Ian McCallum

About Ian McCallum

Ian’s career represents the intersection of transportation, energy, and advanced materials manufacturing. He is a strategic and innovative business leader with expertise across multiple industries, including vehicle electrification, energy storage systems, aerospace, and many others. His diverse background spans nearly three decades of cross-functional leadership experience, including: corporate strategy, strategic marketing, sales operations, business development, product management, applications engineering, manufacturing operations, R&D and innovation management. He has significant global experience managing remote teams in a matrix organization, and is able to stretch beyond role definitions to drive success for the business.He takes a forward-looking systems approach to customer and market challenges that shows a history of success in making- e-mobility applications more competitive- electrochemical energy storage applications more valuable- commercial vehicles more durable & valuable- aircraft structures lighter & stronger- solar photovoltaic systems more cost effective & accessible- commercial buildings more energy efficient & sustainable, and - new materials, products and technologies commercially viable and valuable.Currently he delivers optimal value in market-facing roles that bridge the gap between product/services, systems & applications technology and the markets segments of strategic importance they serve best.Example specialties: dynamic team building, strategic business planning, team building, industrial marketing, sales management, collaborative partnerships, data-driven value proposition development, primary and secondary market research, customer planning, new product development, concept ideation, voice of the customer, process quality control (6-sigma certified), quantitative decision models and forecasting.

Experience

1. Advisory Board Member

   Drexel University School of Engineering

   Jan 2022 — Present

   External Advisory Board Member, Drexel University College of Engineering, Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Education

• Carnegie Mellon University - Tepper School of Business

  MBA, Marketing, Strategy, Operations

  2002 — 2005

• Drexel University

  BS, Materials Engineering

Skills

• Product Development
• Product Management
• Business Strategy
• Business Development
• Manufacturing
• New Business Development
• Six Sigma
• Market Research
• Product Marketing
• Materials Science
• Marketing Strategy
• Segmentation
• Value Propositions
• Automotive
• Energy
• Metallurgy
• Business Planning
• Solar Energy
• Carbon
• Product Launch
• Batteries
• Aluminum
• Energy Efficiency
• Storage Solutions
• Solid State Lighting
• Thermal Management
• Voice of the Customer
• Value Proposition Development
• Technology Scouting
• Smart Grid
• Fuel Cells
• Product Strategy
• Innovation Management
• Business Alliances
• Electric Vehicles
• Energy Technology
• Hybrid
• Solar
• Distributed Generation
• Oled