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Tervuren, Be

Tervuren, Be

Toledo, Oh, Us

A pivotal role in driving growth and innovation in the Owens Corning Composite Business leading cross-functional teams to develop and execute comprehensive marketing strategies, identify market trends, and foster strategic partnerships to expand the company's market presence. Simultaneously, I oversee the research and development efforts, ensuring alignment with market demands, accelerating product development cycles, and promoting a culture of innovation. My role is instrumental in delivering cutting-edge solutions, streamlining operations, and ultimately, enhancing the company's competitiveness in the dynamic global composites industry.I play a key role in the identification and execution of growth opportunities for the Enterprise in new materials and applications. I also lead the Strategic Growth Council for the $10Bn Owens Corning Enterprise.

Toledo, Oh, Us

The Strategic Growth Council is the Enterprise council comprised of the VP's of Strategic Marketing, Corporate Strategy and Corporate Development to guide the development of marketing activities within the $10Bn Owens Corning Enterprise.

Toledo, Oh, Us

I served as the Vice President of Strategic Marketing for Owens Corning’s $2.7 billion Composites business. In this role, I was responsible for developing and executing near- and long-term strategic plans to achieve the business goal of growing above the broader composites market through the sales of products based on glass reinforcements, glass fabrics, glass nonwovens, GFRP rebar and composite decking. My team lead work with science and technology, general managers, and sales leaders across the global Composites enterprise. I led the creation of growth opportunities for the business in new material spaces and the acquisitions of the WearDeck and Mateenbar businesses for the Composites business.

Toledo, Oh, Us

I was part of the Owens Corning & external team working to enlarge the knowledge of our leaders in creating and delivering growth.

Toledo, Oh, Us

I was responsible for the design, development, and leadership of the Owens Corning Program to recruit MBA talent. This included managing campus recruitment, summer internships, and the 36-month rotational program designed to develop marketing and leadership talent for the Corporation.

Toledo, Oh, Us

I led a global team delivering new growth opportunities for the $6Bn Owens Corning Business. My vctivities included technology scouting with a mixture of internal and external resources, technology incubation through internal development and partnership with external parties (direct funding & development agreements) and technology transfer to the existing Divisions.XSTRAND: The winner of this year's Combined Strength Award at CAMX 2018 for functional composite parts using a state-of-the-art material and process innovation.

Toledo, Oh, Us

I was responsible for leading product lines totalling $2Bn of revenue for the global Composite Solutions Business. This included the total product line strategy from market definition, articulation of development programs, industrialisation of solutions, global commercialisation and resulting product line management for the Type 30/Fabrics, WUCS/Non-Wovens, Assembled roving/ CFM,CSM and Thermoplastics platforms. In addition I built and then ran an enterprise wide MBA intern program designed to attract, intern and recruit 10 MBA’s per year. In addition I delivered capability development in the definition and execution of growth projects for the OC enterprise with external partners.

Toledo, Oh, Us

I was responsible for the global marketing in the €2Bn Composite Solutions Business leading the development of effective segmentation and positioning of solutions across both the upstream and downstream business units. I had the ownership of the global product/process stage gate process and the development and implementation of an effective IP strategy. I was responsible for the development and implementation of a coherent branding and communications strategy to reinforce the global marketing strategies.

Toledo, Oh, Us

I managed a global team defining and delivering solutions in downstream industries served by the $650MM Engineered Solutions Business. My responsibilities included defining market and segment strategies; leading a technical marketing team defining and delivering bespoke solutions from concept to prototype for markets including Renewable Energy, Residential & Commercial Buildings and Vehicle Components; defining and leading the branding and communication strategy.

Toledo, Oh, Us

I was a member of the leadership team for the global OCV Technical Fabrics business. This included responsible for the global technical marketing activities focused on developing and positioning solutions for the key markets of wind energy, pipe repair and other developing industrial markets.- I led the team developing the ULTRABLADE™ high performance fabric solutions for the global wind energy market- I led the team developing the ULTRAPIPE™ high performance fabric solutions for the global pipe relining market- I led the team developing the THERMOPREG™ fabric solutions for the global thermoplastics industry

Paris, Fr

Arlington, Virginia, Us

I drove the process to redefine the mission, vision and values for the ACMA. Completed a full strategic planning programme to refocus the ACMA on driving value for its members and ensure the future growth of the North American composites industry.

Paris, Fr

Brussels, Be

I had responsibility for leading a range of strategic activities within the global Polyamide Enterprise ($2,5Bn):- I developed a market intelligence team composed of internal and external resources to provide key information & analysis to support strategic decision making within the Polyamide Enterprise- I led the development and implementation of marketing strategies for the individual business units within the Enterprise including the Engineered Plastics SBU ($500M+), Intermediates SBU ($1Bn) and Fibers SBU ($200M).- l led step-out business opportunities in for the Enterprise in composites such as closed look recycling.

The Woodlands, Tx, Us

I led the development, implementation and managment of a novel business model to deliver solutions to the European automotive industry.- I was responsible for market analysis and strategy development- I led an extensive Product management team covering the three major markets of seating, acoustic management and component manufacture.- I managed a broad technical team based in multiple European sites (Belgium, Germany & Italy) for implementation of technology at customer sites (Tier II, Tier 1 & OEMs) on a Europe-wide basis.- I led the definition and management of fundamental R&D activities to support the strategy by developing new capabilities in acoustics and prediction of elastomer performance.

The Woodlands, Tx, Us

I led the development, implementation and managment of a global marketing and technical strategy for TPU business following its acquisition from Rohm & Haas.I was responsible for the management of a broad technical team (25+) in Belgium, Germany and USA responsible for fundamental R&D, product development, customer technical support and manufacturing process improvement.

The Woodlands, Tx, Us

I led a team developing & implementing isocyanate resin technologies to improve mill efficiency within the global wood composite industry.

I led a team developing new catalysts based on titanium & zirconium within the ICI Catalysts business for a range of downstream industries including PET, PU.

I worked on the development of novel pathways to Klea-134a and HFC-32 based on oxidative fluorination and hydrofluorination.

Executive Education, Artificial Intelligence: Implications For Business Strategy Program

Market Leading Business Programme

Key Skills For World Class Marketing

Business School, Mba, Strategy & Marketing

Successful Supervisory Management

Phd, Organofluorine Chemistry

Bsc (Hons), Chemistry

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