Sunil Ashtekar
- Role
- Product Development Lead at Shell
- Location
- Houston, TX, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Sunil Ashtekar
Customer focused technology leader with more than 20 years of experience having a notable…
Experience
Product Development Lead
Jan 2017 — Present
Leading global process (Amsterdam) and product development (Houston) teams & executing forward integration strategy for ‘sustainable feedstock to engineering polymer manufacturing to application developments’; Demonstrated Project Management experience in developing a value-based Engineering Thermo-Plastic opportunity (260 kta;>1 billion $ investment)-Spearheaded the chemical business by evaluating a German licensing technology for polycarbonate resin manufacturing through a systematic Technology Assurance Review (TAR) process collaborating with cross-functional teams - R&D, Commercial, Strategy, Marketing, Legal & Licensor -Identified attractive market segments and developed product categories for engineering thermoplastic resins in electrical & electronics, lighting, automotive and medical application sectors collaborating with market intelligence partners - Categorized by size, growth potential and margin uplift executed a technology roadmap for new product portfolio(>$200 MM rNPV) with a deployment strategy -Created strategic roadmaps for sustainable feedstocks, biopolymers & circular materials by evaluating customer back market intelligence data (>250 interviews) from across the chemical value-chain - Identified trailblazer customers for each industry sector -Executed research agreements with JV partner and licensor which led to acquiring of R&D rights on new process & product developments; Negotiations led to successful signing of MoU with a JV partner-Spearheaded the commercial efforts into implementing an integrated pilot facility in Singapore (1.4 t/d resin capacity)-Evaluated M&A opportunities through SWOT analysis -Maximized plant availability by implementing modular plant & extruder design configurations -Developed application & technical services lab capabilities, organized resource planning and training of JV operational staff -Built external partnerships to address circular economy for Polyethylene, Polyester and Polycarbonate
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