The Team

R. Barry Uber

EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN

Barry Uber serves as Oneida's Executive Chairman, working closely with the company's management team to improve operating performance and implement best practices. Barry's career includes thirty years at Ingersoll-Rand Company, where he served as President of the Construction and Mining Group, President of the Production Equipment Group, and served in senior management positions in Ingersoll's power tool and road machinery divisions. Subsequent to this he served as President and CEO of North American Van Lines. Barry holds a BBA in Business from Penn State University and attended the Executive Graduate Program at Indiana University.

Paul Laud

VICE CHAIRMAN

Paul Laud is a Managing Member of Laud Collier & Company, LLC, who sponsored the acquisition of Oneida Molded Plastics, LLC. Mr. Laud began his professional career at CIT in its Business Credit unit. Through his authorship of a white paper recommending the CIT enter the principal side of investing, CIT's board approved the formation of CIT Equity Investments (CITEI). Mr. Laud was the chief executive officer of CITEI until his resignation in December 2002. In December 2002 with his business partner, Colby Collier, they formed Laud Collier & Company, LLC for the purpose of acquiring companies in the mid market range.

Mr. Laud holds an A.B. in Economics from Princeton and received his M.B.A. with high distinction from The Amos Tuck School of Business Administration at Dartmouth College.

Mike Beckett

PRESIDENT & CEO

Mike Beckett joined OMP in 2008 and brings a wealth of knowledge, experience and energy to our company. His extensive operational background, leadership and passion for continuous improvement are a significant addition to our team. Mike began his career in Public Accounting in 1978 with Coopers & Lybrand in Syracuse New York. He has held senior management positions in industry and served as the President and CEO of manufacturing companies in the electronics and injection molding industries over the past 10 years. In addition to his experience in general management, his functional responsibilities during his 30 year career have included accounting & finance, human resources, manufacturing, and operations. Mike’s expertise is in the leadership of organizational change and cultivating a team based, continuous improvement, lean manufacturing culture.

Mike is a native of upstate New York, with a BS degree from Clarkson University. He is a Certified Public Accountant (inactive) in New York State.

Tom Herd

VICE PRESIDENT OF SALES & MARKETING

Tom Herd joined OMP in 2007. Tom comes to OMP with 28 years of experience in the plastics industry. He started out on the shop floor in manufacturing engineering, with a British company, implementing continuous improvement policies and ISO quality procedures. He moved through the organization into Quality control, technical Sales support and eventually becoming a field sales engineer, covering first the UK, then several countries within the European Community, as European Sales Manager. Tom transferred to the USA in 1990, managing the US sales force, and establishing the US subsidiary for the same British company. After 10 years in the USA with the British company, Tom was recruited as VP of Sales for his first American employer, an injection molding company in CT. Tom’s strengths are in technical sales leadership, with the proven ability to attract new customers and manage the sales organization to support and delight them.

Rod Mayette

CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

Rod Mayette joined OMP in 2008 as the Chief Financial Officer. Rod started his career in Public Accounting in 1989 with Coopers & Lybrand Syracuse, New York and has private industry experience in leasing, retail, and manufacturing. Rod previously teamed with OMP’s CEO, Mike Beckett in similar positions in a manufacturing company in upstate NY. Rod is a seasoned professional with over 20 years of diverse financial and executive management experience. Rod has expertise in a broad range of financial and business areas including accounting & finance, risk management, employee benefits, purchasing, supply chain management and information technology. He will provide the leadership and energy to improve the processes and controls to position OMP for the future.

Rod received his BS in Accounting from LeMoyne College and is a Certified Public Accountant (inactive) in New York State.