Claude Brown
Chief Executive Officer
Summary
Strategic and results-focused executive leader with substantial accomplishments in product innovation, process development, operational excellence, commercialization, business structuring and early-stage ventures. Considerable achievements in applied development, building on diverse engineering knowledge, innovation judgment and market aptitude. Demonstrated proficiency in organizational assessment, talent development and vision-derived leadership.
Core Competencies
- Executive leadership and situational management
- Organizational structuring and talent acquisition
- Business structuring and competitive positioning
- Stage-gate and evolutionary commercialization
- Innovation identification and design perfecting
- Commercial strategy and tactical engagement
- Process reconceptualizing and optimization
- Operational planning and organization
- Established Multiple Formal Commercialization Processes
- Co-Led Divestiture of Business for $305M at 9x Earnings
- Spun-Out Synthetic Wood Technology as New Company
- Established New Structural Composite Product Category
- Privatization of Small-Cap Publicly Traded Company
- Developed and Launched over 2500 New Products
- Positioned Two Companies as Innovation Leaders
- Numerous Product, Process and Design Patents
Professional Passion
Leverage extensive commercialization, technical, business and leadership experience to facilitate optimization, launch and durability of commercially viable innovations.
Executive Positions
- President - Axion Structural Innovations
- Chief Executive Officer - Axion International
- President - Eovations
- Research and Development Director - Dow Chemical
- VP of Technology - Alcoa
- Director of Technology - Crane Plastics
- VP of Research and Development - CertainTeed
- MS in Ceramic Engineering - Ohio State University
- BS in Ceramic Engineering - Ohio State University
- Center for Creative Leadership
- ASTM Officer Certification
- Situational Leadership
- Product Development Management Association
- American Society for Testing and Materials
- American Society for Quality
- Society of Plastics Engineers
- American Ceramic Society