Houston, Texas, United States
Demonstrated technology and business leader for technology oriented growth companies Lead large, complex programs with multi-geography, multi-national and multi-company teams Depth of skills in materials science, process technology, catalysis, polymerization, polymer and intellectual capital management Detailed knowledge of business and operations Specialties: business and technology leadership, people and program management, process development, intellectual capital management
* Global responsibility for Sales, Marketing, Technology and Quality in Private Equity held company * Drive commercial activities for over $0.8B in sales across three major product lines. * Rebuilding commercial leadership organization with hand selected hires * Accountable for forecasting of volumes, mix, contribution margin and EBITDA from sales. * Implemented and led the global SIOP program to optimize production across the global network while also maximizing profit through lowest cost to serve production strategies.
• Global P&L responsibility for $0.75 billion Performance Engineering Products (PEP) business unit consisting of 3 separate business units across 10 sites, 4 countries and 800 employees, including Manufacturing, Planning and Supply Chain, and technology functions. Executive Officer for Carpenter, reporting to the CEO in Public Company • Drive safety focus to sustain and extend the gains made in lowering the OSHA Total Case Incident Rate (TCIR) at the sites. • Accountable for the manufacturing safety, productivity and reliability of the sites including implementation of the Carpenter Operating Model (Lean manufacturing) to enable significant operational and cost improvements. • As executive Lead Team member, partner with other leaders to drive development of of Carpenter Electrification, Digital and Additive Strategies as well as other o Successful pilots completed at multiple manufacturing sites.
Global P&L responsibility for $1.5 billion Specialty Alloy Operations (SAO) business unit (12 sites and 3,300 employees), including Manufacturing, Planning and Supply Chain, Quality & non-destructive testing (NDT), and technology functions. Executive Officer for Carpenter, reporting to the CEO. • Drove safety focus to sustain and extend the gains made in lowering the OSHA Total Case Incident Rate (TCIR) at the sites. • Accountable for the manufacturing safety, productivity and reliability of the sites including implementation of the Carpenter Operating Model (Lean manufacturing) to enable significant operational and cost improvements. • Lead the planning organization to ensure alignment of demand, production and supply through leverage of SIOP process, forecasting/planning methodology and quality management systems. • As executive Lead Team member, partner with other leaders to drive development of of Carpenter Electrification, Digital and Additive Strategies as well as other o Successful pilots completed at multiple manufacturing sites.
• Responsible globally for Corporate R&D, Innovation, Toll/Process Services and Quality Accreditations (AS9100, NADCAP, etc). Member of the Executive Committee for Carpenter, reporting to the CEO. • Since April 2020, assumed P&L responsibility for all of Carpenter Powder Production plants and the Carpenter Additive business. Includes global responsibility for manufacturing plants and personelle in US, UK and Sweden as well as managing P&L targets and goals of overall business unit. • Responsible for driving growth and productivity through process and product technology innovation, external technologies acquisition, and external partnerships while managing a portfolio of new products to meet organic business growth needs. Work in close collaboration with commercial organization to drive profitable growth across the portfolio. • Lead organization with close partnerships and alignments with commercial, engineering and technology leaders to address the technology needs of the company including organic growth objectives and inorganic M&A activities for technology and strategy development. • Lead/drive the execute of technology plans for the Additive Manufacturing and Soft Magnetics growth plans including commission of the new AM Technology Center in Athens, AL and the Soft Magnetics Technology Center in Reading, PA.
• Lead strategic marketing plans and objectives for targeted markets, positioning and plans across the global business in public company • Manage the product line globally, lead multi-functional teams to ensure alignment across Sales, R&D, Operations, EHS and Supply Chain, • Define product portfolio, branding and positioning in market and align with technology developments • Define R&D, Technical Service and Manufacturing objectives and prioritize innovation pipeline including leading new product develop and introductions • Manage and execute growth projects through the stage gate process, validate new product/ application concepts, quantify and qualify the value proposition of new business opportunities • Monitor business trends, competitive, regulatory and technology developments • Establish a clear market assessment and market segmentation strategy. • Establishes metrics for programs, including ROI, awareness and engagement
Responsible for commercial aspects of the Grace Specialty Catalyst business in the Americas. * P&L responsibility for the Americas region * Lead the sales team to deliver financials goals and deliver YOY growth targets * Build strategic commercial and business relationships with customers * Enure all functions and work processes integrate to meet customer commitments
Responsible for the overall integration of the acquisition of the UNIPOL® PP Licensing and Catalyst business with the Grace Specialty Catalyst business and capabilities. Duties include * lead the strategic integration to deliver on the financial, commercial and overall synergies of the acquisition * facilitate the cultural and organizational alignment and enagement of the two businesses and people * ensure all functions and work processes integrate so that neither UNIPOL(TM) or Grace business experience any disruptions or financial misses
• Lead Alternative Feedstocks R&D programs directed at Alkane/Methane Activation, Biomass to Chemicals, Alcohol Conversion to Olefins, Propylene on Purpose and Alternative -Olefin Feedstocks o Oversee and direct several external R&D programs including JDAs and the Methane Challenge with Northwestern/Argonne/UVA and Cardiff University/Imperial College o Manage IP strategy, patent filings and intellectual Capital for Feedstocks R&D o PhD recruiter at University of California Berkeley and Stanford University from 2005 to 2010 o Technical Advisory Board at Argonne National Laboratory for DOE program on Institute for Atom-Efficient Chemical Transformations
• Responsible for Alternative Feedstocks in Core R&D directed at early stage Alkane and Methane Activation, Syngas to Chemicals and Alternative Feedstock options o Developed, prioritized and led R&D projects for Corporate Innovation Funding for Alternative Feedstocks o Develop IP strategy and coordinated patent filings • Managed interactions with external consultants and universities on alternative feedstocks
• Project leader for high temperature INSITE® catalyst exploration for ethylene-octene and ethylene/propylene/ethylidenenorbornene copolymers • Managed “microplant” system for testing novel polymerization catalysts and concepts under continuous solution process conditions at the lab scale • Coinventor on new INSITE® catalysts for ENGAGE®, AFFINITY® and INFUSE®