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Currently: VP for Smart Operations (mainly Digitalization/OT Security) Senior Manager Operational Excellence Site Manager I&E Project Manager EngineeringRead more

Educational background in applied mathematics and started the career in the Energy & Utility sector. Now for more than ten year in the chemical industry. At Evonik responsible for the corporate supply chain function and in this role driving the companies large and global supply chain transformation. The Pop in My Job: There never haveRead more

Didier Brackenier is a Vice-President at EFESO and member of the Northern Europe Management team. He has solid experience working in a variety of fields and industries, with a specific focus on progression management. His areas of expertise include translating strategy into action, supporting successful transitions, managing large scale transformations with substantial impact, setting upRead more

Philipp Kohn is VP Global Operations – Fire Retardant Additives & MD at Huber Engineered Materials, Martinswerk GmbH. Experienced Senior Executive with a demonstrated history of working in the automotive and process industry. International experience since more than 25 years. Skilled in Supply Chain & Operations Management, Continuous Improvement, End to End Lean Manufacturing andRead more

I received my bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering in Jordan. I continued my master thesis with the topic “Hydrogen-Selective Microfabricated Metallic Membrane” at the institute of Microtechnology Mainz – Germany (Fraunhofer IMM). Later, I received my Ph.D. Doctorate degree at the Chair for Thermal Process Engineering at the Technical University of Kaiserslautern with the topicRead more

Marius Lawall is Engineer Manufacturing Leadership Program at Grace Europe Holding GmbH.Read more

Through various positions in process analytical engineering, plant management and process automation in polymer industry I have gained extensive experience in optimizing processes and operations as well as establishing continuous improvement and motivating teams to strive for efficiency. In addition, I enjoyed several years of international work experience in multinational & interdisciplinary teams, hierarchical levelsRead more

My Colleague Peter Van Overschee, the KULeuven and I started the company in 1995. Our initial focus was to help companies to optimize their assets with better control solutions (tuning, control structures, APC, training, etc). Today that is still what IPCOS stands for. Boosting the performance of an existing plant by making it better fromRead more

Grace is a leading specialty chemicals company with focus areas in Silicas, Adsorbents, and Catalysts for the Refining and Polymer industry. Klaus Weckheuer is the leader of the largest manufacturing site of W.R. Grace with approx. 900 employees. His key responsibilities are further strengthening of the Grace safety performance and the relentless optimization of theRead more

Christoph Attila Kun joined BASF SE Ludwigshafen in 2011 as a maintenance engineer. After various optimization projects in maintenance, he took over the development and management of the SAP Plant Maintenance Services unit in 2013. In 2018, he moved to the Digitalization unit, where he took over the management of the Global Digital Asset MasterRead more