Tomas Mebrahtu

About Tomas Mebrahtu

Senior leader with executive-level experience in building strategy and value-driven R&D and innovation portfolios in multiple industries, including energy, chemicals, specialty materials, and industrial gases.Proven track record in organizational transformation, including a ‘strategy-to-value’ framework to ensure Board/CEO-level transparency to investments in technology and innovation, and business accountability for value realization through a financial metric.Career interests include senior-level technology and strategy-related roles in a high-performance organization, with leadership in the development of innovative solutions for sustainability and climate change.Professional Specialties and Interests- Corporate technology governance and strategy- Technology strategy development and implementation - Value realization from technology and innovation investments- Sustainability, climate change and energy transition- Technology investment plans, long-term R&D roadmaps, and portfolio management- Innovation scorecards, metrics and process management- R&D stage-gate execution, technical and commercial due diligence- Organizational change leadership and operating model transformation- Leadership and mentoring of global R&D teams, with 12 years of international work experience- Expatriate and local talent acquisition and development 39 publications: journals (28), proceedings (9), book chapters (2)26 invited / conference presentations4 granted patents

Experience

1. Manager - Technology Governance & Value Realization

   aramco

   Jun 2024 — Present · SA

   Built a diverse and high-performance team of professionals that enablestrategic alignment on R&D ($1B in 2024; 63% sustainability R&D),technology performance and value targets, including strategic university R&D partnerships and annual CEO review of 10-year investment plan for technology development and demonstration.Expanded Aramco’s company-wide technology governance model, including CEO-chaired council and steering committees for Upstream, Downstream and Long-Term Strategy: New Energies, Digital and AI, Advanced Materials.Led CEO-recognized TechnologyRealized Value (TRV) initiative to develop, pilot and institutionalize process to report return from Aramco’s R&D and digital investments.Led corporate-wide TRV Validation Teams in 2023 and 20•••00+technology and business professionals) to capture $2.0B in 2023 and $4.0B third-party validated TRV in 2024, resulting from increase in revenue, and avoidance of opex and/or capex. TRV highlighted by CEO in March and September 2025 Earnings Calls.

Education

• University of Pennsylvania

  M.S.E, Executive Master's in Technology Management (EMTM)

  1993 — 2003

• Texas A&M University

  Ph. D., Chemistry

  1985 — 1990

• University of Sioux Falls

  B.S., Chemistry and Mathematics

  1981 — 1985

Skills

• Analytical Chemistry
• Thin Films
• Surfactants
• Catalysis
• Surface Chemistry
• Business Strategy
• Outsourcing
• Metallurgy
• Organic Chemistry
• Inorganic Chemistry
• R&D
• Market Development
• Open Innovation
• Continuous Improvement
• Product Development
• Technology Transfer
• Nanotechnology
• Six Sigma
• Chemistry
• Design of Experiments
• Electrochemistry
• Nanomaterials
• Surface
• Patents
• Process Simulation
• Engineering
• Materials Science
• Commercialization
• Strategy
• Materials
• Innovation Management
• Microscopy
• Characterization
• Spectroscopy
• Semiconductors
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Formulation
• Powder X-Ray Diffraction
• Chemical Engineering
• Coatings