Mark Fronen

Project Manager | Delivering CAPEX Projects & Cross-Functional Programs | Operations Leadership | Driving Governance, Team Development & Organizational Structure

Rucphen, North Brabant, Netherlands

About

Organizational leader with a strong technical background in chemical, food and biotech industries. Passionate about coaching, team development and creating structure. Proven track record in managing project, production, commissioning, and process engineering teams, with expertise in automation, process optimization, and compliance. Excels at analyzing, structuring, and solving complex problems while driving cross-functional collaboration and continuous improvement. Adept at stakeholder management and operational excellence, with a hands-on approach to leadership and team growth.

Experience

  • Project Manager at The Chemours Company
    Feb 2026 - Present · 6 mos

    Full accountability for assigned projects (Typically 0.3MM up to 10MM) Supporting development of capital governance framework and PMO

  • ENOUGH ()
    • Head of Program and Program Manager
      Oct 2024 - Jan 2026 · 1 yr 4 mos

      Leading and coaching technical team, focused on standardization and optimization. Program management of cross functional and business critical programs Stakeholder management for investors and (technical) consultants. Project owner for program related CAPEX projects Development of project process, governance and organisational structure. Stakeholder management for investors and (technical) consultants. Part of site and senior leadership teams.

    • Manufacturing (Production) Manager
      Apr 2023 - Sep 2024 · 1 yr 6 mos

      Responsible for the operations/production department for the state of the art production facility for Abunda. Leading and coaching a team of 23. Focused on knowledge transfer and HSE culture. Part of site and senior leadership teams.

    • Commissioning Lead
      Dec 2021 - Apr 2023 · 1 yr 5 mos

      Responsible for the coordination of all activities surrounding commissioning including handovers, scheduling, resource planning, documentation, training and vendor scopes for greenfield project realizing a new production facility capable of producing 10000 tons of Mycoprotein annually. Part of the project and process engineering team. Member of the company wide HSE committee (nominated role)

  • Process and Project Engineer at Covestro
    Apr 2021 - Nov 2021 · 8 mos

    Continuation of previous role after acquisition by Covestro

  • DSM (4 yrs 7 mos)
    • Project Engineering Manager
      Dec 2019 - Jul 2021 · 1 yr 8 mos

      Project engineering manager for the Voyager DCS migration project (assignment) Functional management of 4 direct reports and 8 indirect reports. Responsible for on time in full delivery of all engineering packages Supporting project management in budget, commercial and stakeholder management aspects

    • Process and Project Engineer
      Jan 2017 - Mar 2021 · 4 yrs 3 mos

      Process and Project Engineering at the Process & Technology Center for DSM Resins and Functional Materials. Activies: Worldwide support for sites in business group: Technical support for new business development, SHE studies (Hazardous substances, process safety analysis, hazop) and engineering in large capital projects. Assignment: Project engineering manager in LCP project for DCS migration (>1 mln Euro)

  • Eindhoven University of Technology ()
    • Student Assistant
      Nov 2014 - Apr 2016 · 1 yr 6 mos

      Student assistant for the Bachelor course Chemical Reactor Engineering. My task is to make a program in Matlab that can generate individual assignment bundles. Templates are taken from a database and formatted so that the can be compiled in Latex. A modular system was designed to be course independent and flexible towards future demands.

    • Member of the University Counsel
      Sep 2014 - Dec 2015 · 1 yr 4 mos

      Student member of the University Counsel for Groep-één fraction. Chairman of the fraction. Member of the Financial Committee Chairman of the Bachelor College Committee. With the university having recently radically altered it's bachelor program to a bachelor college and the implementation of a graduate school being close, great effort was needed to insure high quality education and solid representation of student is the Counsel.

    • Student member for the comite organizing the opening of the academic year
      Feb 2015 - Sep 2015 · 8 mos

      Working together with different parties in organizing a formal ceremony and large event for over 3000 students. Ensuring quality of the event whilst making large scale budgets cuts. Combining the opening of the latest building on the campus, Flux, taking into account different schedules and priorities.