 Rompala's contributions at Valspar enabled them to increase their overseas revenues from 3% in the mid-1990s to nearly 30% by 2004.Rompala accomplished this by opening joint ventures in China, Hong Kong, Brazil, South Africa and Mexico.In 1998, Rompala went to work on the Olin Corporation's board of directors, where he currently serves as the lead director and chair of the compensation committee.