Dave Swihart — Senior Vice President of Research & Development at Scotts Miracle-Gro Company

Mr. Dave Swihart has been Senior Vice President of Research & Development at The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company since July 2013. Mr. Swihart served as Senior Vice President of Global Technology and Operations at The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company from December 2014 to 2015. Mr. Swihart is responsible for the Scotts Miracle-Gro Company's is responsible for the Company's global innovation, research and development activities. In addition, he leads the Regulatory and the Quality functions including Environment, Health and Safety. Mr. Swihart served as Senior Vice President of Global R&D and Sourcing at The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company. Mr. Swihart served as Senior Vice President of Global Supply Chain at The Scotts Miracle-Gro Co., since May 2008. Mr. Swihart began his career at ScottsMiracle-Gro in 1993 and served as its Vice President of Logistics & Distribution and Vice President of Global Supply Chain since December 2007. He has over 23 years of experience in engineering, plant management, production planning and supply chain leadership, including Vice President of Global Planning and Logistics. He earned his Bachelor's Degree in Chemical Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology.