Walter Pesenti

About Walter Pesenti

Global manufacturing and operations executive with 30+ years of leadership across refining, petrochemicals, chemicals, gas, and production facilities worldwide. Proven track record of delivering step change improvements in safety, reliability, operational excellence, turnarounds, capital projects, and digital transformation, generating $50M to $1.4B+ in annual value. Deep industry insight combining hands-on plant leadership, enterprise transformation, and top-tier advisory roles. Trusted C-suite partner recognized for building high-performance teams, standardizing best practices, and delivering predictable, competitive results at scale.CORE LEADERSHIP STRENGTHS• Manufacturing & Operational Excellence (Refining, Chemicals, Petrochemicals)• Safety (Personal & Process), Reliability & Asset Management• Turnarounds, Capital Projects & Project Governance• Digital & Smart Manufacturing Transformation• Enterprise Integration & Change Management• Lean, Six Sigma, TQM, Agile Ways of Working• P&L, Portfolio & Budget Management ($2.3B+)• Global Team Leadership & Talent Development

Experience

1. Vice President, Manufacturing Excellence

   NOVA Chemicals

   Feb 2022 — Present

   Executive leader for Manufacturing Excellence, integrating Operations Performance Excellence with Reliability, Maintenance, and Turnarounds across the enterprise — that will be responsible for- Proactively analyzing our portfolio manufacturing performance to help identify significant improvement opportunities at specific sites or across multiple sites- Identifying and leading improvements across all sites to ensure that manufacturing strategies and improvement plans are incorporated and delivered- Establishing a common set of best practices and performance benchmarks with internal and external contacts for “best in class” business performance- Working with central engineering and innovation leaders to ensure engineering integrity and applicable processes are in place- Managing Capital Program and Asset Management Programs.

Education

• UCLA

  Plant/Industrial Engineering

• Pepperdine University

  Executive MBA, Business

• Pepperdine University

  Business Management

Skills

• Business Transformation
• Energy
• Sap
• Petroleum
• Upstream
• Change Management
• Safety Management Systems
• Capital Projects
• Quality Management
• Procurement
• Refining
• Program Management
• Outages
• Process Improvement
• Sap Pm Module
• Management
• Business Process Improvement
• Maintenance Management
• Project Management
• Reliability Engineering
• Business Case
• Business Strategy
• Contract Negotiation
• Start-Ups
• Performance Management
• Petrochemical
• Contractors
• Contract Management
• Continuous Improvement
• Engineering
• Reliability Centered Maintenance
• Operational Excellence
• Process Safety Management
• Leadership
• Operations Excellence
• Lean Thinking
• Talent Management
• Management Consulting
• Operations Management
• Downstream Oil & Gas