Jason Plachetka

Quest Specialty Chemicals, Inc. formulates, manufactures, and markets coatings engineered to repair, restore, and preserve customer assets. It serves a variety of industries, including the commercial re-roofing end markets. The company was founded by Frederick A. Quinn in 2003 and is headquartered in Charleston, SC.

Huron Capital Partners LLC (Huron Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 1999. The firm is headquartered in Detroit, Michigan.

Royal Adhesives & Sealants LLC manufactures and markets adhesives, sealants, and polymer coatings. It specializes in thermosetting epoxy, urethane, and methyl methacrylate structural adhesives, moisture cured urethanes and MS adhesives and sealants, butyl and MS reactive hot melt adhesives and sealants cyanoacrylate and anaerobic adhesives, energy cured acrylate adhesives and coatings and rubber and acrylic based adhesives, sealants and polymer coatings. The company was founded in 1976 and is headquartered in South Bend, IN.

University of Southern California is a private research university that mainly offers undergraduate, graduate & other higher education. The university was founded in 1880 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

The American Coatings Association is an organization that represents the paint and coatings industry in the United States. The association is based in Washington and offers various programs and publications, including CoatingsVoice, HMIS, State Affairs Network, PaintCare, and Safety Awards Program. The association provides information on the industry's history, types of coatings, economic contributions, and environmental impacts. It also advocates for policy priorities and engages in issue backgrounders. It also provides market data and analyses, such as Coatings Traqr™, and hosts events like the CoatingsTech Conference.