Gregory K Hall Email & Phone Number

Houston, Tx, Us

An innovator engaging and inspiring innovators to develop successful new products. As part of a dual senior advising role, providing coaching and mentoring for team leaders across the full portfolio of research & technology product development programs globally. Having led teams my entire career, I was excited when asked to head up the Team Leader Workshop (TLW), training super-smart scientists, engineers and business personnel from the top schools and industry on the "soft-skills" of influencing, both with and without formal authority. The TLW is a 3 day F2F or 4 half day virtual format with diverse experience XOM leaders from both business and technology, including case studies, and interactive learning games providing an experience more than a training. I developed and host Leader Forum Conferences (LFC) inviting experienced leaders from across the corporation to inspire alumni of the TLW. The LFC is a good way to help alumni refresh the skills learned in the workshop, network beyond their own organizations, and continue a career-long view of leadership development.I created and lead the Invention Workshop (IW) a 2 day F2F training /coaching of emerging innovators from across the corporation. Our team of 17 prolific XOM inventor coaches holds over 575 US granted patents and over 3000 global patent documents. Fast track development of curriculum in one years time via 3 progressive MPV pilot sessions...now has evolved to an established 2 full day workshop with interactive games, keynote, multiple speakers, panels, with ideation sessions partnering with business teams. I also serve as a facilitation ideation artist, assisting business and R&D teams to conduct successful sessions with a methodology which I developed, as well as a variety of other formats and tools. The focus is in-person or virtual interactions where diverse participant expertise can be leveraged to maximize the LIVE idea generation to yield top actionable new potential projects.

Houston, Tx

Business expertise embedded in R&D to bring early relevant commercial reality. As part of a dual senior advising role, providing valuation guidance for team leaders across the full portfolio of research & technology product development programs globally. I lead the New Product / Platform Development area (over 100 programs), training colleagues to assist, and tutoring business and marketing developers in economics and valuation. Guidance includes assistance to calculate Net Present Value (NPV), with dynamic MonteCarlo business market scenario analysis to ensure consistency across the corporate R&D portfolio. I also advise on strategic portfolio management for new product development programs and support multi-billion $ corporate wide annual business planning. After the retirement of 2 marketing executives, I assumed the chairperson role leading the Commercial "Cold Eyes" Reviews (CCERs), establishing a team of 15 senior commercial experts, orchestration, recruiting panelists, and serving as facilitator and panelists myself. The reviews are performed at critical stages where an unbiased expert view in "shark tank" style (or actually more like a "friendly dolphin tank") as the panel is fully here to help provide guidance to better articulate their stories to key decision makers and improve the chance of commercial success of the products or technologies they are developing. I'm passionate to help coach and mentor new panelists and assist the business in running efficient and impactful reviews, making recommendations to the teams. We conduct 10-15 major program CCER reviews per year.

Houston, Tx

Global technology development program manager for largest strategic customer in adhesion industry focused solely on broad adhesive product markets and applications. Developed innovation series pipeline of projects using customer iNeeds methodology and worked with internal R&D to satisfy. Created collaborative relationship with Japanese automotive OEMs on adhesives iNeeds development opportunities.

Houston, Tx

Marketing program manager for development of new product platforms. Led several new potential business ventures in Engineering Thermoplastics (ETPs) for step out product performance. Identified best monomer synthesis scale-up, complete business economics, polymerizations, product fabrication & performance testing, potential M&A/JV/JDA, market & pricing strategy for potential value propositions. Worked cross sector to accomplish R&D trial activities (globally, 3 continents) some funded, some exploratory to understand broad platform capabilities to be significant large future business sectors.

Houston, Tx

Adhesives program marketing manager for a new low viscosity Vistamaxx™ polymers platform in adhesives and hygiene. Led multi-grade new product development introduction rollout commercializing the first grade of the new platform including economics, global pricing, development and trials, strategic customer collaborations, publications / press releases, trade show launch and market facing resource sales training.

Houston, Tx

Program marketing manager for new product development of solution metallocene polyolefin elastomers platforms. Portfolio manager for wide array of product applications such as fibers, shoe soles, films, automotive TPOs, adhesives, geo-membranes, and polymer modifiers. Led joint development collaboration with major material manufacturer.

Houston, Tx

Global market development program manager for Vistamaxx™ in nonwovens applications. Led global team for both marketing and technology to develop application and market with potential customers. Collaboration with global equipment OEMs to enable novel products manufacturing and enterprise value proposition for new customer investments and business developments.

Houston, Tx

Team lead for development of polyolefin based polymers and adhesive formulations in hygiene construction and elastic attachment applications. Developed 2 new products for hygiene bonding applications including catalyst selection, pilot scale polymerization, designed experiments for structure-property optimization, and customer collaboration to rollout commercially.

Neenah, Wi

Led cross-sector team in the development of nonwovens, elastics, films, adhesives, and fastening systems for Huggies™ baby diapers and Pull-Ups™ training pants. Created an inventors workshop concept to rapid prototype model elastic non-woven laminate products to evaluate performance and incorporate into advanced vision product designs in focus groups with consumers. Worked cross-sector between Infant Care / Child Care product research, bonding technology, new products group, and global non-wovens research organizations. 10 patents filed per year, with over 50 invention disclosures submitted. Materials were fast tracked for potential commercialization focused on lower cost elastomers and olefin-based polymers.

St. Paul, Mn

Development of Scotchgard™ fluorochemicals for textile and coatings applications. Led development of durable automotive fabric protector coatings for major auto OEM. Led developments for new hard coatings with superior scratch resistance and surface science with major flooring OEM.ScotchLite™ retro-reflective products, as well as novel HydroWeave™ nonwovens materials new product development.

Danbury, Ct & Franklinton, Nc

Then Novo Nordisk A/S and Novo Nordisk BioChem NA.Development of enzyme products and technical service for texile applications. Led developments in bio-polishing of cellulosic fabrics, enzymatic decoloration, and garment wet processing optimizations with customer trials.

Petersburg, Va

Managed team of 4 in heat setting trials in the development of Worry Free™ staple carpet yarns for Allied-Signal (now Honeywell).

Executive Leadership Program

Enterprise Leadership Program

Masters, Polymer Chemistry

Thesis: “Effects of Strain-Induced Crystallization on the Surface Migration of Fluorinated Polymer Melt Additives in PolyEthylene.

Bachelors, Polymer Chemistry