Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> May 1, 2000
ROBERT G. MATHENY has served as the President and a Director of the
company since August 1996. From July 1992 to August 1996, he was the
General Manager of the Composite Products Division of Mobil Chemical
Company, a division of Mobil. From August 1987 to July 1992, he served
as the General Manager of the Chemical Specialties Group of Mobil
Chemical and as a Vice President of Mobil Chemical Products
International. From 1970 to August 1987, Mr. Matheny held various
positions in sales, marketing and manufacturing at Mobil. Mr. Matheny
received a BS degree in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
from Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Profile
ANTHONY J. CAVANNA has served as the Chief Financial Officer and a
Director of the company since August 1996 and as Executive Vice
President since September 1998. From July 1994 to August 1996, he was a
Group Vice President of Mobil Chemical. From July 1992 to July 1994, he
was the Vice President-Planning and Finance for Mobil Chemical. From
November 1986 to July 1992, Mr. Cavanna served as a Vice President of
Mobil Chemical and the General Manager of its Films Division Worldwide.
From November 1981 to November 1986, he was the Vice President and
General Manager-European Operations of Mobil Plastics Europe. From
January 1981 to November 1981, he was the Vice President-Planning and
Supply of the Films Division of Mobil Chemical. Between 1962 and 1981,
Mr. Cavanna held a variety of positions within Mobil, including
engineering, manufacturing and project/group leader positions. Mr.
Cavanna received a BS degree in Chemical Engineering from Villanova
University and an MS degree in Chemical Engineering from the Polytechnic
Institute of Brooklyn. Profile
Mr. Matheny: Trex Company was born in 1996, when four of us myself,
Anthony Cavanna, Andrew Ferrari, and Roger Wittenberg bought out
