Johanna Haggstrom, Phd Email & Phone Number

United States

Skokie, Illinois, US

• Drove process improvement, resulting in full documentation of entire production process for biocatalyst, improving quality control and reliability. Additionally, ensured trained operators on each shift crew, and.
• Right sized the downstream technology commercialization team in headcount and lab equipment, resulting in increased efficiency, throughput, and diversity of CarbonSmartTM product output, leading to customer orders.
• Restructured the analytical team leading to more efficient workflows, improved customer response times, and development of emerging leaders within the organization.
• Aligned job titles across groups, developed and implemented career ladders, leading to improved transparency and clear career progression for technology professionals.
• Top employee engagement scores within the company: 20 scores above benchmark / 0 scores below benchmark, resulting in 40% lower attrition than company average.
• Completed LanzaTech - LanzaJet inter-company agreements to enable construction of LanzaJet’s 10M gallon/year SAF plant to begin at LanzaTech’s biorefinery site.

Houston, Texas, US

• Promoted to lead the technology organization of a $2.7B product line. I managed an annual technology budget of >$20M (OpEx/CapEx) with an organization of 100 employees, located in Houston, India, Brazil and Saudi.
• Drove communication strategy across 6 multi-functional teams, improving efficiencies in developing products and services, leading to commercialization of the first new product in over a year.
• Delivered >15 new products and services, resulting in new product revenue >10% of total revenue and secured #1 market share position in 'completion fluids' sub-product line and maintained #1 spot in 'drilling fluids'.
• Generated $26M impact to bottom line by delivering >70 sustaining products.
• Produced 149 patent applications and 262 invention disclosures, attaining 174 granted patents through product line.
• Rated 21% higher than average in company's Leader Effectiveness Index ranking by employees, leading to outstanding staff engagement and lower team attrition.

Houston, Texas, US

• Assigned to lead 20 employees supporting research, development, and sustaining efforts. Key accomplishments:
• Improved team dynamics within 3 months by strategically resolving conflicts and sponsoring employee engagement efforts.
• Optimized process for strategic competitive intelligence, leading to increased participation and quality of output.
• Established workforce planning initiatives, including technical and leadership succession plans to increase bench strength.
• Coached individuals to drive adherence to Halliburton’s stage-gate product development process.

Houston, Texas, US

• Promoted to obtain buy-in and support from senior leaders across business units to establish HWGs technology function, including corporate governance, technology spend process, and strategy. I analyzed relevant.
• Fostered new relationships for greater efficiency and operational excellence, while clarifying expectations and obtaining consensus throughout strategy development.
• Collaborated with Research & Development teams, product service lines, Business Development, and Financial & Accounting groups, introducing, implementing, and streamlining technology spend process (>$150M).

Houston, Texas, US

• Promoted to oversee key development program within Halliburton's largest product line (>$5B), focused on water conservation throughout hydraulic fracturing process. Directed product development, commercialization, and.
• Delivered 7 new technologies, eliminating up to $3 / barrel in treatment costs, and minimizing waste handling costs by up to $10 / barrel, leading to operator savings of up to $1M per well.
• Aligned with executive leadership team to set strategic direction for product line with focus on water conservation and sustainability impact, reducing environmental footprint during hydraulic fracturing process.

Houston, Texas, US

• Led high-profile, cross-discipline team of >10 PhD scientists, engineers, and technicians to deliver flowback and produced water treatment projects (>$2M annually). Developed test plans, coordinated with large-scale.
• Saved $0.75M in development and manufacturing costs by leveraging expertise in external water treatment technologies and halting existing development efforts, preventing low-quality product from being deployed to.
• Established team of 5 and process for commercialization support of acquired flowback and produced water treatment system, resulting in no internal cost of poor quality through deployment.
• Executed pilot tests to provide evaluations of external water treatment technologies and strategic guidance to leadership teams, enabling more informed decisions and preventing unsuccessful multi-million-dollar.

Manhattan, KS, US

• Synthesized and characterized halogenated metal oxide nanoparticles
• Studied the effect of metal oxide nanoparticles and their halogen adducts as biocides and sporicides
• Studied the effect of metal oxide nanoparticles and their halogenated adducts on bacteriophage
• Characterized MgO nanorods and studied their biocidal activity
• Studied the effect of Ag loading on biocidal activity in C,S and Ag co-doped TiO2 nanoparticles
• Authored three publications (in Langmuir, Chemistry of Materials and Nanoscale) and co-authored one publication

Ph.D, Chemistry

Business And Leadership Development

Communication That Works

Bachelor Of Science, Chemical Engineering