- 34 years experience working for DuPont in various assignments such as operation, technology, sales, marketing, regional engineering and plant management.
- spent 3 years in a DuPont plant in Richmond, VA, process engineer and R&D pilot unit
- Regional Engineering Manager & Facilities Services – management of Engineering resources using a leveraged lead engineers team across EMEA
- Plant manager in the United Kingdom, Northern Ireland, Kevlar (r) Fiber Plant
- Managing director and works director, country leader, Luxembourg Plant
- Business segment management role in Europe for a highly technical, regulatory compliant medical device packaging product and graphics substrate
SELECTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
- project director of a € 370 million capital investment in Luxembourg-Contern, DuPont de Nemours, new manufacturing unit
- DuPont Production System – part of or lead teams to implement various elements as plant and engineering manager
- Project Management, adherence to best practices improving construction safety, reducing project cycle time, meeting schedules and capital as well as non-cap. budgets
- Operating & Environmental permit negotiations with local Luxembourg authorities
- Design, commission and start-up of a unique spinning technology and manufacturing process, requiring to meet legal deadline and intensive networking with US R&D, US pilot plant data and learnings, global project management
- Product Prove-out and Development to meet external voice-of-the-customer needs
