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Awards BanquetAwards for the ChemE Car Competition, Paper Competition, and ChemE Jeopardy are given out.  Keynote Speaker Karen Swindler Senior Vice President, Manufacturing, Americas Topics The US and global industry trends impact on the chemical engineering path with an emphasis in hydraulic fracturing (fracking). Biography Since November 2009, Karen Swindler has served as senior vice president of manufacturing for the Americas region of LyondellBasell, one of the world’s largest plastics, chemicals and refining companies. In this role, Swindler leads manufacturing operations at 23 facilities located across the U.S., Mexico, Brazil and Argentina.
Prior to the December 2007 merger of Basell and Lyondell Chemical Company, Swindler was vice president of polymers manufacturing in North America. Before this, she acted as general manager and vice president of health, safety and environmental (HSE) for Lyondell. She also previously directed global planning and scheduling in the supply chain organization.
Swindler began her career at Lyondell in 1991 as a production engineer at the Equistar complex in Clinton, Iowa. She moved to Channelview, Texas as olefins plant manager in March 1999. Swindler has since held various positions in manufacturing, HSE and strategic planning. Earlier in her career, she worked for Exxon Chemical Company in Baytown, Texas.
Swindler holds a Bachelor of Science degree in chemical engineering from South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. She is based in Houston, Texas. |
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