David Der Hagopian in 1985 founded Entec Engineered Resins, a Maitland, Fla.-based national distributor of proprietary and branded engineering resins that now has annual sales of about $100 million.
Prior to starting Entec (www.entecresins.com), Der Hagopian worked for Celanese Plastics Co. in Chatham, N.J., where he held several sales and marketing positions, including international sales and marketing manager for four years. In the early 1970s worked in a plastics purchasing capacity for Gillette Co. in Boston.