Part of a dynamic global team with the charge to build a $7.5 billion division from the DowDupont portfolio of businesses. My specific role was responsible for developing and implementing strategies to maximize long term value from capital expansions, acquisitions, divestitures, and new markets across a portfolio of high performance plastics businesses globally. The Division was dissolved in 2017 with the breakup of DowDuPont. I then moved into a role to help with leadership transition… Show more Part of a dynamic global team with the charge to build a $7.5 billion division from the DowDupont portfolio of businesses. My specific role was responsible for developing and implementing strategies to maximize long term value from capital expansions, acquisitions, divestitures, and new markets across a portfolio of high performance plastics businesses globally. The Division was dissolved in 2017 with the breakup of DowDuPont. I then moved into a role to help with leadership transition until my retirement in 2018. Show less

Leader of a Global Business Unit responsible for growth, business operations and profitability for a $2.5 billion portfolio of global specialty plastics businesses for Dow. Directly supervised commercial leaders in Europe, Asia, India, Latin America, and North America.This role continued to increase in scope over the 7+ years as business units were added and revenue expanded by 2.5X.

This role was accountable for North American P&L and day-to-day business management as well as partnering with R&D to drive growth and innovation projects for the world leader in polyolefin elastomers and EPDM polymers. It included direct leadership of a cross-functional North American Business Leadership Team.

This was a new role created to improve customer satisfaction and retention. Starting with a blank slate, I developed and implemented a comprehensive customer satisfaction process that included Customer Classification, Business Service Standards by segment, Customer Loyalty & Retention benchmarks, and Quality Performance metrics and tracking. The other main objective was to "help" all 4500 employees in the business to incorporate customer satisfaction using these methodologies & metrics into… Show more This was a new role created to improve customer satisfaction and retention. Starting with a blank slate, I developed and implemented a comprehensive customer satisfaction process that included Customer Classification, Business Service Standards by segment, Customer Loyalty & Retention benchmarks, and Quality Performance metrics and tracking. The other main objective was to "help" all 4500 employees in the business to incorporate customer satisfaction using these methodologies & metrics into their daily roles. Show less