Joseph M. Gingo was appointed Chief Executive Officer and President of A. Schulman, Inc., effective January 1, 2008.  He was named Chairman of the Board on February 26, 2008.

Previously, Mr. Gingo was employed by the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company for more than 40 years.  From June 2003 through December 2007, he was Executive Vice President, Quality Systems and Chief Technical Officer at Goodyear.  In this role he was responsible for Goodyear’s Research, Tire Technology and Engineering and Quality organizations.  He was also responsible for new product introductions and continuous improvement activities globally and the relationship with Goodyear’s global partner Sumitomo Rubber Industries.  Prior to that, he held numerous domestic and international leadership positions in the company’s technical organizations and business units including Asia, Aviation Products, Off-The-Road Tires, Engineered Products and Racing.

Mr. Gingo was born in Akron, Ohio on December 6, 1944.  He earned a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from Case Institute of Technology (now Case Western Reserve University) in 1966, and earned a law degree from the University of Akron in 1971.  In 1982, he was selected for the Sloan Fellowship program at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and he received a master’s degree in business management from the program in 1983.  He is married and has one son.

A. Schulman, headquartered in Akron, Ohio, is a leading international supplier of high-performance plastic compounds and resins.  These materials are used in a variety of consumer, industrial, automotive and packaging applications.

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