Senior Manufacturing Director successful at leading strategic change through implementation of operational excellence principles. Skilled at changing individual and team behaviors to generate EH&S and productivity results for specialty chemical businesses and sustaining those results. Experience in all aspects of global chemical operations as well as acquisitions/integrations & divestitures.
Vice President of Operations @ From October 2014 to Present (1 year 3 months) Business Manufacturing and Technology Director for Global Plastics Additives @ Responsible for leading manufacturing and technology operations in the US, Europe and Asia for the global Plastics Additives business; a heritage Rohm and Haas business unit. From May 2012 to September 2014 (2 years 5 months) Louisville Operations Site Director and OH/KY Hub Director @ Responsible for leading the heritage Rohm and Hass Louisville manufacturing site which represents three global Dow businesses along with providing oversight to various other manufacturing sites in the Ohio area. From August 2009 to September 2014 (5 years 2 months) Senior Production Leader and La Porte Site Director @ Responsible for leading an integrated polyurethanes manufacturing site in La Porte, TX. From June 2008 to August 2009 (1 year 3 months) Senior Production Leader @ Responsible for leading a herbicides manufacturing facility in Midland, MI for Dow Agrosciences. From May 2006 to June 2008 (2 years 2 months) Logistics Leader @ Responsible for leading a team to unload, store and distribute 10 hydrocarbons and base chemicals to supply the Michigan Operations site. From 2004 to 2006 (2 years) Production Coordinator @ Responsible for leading the team which operated and maintained the ABS Latex, GRC Finishing and ABS Compounding assets as part of the integrated Styrene Polymers complex in Michigan Operations. From 2000 to 2003 (3 years)
Bachelor of Science (BS), Chemical Engineering @ Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology From 1987 to 1991 Terre Haute SouthLeadership in the Global Enterprise @ Thunderbird School of Global Management Todd Brown is skilled in: Plastics, Process Engineering, Engineering, Team Building, Chemical Engineering, Six Sigma, DMAIC, Cross-functional Team Leadership, Strategic Planning, Capital Projects, Process Safety, Adhesives, Plant Management, Polymers, Continuous Improvement