Stan Bikulege

Class Year: Parent of 2018 and 2021 CMU Students

Major: Mechanical Engineering ('18) and Business ('21)

Sport: Football

Term of Service: 2023

Stanley (Stan) Bikulege is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Novolex, responsible for all aspects of the company’s business. A packaging industry veteran, Bikulege has more than  30 years of experience in manufacturing and service businesses.

Before joining Novolex as Chairman and CEO in 2008, Bikulege was an Operating Partner at Arsenal Capital where he was responsible for a number of its portfolio companies including serving as Chairman of IDQ, a leading provider of automotive air conditioning products. Prior to that he served as President and CEO of Renaissance Mark, a leading manufacturer of labels in North America. Earlier in his career, Bikulege was President and CEO of Sterling Group portfolio company Exopack, a leading producer of plastic and paper packaging.

Bikulege has served on the Board of Directors of the Flexible Packaging Association, including as Chairman, and on the boards of Quantix and Hasa. He has served on the Board of  Directors of Paragon, Source Refrigeration, IMDS, Interdynamics, RLG and M33 and has been a Trustee for St. Joseph’s Catholic School in Greenville, S.C. and Coker College. He is also on the Board of Advisors of the J. Mack Robinson College of Business at Georgia State University and a trustee of the Council of Economic Development of The Conference Board. Through his family foundation, he has endowed academic scholarships at Youngstown State University, the University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville, Central Catholic High School in Pittsburgh, Georgia State University and Greenville Technical College, in addition to supporting numerous other non-profits to help those in need. Bikulege holds a B.S. degree in chemical engineering from Youngstown State University and a M.B.A. degree from Georgia State University.