Steve Hedrick is Chairman and CEO of AVN Corp., a strategic R&D and manufacturing partner for its global customer base. AVN provides expertise and infrastructure to solve some of the most challenging science and technology problems. Among the company's core competencies are chemicals and chemical manufacturing, with deep expertise in chemical product and process research and development, process improvement, process safety, advanced systems engineering and manufacturing. AVN is based in South Charleston, West Virginia. www.avncorp.com