Richard Lombardo

Richard Lombardo has a strong background in business development, sales, and marketing. Richard has been the Senior Director of Business Development for Natur-Tec since November 2005, where they have been responsible for driving sales growth and managing daily operations. Richard has successfully implemented a sales and marketing strategy that has resulted in consistent sales growth of over 20% for the past nine years. Richard has also played a key role in developing and maintaining partnerships with key clients, including winning the Vendor of the Year award in 2014. Richard has extensive experience in the bioplastics industry and has been invited to speak at industry forums on behalf of Natur-Tec.

Prior to their current role, Richard worked as a Sales and Account Manager for Gestamp HardTech from February 2002 to November 2005. Richard also gained experience as a Manufacturing and Packaging Engineer at Ford Motor Company from June 1997 to February 2002, where they led packaging projects for international programs and coordinated the packaging design and implementation process. Richard started their career as a Packaging Engineer intern at Tuscarora in January 1996.

Additionally, Richard serves on the Board of Directors for the Michigan Recycling Coalition since June 2017.

Richard Lombardo attended Michigan State University and graduated in 1997 with a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree in Packaging.