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Australia

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

• Full P&L responsibility for four manufacturing plants and 200+ Team members in NSW & ACT, producing IGUs and glass and glazing for Australia's largest and oldest glass processor.Reporting into the CEO and responsible.
• Dramatically improved employee engagement and morale, as measured by the annual employee engagement survey.
• Increased profitability by driving towards higher… Show more Full P&L responsibility for four manufacturing plants and 200+ Team members in NSW & ACT, producing IGUs and glass and glazing for Australia's largest and.
• Increased profitability by driving towards higher margin products, while simultaneously improving productivity in manufacturing.
• Re-energized the safety culture, putting safety at the start of everything discussed and undertaken in Operations, and empowered the team. Resulted in LTIs coming down, morale and accountability increased. Show less

Faribault, Minnesota

Responsible for Operations at a brand new, unique in the world manufacturing facility producing electrochromic "tintable" glazing for the building industry. Took over operations when facility was experiencing a difficult ramp-up and was able to successfully turn the plant around. Member of the leadership team and directly responsible for 200+ team members..

Faribault MN, USA

Torgau, Germany

Member of 6 member management team, responsible for all Operations and reporting to the CEO as well as local Germany country-based and centralised Paris-based leadership. Responsible for two plants producing novel Thin-film based photovoltaic solar panels. At the height of the solar boom, responsible for 400+ Team members at the peak and then also for.

Torgau, Germany

Initially part of the team designing the first factory for the Saint-Gobain - Shell Solar Joint Venture: Avancis. In my role as the Start-up manager, I was responsible for factory design and equipment specifications, as well as undertaking all acceptance testing of equipment in the new plant. I transitioned to being in charge of Production, responsible for.

Herzogenrath, Germany

Responsible for an electrochromic glass pilot line for the Automotive glass industry. Our team produced the first serial production of this product in the world for Ferrari.

Niskayuna, NY, USA

I started as an individual contributor in the Ceramics Laboratory and rose to lead international teams on Quartz, Superabrasives and Lighting Projects.

M.S. & Ph.D., Materials Engineering

B. Eng, Ceramic Engineering