Rich Najdusak

Rich Najdusak joined Palmer Holland as the Technical Manager - Coatings in October 2017 after a long career in the coatings industry. Prior to joining Palmer Holland, Rich was with Borchers additives (formerly OM Group) where he held positions as Laboratory Manager and Technical Specialist.  Prior to Borchers, for over 33 years he worked his way up the management ladder at the SCM (Glidden)/ ICI/ Akzo Nobel company as a chemist, Section Leader, and Technical Manager for the Glidden solvent-based coatings and Devoe Protective Coatings product lines. Rich and his wife Marguerite live in Westlake, Ohio and have two married adult children and two adorable granddaughters. He has Bachelor of Science degrees in chemistry from Cleveland State and physics from Youngstown State. When not at work, Rich enjoys playing with his granddaughters, fishing, collecting Indian artifacts, and working with wood.