Victor Johnston

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ABOUT VICTOR JOHNSTON

An innovative and forward-thinking R&D professional, who excels at working with diverse teams to drive both continuous and step-change improvements in chemical processes and catalysts. Possesses extensive experience in the chemical manufacturing sector in program and project management, technology evaluation, production accounting, quality control, staff training/development, budgeting and expenditures, and strategic planning. A proven track record of guiding the development, evaluation, and scale-up of fixed-bed, fluid-bed, and homogeneous catalysts and reactor technologies. A savvy and committed leader, who develops project pipelines targeted at meeting key business objectives. • Demonstrated ability to build and lead high performing technology teams in research, piloting, and manufacturing environments. Led team in tripling innovation contributions of catalyst projects in three years.• Management accountability for catalyst, reaction engineering, and process research and development groups with operating budgets of $2 million to over $8 million per year.• Invented and developed technology for synthetic ethanol resulting in a production plant • Developed and managed the ethanol intellectual property portfolio, resulting in over 170 U.S. patents covering catalysts, reaction conditions, purification, and integration processes. • Successfully revitalized and expanded teams by rebuilding the project portfolio, using Six Sigma and DFSS methods to ensure business alignment. • Established and executed an external high-throughput catalyst programs, process intensification, and University centered research programs• Inventor on over 170 US Patents• Board experienceIdeation | Invention | Team Leadership | Intellectual Property | Catalysis | Process Optimization | Experimental Design | Design for Six Sigma | Stage-Gate | Monte Carlo | Root Cause Analysis | Scale-up | Commercialization | Process Intensification | Technology Translation