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Durham, North Carolina, Us

• Leading the business development team to identify and progress new product opportunities, grow revenue, and secure synthetic biology collaborations.

Woodridge, Il, Us

• Led business development, marketing, and sales to introduce new products and grow revenue or Elevance's novel bio-based chemical building blocks.• Developed strategic collaborations with major chemical and consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies to jointly commercialize various new products.• Led the product development stage gate process to commercialize various new products.• Led market research and steered new product development teams to identify and commercialize various new products and applications.• Directed global marketing communication activities.

Hillsboro, Or, Us

• Led marketing, product management, training and technical support teams for the North, Central, and South American markets.• Steered the development of the residential, commercial, and utility segment sales, marketing, channel, and product strategies.• Performed market research and developed the business cases to support the commercialization of various new modules and racking systems.• Created the Authorized Installer Program and actively recruited over 500 solar installers with benefits including project financing, sales leads, training, certification, and marketing support.• Implemented a semi-exclusive, regional distribution program in North America that strengthened the alignment between Solarworld and its key channel partners.• Directed all marketing communication and promotion efforts in the Americas to drive sales leads while growing the SolarWorld brand.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

• Created and led the Commercial and Multifamily business unit to help accelerate growth outside of the company’s dominant single family markets. • Developed and executed the segment’s sales, marketing, and product strategies.• Recruited and led a dedicated commercial sales team and restructured the regional account managers to provide additional commercial sales support.• Led product management efforts to develop more commercial and multifamily product offerings, such as, a modern style cladding system targeting urban developments.• Launched the HardieWrap weather barrier product line, which is currently one of the most widely used weather barrier systems in the U.S.

Ludwigshafen, De

• Developed new growth opportunities, supported the development of corporate and division strategies, and participated in potential mergers & acquisitions.• Established the business case to leverage Engelhard’s automotive conductive paste technology into the growing solar PV market.• Developed a comprehensive market entry strategy for the biodiesel industry.• Developed an acquisition strategy to expand the company’s silica adsorbent business into the pharmaceutical separations market.• Led an effort to consolidate separate Engelhard product lines into a new coating materials business unit to more effectively address this segment.

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

• Identified and championed new process technology and chemical (catalyst and adsorbent) business opportunities in the oil refining and petrochemical industries.• Established a joint venture with a specialized catalyst manufacturer to enable UOP to commercialize a leading new process technology.• Developed the business case and helped launch a new technology and commercial development team, separate from UOP’s core businesses and R&D, to pursue opportunities outside of the oil refining and petrochemical markets.• Managed and steered the development of UOP’s annual strategic plans.

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

• Led an eight-member, cross-functional technology team to commercialize a break-through petrochemical process, Petro FCCTM.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Strategy, Marketing, And Finance

M.S., Chemical Engineering

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Chemistry