Brian Fitzpatrick

Brian Fitzpatrick has over 40 years of managerial experience, the last 28 of which have been as CEO of companies requiring substantial restructuring and strategic re-engineering. Since 2002, Mr. Fitzpatrick has served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Bentley Laboratories, LLC, a formulating and outsource manufacturing firm serving the cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries. During his tenure he has been responsible for implementing a variety of strategic initiatives that have led to the firm’s dramatic growth.

Prior to Bentley, he served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Chromatics Color Sciences, a role he assumed upon orchestrating the successful sale of Gordon Laboratories, Inc., a Carson, California based formulator and manufacturer of cosmetics, hair care and other personal care products, in May 2000. Mr. Fitzpatrick had been the President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Gordon since April 1996. While under his direction, the company doubled in size and repositioned as a full service supplier of outsource services.

Prior to Gordon, Mr. Fitzpatrick served as President of a service business and President, CEO of a high tech electronic manufacturing company. His earlier career included working for the Polaroid Corporation in its industrial marketing division.

Mr. Fitzpatrick earned an M.B.A. from Adelphi University and a B.S. in marketing from Seton Hall University. He was formerly an adjunct professor in the graduate program at the Stillman School of Business at Seton Hall University.