Carrington D. Smith

In providing value to both clients and candidates, Carrington leverages over 25 years of his background skills in the chemical industry. His experiences have spanned research and development, innovation management, intellectual property licensing, venture capital, mergers and acquisition and general management. He has direct individual and management experience in all of these areas and can understand what it takes to fulfill such roles in a diverse range of organizations. Further, he has been in the position of candidates and can appreciate the need to advance one’s career via both traditional in-house promotions or by transitioning to new employers. Carrington spent 21 years with Air Products and Chemicals, progressing through many technology and business roles in the Fortune 500 industrial gases and chemicals company. In 2014, Carrington joined MPD Chemicals, a private equity-backed custom manufacturer of specialty chemicals, as its CEO. Via organic and inorganic growth, multiple areas of internal continuous improvement, and empowering its employees, Carrington led MPD through a journey culminating with the sale of the company in 2019. With management and leadership experience at both large public multinational and small-midsize private companies, Carrington can help a diverse array of clients with their executive and technical recruiting needs. He has a Ph.D. in Chemistry with a focus in Polymer Science from Virginia Tech and a B.S. in Chemistry from Virginia Commonwealth University.