Richard Shaw is the Director of circular economy & sustainability at Americas Styrenics LLC, he came to the company after wrapping up a 30-year career in the paper and packaging industry where he oversees the sustainability and circular economy targets for AmSty's polystyrene. Prior to joining AmSty, he served…
Carlos Villa is R&D Fellow at Dow Chemical. Villa began his Dow career in 2000, supporting the scale up of polymer manufacturing processes through a combination of modeling and experimental work. This work has focused primarily on two technologies: olefin polymerization and alkoxylation. Throughout his Dow career, he…
Srini Godavarthy is the Vice President of Strategic Planning, Portfolio Management & Finance at PTT GC. Srini’s team oversees the development of business strategy and the execution of strategic and operational initiatives including acquisitions and integration. Additionally, his team closely partners with both Corporate Strategy and Long-Term Innovation…
Dan McGinnis is currently Executive Vice President & Chief Commercial Officer for Commonwealth Projects, LLC. Commonwealth is developing an LNG export terminal in Cameron Parish, Louisiana. McGinnis is an industry executive with extensive background in the areas of strategy, business development, marketing & trading, government & regulatory issues…
Bob Maughon is the EVP, Sustainability, Technology & Innovation and Chief Technology and Sustainability Officer at SABIC. He oversees a global organization with 21 research centers around the world and a talented team focused on driving process, product and application innovation to support SABIC’s growth agenda. Additionally, Maughon…
Heath DePriest is Vice President, Renewable Fuels for Phillips 66, a diversified energy manufacturing and logistics company. He has nearly 30 years of experience in the oil and gas industry. Past roles include serving as VP, Emerging Energy, GM, Corporate Strategy, MD, Terminals Business Development, where he led…
Nathan Wiker currently serves as the North America General Manager and Vice President for Commodities and Packaging at Nexeo Plastics. In this role, he directs the strategy and manages the profit and loss for polyolefin and related product lines, as well as growing sales into the packaging market.…
Juan Gaytan serves as Vice President for KANEKA North America for the MS Polymer Division. His responsibilities include overseeing internal operations for the Americas, helping to build strong customer relationships, maximizing the company’s operating performance, and helping to achieve the company’s financial goals. Before assuming his current position…
Roman Wolff has 30 years of experience in technology innovation and commercialization, engineering leadership, strategic business development, partnering with suppliers and engineering companies, and operational optimization in the refining, upstream and chemical industries. Wolff’s focus has been primarily in the development, optimization, scale-up and commercialization of process technologies…
Macgill James is a reformed attorney who shifted careers from Banking to Energy in 1998 when he helped start a small LPG swaps brokerage in Baltimore. Since then he has been involved in the entire commercial NGL/LPG value chain from the wellhead to the burner tip holding various…