Peter Klemm

Business Development Manager at Kroff Chemical

League City, Texas, United States

About

The opportunities, challenges, and assignments in my career enabled me to hone my strengths and learn from my failures. My journey with Shell, Nalco, and now Kroff has solidified these 5 core attributes that I strive to live out every day: • RELENTLESS PROBLEM SOLVER: leverage my competence and experiences, and then as many external resources as needed, to solve the critical problems. • CUSTOMER FOCUSED: Determined to meet and then exceed my customer’s expectations • COURAGE: I take the risk of having difficult conversations whenever necessary • CURIOUSITY: A hunger to understand how things work, not satisfied with band-aid fixes • PARTNERSHIP BUILDER – I engage across all levels required in an organization to bring connection and alignment. • LEADER: to me this is sacrifice, caring for the least, and doing what is right, while bringing joy and encouragement to those around me. My experiences at Shell and Nalco over 20 years have equipped me to bring a true customer-centric approach to Water Treatment in my role with Kroff Chemical. In addition to work, spending time with my family and living out my family are core to who I am. I also love playing sports, hiking, reading, coaching, running, and just being in nature. Soccer and golf are the two sports I play most often, but skiing, pickleball, sand volleyball, and fishing are also up there on activities I enjoy.

Experience

  • Business Development Manager at Kroff Chemical Company
    Sep 2025 - Present · 10 mos

    Partnering with industrial facilities in the Houston area to achieve their plant's goals by improving utilization of their utility assets.

  • Nalco Water, An Ecolab Company (Full-time · 14 yrs 10 mos)
    • District Manager
      Feb 2021 - Sep 2025 · 4 yrs 8 mos

    • Area Manager
      Apr 2017 - Jan 2021 · 3 yrs 10 mos

      Managed a large customer account and the 12 person team supporting it.

    • Technical Sales Representative
      Dec 2010 - Mar 2017 · 6 yrs 4 mos

      Multiple sales engineering roles supporting customer in large refineries and chemical plants in Deer Park and Texas City.

  • Shell (On-site)
    • Environmental Engineer
      Nov 2009 - Dec 2010 · 1 yr 2 mos

      Responsible for all of the refinery's waste - RCRA coordinator. Managed relationships and contracts with vendors for transportation, Haz Waste consulting, and disposal.

    • Process Engineer
      Dec 2005 - Nov 2009 · 4 yrs

      Utilities Process engineer for both chemical and refinery. Process Controls Engineer. Olefins Technical Support Engineer.