David Johnson Email & Phone Number

Temple, Tx, Us

Singapore, Sg

Vice President of Global OperationsVenture Leader for $350M Greenfield Asia Expansion

Wilmington, De, Us

Site Director for DuPont's Spruance site in Richmond, Virginia (largest site in DuPont). Multi-plant, multi-business operation within the DuPont Water & Protection division. - Site Director for DuPont’s largest global site – a complex, highly integrated multi-plant campus with multiple business lines plus R&D center. More than 1,600 DuPont employees plus additional ~600 contractors. Direct P&L responsibility of $1.4 billion. Also responsible for managing Operations, Services, & Maintenance agreements for two onsite tenants. - Responsibility for safe, compliant, and profitable manufacture of specialty chemicals Kevlar, Nomex, and Tyvek across $2.6 billion asset base and 500-acre site. - Responsibility for more than $80 million capital project execution in 2019, with key milestones achieved on several multi-year strategic large projects. - DuPont’s business leader in the Richmond metro area, with significant involvement in government & public affairs as well as memberships in several non-profit Board of Directors

Wichita, Kansas, Us

Site Director for INVISTA's multi-plant nylon intermediates mega site in Victoria, Texas. - Led development of new site Vision and strategic focus on improved operational capability through ownership based work processes, increased employee engagement and accountability, and accelerated talent development. - Led transformational turnaround of INVISTA Victoria site business results and EHS performance resulting in 300% year-over-year improvement in ROCE, along with best ever performance in occupational safety and environmental compliance (including safe, secure, & effective recovery from Hurricane Harvey)

The Woodlands, Texas, Us

Reporting to Global SVP of Operations & Supply Chain, roles & responsibilities include: - Leadership of multifunctional teams tackling complex projects and initiatives across global sites and various functions with significant corporate impact. Successfully led strategic, high visibility projects in Kraton’s fastest growing business segments.- Led operational due diligence for successful $1.4 billion acquisition of Arizona Chemical- Leading operations integration of newly acquired company, delivered operational synergies exceeding the deal thesis - Certified LSS Black Belt. Leadership & coordination of LSS Black Belt / Cost Out projects across various global sites resulting in significant cost reduction & efficiency improvement. - Leadership of global Manufacturing Technology Team, responsible for benchmarking, development & implementation of best technology practices across all sites, with a focus on continuous improvement in cost, efficiency, and quality. - Accountability for managing Kraton’s global capital portfolio

The Woodlands, Tx, Us

Responsible for operations, maintenance, and regulatory compliance of three separate polyolefin plants producing specialty grade polypropylene, linear low density polyethylene, and amorphous poly alpha-olefins ($350 million in assets with total annual capacity of 500 million pounds). Budgetary oversight for $240M in raw materials, $20M in energy, and $5M in direct labor/maintenance. Managed the activities of 15 salaried professionals as well as 55-60 hourly operators & mechanics. Responsible for all process improvement activities, including capital projects. Quickly worked to understand the critical business issues for the three polyolefin product lines. Worked with business directors, customer service, & logistics to accomplish strategic initiatives in a challenging, sold out market. Key accomplishments include: - Accomplished major expansion project in LLDPE, with successful startup and record production volume in 2006 - Achieved improvements in asset availability and Q1 stream time for all three polymers plants - Achieved 5% cost reduction versus prior year in the polypropylene and APAO plants

Wichita, Kansas, Us

Managed the safe, compliant, and cost effective manufacturing of polyester intermediates dimethyl terephthalate and terephthalic acid ($630 million in assets with total annual capacity of 1.9 billion pounds). Budgetary oversight of $500M in raw materials, $40M in energy, and $15M in direct labor/maintenance. Managed the process in accordance with OSHA PSM regulations and ISO 9000 quality system requirements. Responsible for the activities of 10-15 salaried professionals and 70-80 hourly employees. Key accomplishments include: - Achieved 30% manufacturing cost reduction by focusing on energy and reliability improvements, as well as improved manufacturing work processes - Led major organizational effectiveness improvement project with savings exceeding $3 million - Achieved 5% improvement in asset availability and 40% reduction in maintenance costs; record asset availability in 2005 resulting in $1.6 million incremental earnings for a sold out business

Managed the safe, compliant, and cost effective manufacture of PET polymer for a variety of Technical Fibers product lines. Responsible for 12 continuous polymerization (CP) lines and two solid stating (SSP) lines. Directed the activities of 5 salaried professionals and 60-65 hourly employees. Specific accomplishments include: - Improvement in polymer quality that resulted in 2% increased yield in spun yarn products - Developed & implemented a focused training/compensation program for polymer operators - Individually developed and championed three process improvement ideas that resulted in approved capital (savings) projects

Responsible for the oversight of multinational capital appropriations budget of the Polyester Resins & Films Group, with more than $200 million in projects. - Developed an idea for improved ethylene glycol recovery & logistics across the Southeast US PET sites. Recognized with a special award for development of this idea. - Worked with top level business leaders to develop a strategy for North American PET resin expansion projects that maximized capital productivity

Daily support of production issues; process optimization; assist shift operations in troubleshooting; PHA/MOC leadership - Leader of site energy management team which accomplished $1.4 million in cost reduction during 1992-94 - Project leader for development of the site’s new air Title V air permit (1994-95). Permit was submitted on time and with accurate information on over 1,000 emission sources - Redesigned and implemented new packing to significantly improve performance of an environmentally critical wastewater column

Ohta-Ku, Tokyo, Jp

Participated in the training and startup of new facility to manufacture copier toner; Development of the air permit for new toner facility

Contract air quality research for EPA’s Office of Air Quality Planning & Standards

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Chemical Engineering

Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Training (16 Ceu'S)