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Vice President Global Operations

U.S.-based Hollingsworth & Vose Company (H&V) is one of the world's leading engineered papers and nonwoven materials manufacturers. With its advanced R&D and pilot manufacturing facilities, H&V drives value in customers' products by inventing next-generation materials with superior performance. H&V's products are found in applications such as engine and industrial filtration, high efficiency air and liquid filtration, battery separators, gasket materials and specialty industrial nonwovens. Many of our products are the critical component in our customers’ products, so our success depends on providing industry-leading performance. The air we breathe, the cars we drive, the facilities we operate, the clothes we wear and the computers we rely on all have benefited from H&V’s technical leadership and innovation. H&V's expertise and process capabilities include wet-laid, dry-laid, meltblown and composite technologies. The company operates manufacturing sites and research centers in the Americas, Europe and Asia.

Business and Operations professional leading site operations including all associated disciples. International Operating experience starting greenfield site in China. Directed corporate purchasing department and also an international assignment in Asia establishing manufacturing operations in China. Led global HR for multi-national Company and expanded to Global Operations responsibility. Specialties: Union negotiations, international business development, global procurement, process optimization, six sigma black belt