Starting as a shipping clerk, he rose through the ranks to become President & CEO of Products Research & Chemical Corporation (PRC), a global leader in aircraft and construction sealants and coatings. Ted guided PRC to annual sales growth of 8% and annual profitability growth of 20% and oversaw the sale of PRC to PPG Industries in 1999.

He then joined Burke Industries, as President & CEO and led them through a successful restructuring, and the the sale of its aerospace & defense business, ensuring the independence of its profitable construction products business.

In 2003, Ted co-founded Royal Adhesives & Sealants and built it through 19 acquisitions into one of the top ten adhesives and sealant companies in the world.

In 2017 he championed the sale of Royal to H.B. Fuller, a NYSE listed company, and remained as Chief Operating Officer to lead the integration of Royal and the reorganization of H.B. Fuller from five business units to three global business units.

He is also an investor and has served as a director of four private-equity-backed specialty chemical companies. Today, Ted a partner at Iron Path Capital a private equity firm and focuses on specialty industrial investments partnering with business managers on acquisitions and buy and build growth strategies using private equity capital.