Lori Carson has spent more than 35 years in the thermoplastic industry in sales, marketing, product management, raw material and as a site manager of a two-plant facility for Phoenix Technologies International LLC. She currently is responsible for market development.

Carson began her career in fiberglass reinforcements at Johns Manville and was involved in launching new products in thermoplastic compounding markets. After leaving Johns Manville, she came to Phoenix Technologies to increase the commercial aspects of its PET recycling business, with the vision of “consume, collect, and convert locally.” Phoenix Technologies was acquired in 2019 by Far Eastern New Century Corp., headquartered in Taiwan.