Alex Heard

About Alex Heard

Versatile, energetic leader with proven track record of pioneering innovative strategies, practices and processes, driving world class business, organizational and people results for industry leaders First Solar, Intel and Philips Semiconductors. Change agent, known for building and leading high performance teams and programs tightly integrated with business objectives. Excellent communicator, champion of future talent, and adept at enrolling and influencing stakeholders across a breadth of internal, external and multi-cultural settings.High-Impact Results @First Solar:⇒Product Innovation and Growth Enabler: Oversaw product and operational Quality & Reliability and EHS design integration and execution during high risk and super accelerated core product technology platform transition. ⇒IT Transformation: Driving C-Suite level strategy to simplify core business processes and ‘right-size’ company’s technology platform, and leading IT through organizational re-design and culture change process. ⇒Sustainability Brand Leadership: Spearheaded multi-year strategy to deliver industry leading product life cycle eco-efficiency results. ⇒Circularity Innovation: Established solar industry’s 1st and leading high volume product recycling program. Drove technology and program innovation that contributed over $500M to P&L in avoidance costs. ⇒Market Access: Drove and executed ‘break-through’ strategy to open up lucrative Japanese $250M+ market. ⇒Start-up to Global Scale: Built programs, systems and teams from ground up during era of rapid sector growth.@Intel:⇒Environmental Leadership: Drove ratification of 1st ever waste minimization and energy use goals, and led design-for-environment strategies to reduce global air emissions >30% and increase waste recycling rates to 70%. ⇒Flexible Permitting: Led operational execution of nationally recognized EPA Project XL pilot – enabling multi-billion $ operational flexibility under innovative multi-media permit and community engagement model. Core Competencies• Health and Safety• Change Management • Environmental• Risk Management • Product Recycling• Manufacturing Technologies• P&L Accountability • Regulatory Compliance • International Operations• Business Transformation • External Audits • Productivity Improvement• Strategic Cost Management• Information Technology • Corporate Sustainability• Quality & Reliability • Team Building & Leadership• Stakeholder Management

Experience

1. Senior Vice President Environmental Health and Safety Sustainability

   Redwood Materials

   May 2023 — Present · Reno, NV, US

Education

• The University of Huddersfield

  Bachelor of Science - BS (Honors), Human Ecology (2.1)