President of US Quality Operations for Strides Pharma Inc.  Previously, he held positions of increasing responsibility at Beecham Laboratories, Berlex Laboratories, Forest Laboratories, and Par Pharmaceuticals.  Dan earned a BA in Chemistry from Rutgers College and an MS in Chemistry with a focus on business administration from Seton Hall University.