Jasper Rutten is the Advanced Analytics manager within the Global Excellence Team of the Huntsman Polyurethanes business. He holds a master's in Chemical Engineering from the Technical University of Twente. In his current role, he is leading the global advanced analytics roadmap for the upstream PU manufacturing sites. This roadmap combines black box data modeling techniques with classic engineering modeling & control skills.  He also has a strong focus on change management related to the implementation of advanced analytics and in the broader sense digitalization. In the past few years, multiple solutions have been implemented on the manufacturing sites bringing among others increased operational stability. The key attention point now is to make these scalable and sustainable for the long term future.

Huntsman Corporation is a publicly traded global manufacturer and marketer of differentiated and specialty chemicals with 2019 revenues of approximately $7 billion. Our chemical products number in the thousands and are sold worldwide to manufacturers serving a broad and diverse range of consumer and industrial end markets. We operate more than 70 manufacturing, R&D and operations facilities in approximately 30 countries and employ approximately 9,000 associates within our four distinct business divisions.