CHEVRON PHILLIPS CHEMICAL COMPANY - Key Persons
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- Chief Information Officer
- Senior Vice President, Business Transformation and Chief Information Officer
Allison Martinez is senior vice president, business transformation and chief information officer at Chevron Phillips Chemical.
In this role, she leads the information technology department and the company's efforts to enable business value through continuous improvement initiatives, culture evolution and championing a digital future. Her global team is comprised of 400 professionals.
Martinez has more than 20 years of industry experience. She joined Chevron Phillips Chemical in 2001 as an SAP systems analyst and worked in information technology for nearly a decade in various positions of increasing responsibility. Martinez then held several leadership roles across business units, including olefins and polyolefins planning manager and global supply chain manager. She rejoined the information technology department as a member of its leadership team in 2015 and most recently served as chief information officer.
Martinez holds a bachelor's degree in in accounting from Stephen F. Austin State University and a certificate of public accountancy.
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- Heavy Olefins Commercial Manager
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- Customer Service Team Lead - Polymers, NAO / PAO Warehouse
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- Member of the Leadership Team
- Executive Vice President of Manufacturing and Projects
Bryan Canfield is executive vice president of manufacturing and projects at Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP.
Canfield oversees Chevron Phillips Chemical's global manufacturing operations and projects organization, in addition to the turnaround group.
Throughout his over 30-year career in refining and petrochemicals, Canfield has progressed through positions of increasing responsibility in domestic and international locations, including Europe and the Middle East. Before joining Chevron Phillips Chemical, he served as Port Arthur general manager at TotalEnergies. He began his career with the company in 1990, where he has held various operations, engineering and leadership roles.
An engaged leader focused on advancing industry interests and excellence in manufacturing operations and project execution, Canfield sits on the boards of directors of American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers and Texas Chemical Council.
Canfield graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a B.S. in chemical engineering.
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- Performance Pipe Midwest Sales Manager
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- Catalyst Technical Sales Manager
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- Americas Sales Manager - Specialty Chemicals
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- Propylene Product Specialist
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- Chief Financial Officer
- Executive Vice President
- Member of the Leadership Team
Darren Ercolani is executive vice president and chief financial officer at Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP. He holds executive oversight for the company's finance and procurement functions.
Previously, Ercolani was the company's senior vice president of business transformation and before that general auditor. A proven leader with nearly three decades of industry experience, he has served as a change agent in Chevron Phillips Chemical's finance organization and innovation champion for numerous companywide initiatives. Ercolani has held several finance management and treasury functions at the domestic and international level. These include owner relations manager, Asia-region controller, as well as CFO and finance manager at Q-Chem in Qatar.
Ercolani began his career with Koch Industries in 1993 before transitioning to Phillips Petroleum in 1997. He later joined Chevron Phillips Chemical as treasury associate in 2000. He currently serves as a board director for the Montgomery County Women's Center, a member of the Junior Achievement of Southeast Texas Board of Directors and an Advisory Board Member at Wichita State University's Barton School of Business.
Ercolani earned a BBA in accounting from Wichita State University and an MBA from the University of St. Thomas.
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- Performance Pipe Northwest Sales Manager
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- Mining Chemicals Sales & Tech Support
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- Solvents and Specialty Chemicals Sales
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- Performance Pipe West Sales Manager
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- Product Specialist
- Propylene Product Specialist
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- Performance Pipe Atlantic Coast Sales Manager
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- Ethylene Commercial Manager
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- Member of the Leadership Team
- Senior Vice President
- Senior Vice President, EHSS & Engineering
Elliott W.H. Johnson is senior vice president of environmental, health, safety and security (EHSS) and engineering for Chevron Phillips Chemical.
Johnson holds executive responsibility for the company's global EHSS function and central engineering and olefins technical groups. He also oversees manufacturing operations for the company's joint venture facilities in Saudi Arabia.
Before assuming executive-level responsibility for EHSS in 2021, Johnson served as operations manager at the Cedar Bayou plant where he was responsible for safe and reliable operations of the company's largest U.S. site. Prior to this role, he also served as the local maintenance manager.
During his more than 30-year career in the petrochemical industry, Johnson held multiple other roles of increasing responsibility. Previous leadership assignments at the company included plant manager of the Orange facility and operations manager at Pasadena Plastics Complex. He also served as operations superintendent for the company's U.S. Gulf Petrochemicals Project, which was completed in 2018.
Johnson joined Chevron Phillips Chemical upon inception in 2000 after two years with Chevron Corporation. Prior to that, he worked for five years in various operations, engineering, maintenance and research and development positions at Eastman Chemical Company. While there, Johnson received a U.S. patent for his work in developing a unique scrubber system to reduce emissions to the atmosphere by more than 400 tons/yr.
Johnson earned a B.S. in chemical engineering from Mississippi State University.
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- Customer Service Team Lead - Petrochemicals, Drilling, Specialty Chemicals
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- Heavy Olefins Product Specialist
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- Specialty Chemicals Sales Manager
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- South Asia Polymers Sales Managers
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- Aromatics Business Manager
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- Odorant Sales and Technical Support
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- Specialty Chemicals Sales Manager
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- Propylene Commercial Manager
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- Member of the Leadership Team
- Executive Vice President, Commercial
Justine Smith is executive vice president of commercial at Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP.
Smith holds executive responsibility for the company's commercial product lines, including polymers, specialties and petrochemicals, and the supply chain organization. She also oversees the company's businesses in Europe and Asia. She is responsible for the supply chain and enterprise readiness functions for the Golden Triangle Polymers joint venture, where she also serves as a board member. Additionally, Smith is the lead board member for Chevron Phillips Chemical's Saudi Arabia joint ventures.
Smith previously served as senior vice president, petrochemicals, at Chevron Phillips Chemical. Prior to joining the company in 2020, she was vice president of intermediates, amines and specialties for BASF Corporation. During her tenure with BASF, she held numerous roles of increasing responsibility, including vice president of global oilfield solutions; vice president of regional business management plastics additives in Asia Pacific; and head of strategic marketing and projects in Asia Pacific. She began her career with Air Products, where she held various engineering and commercial operations roles.
Smith received a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from Pennsylvania State University and a master's degree in chemical engineering from Villanova University.
Job Titles:
- Senior Vice President
- Senior Vice President, Corporate Planning, Technology and Sustainability
Kevin Ristroph is senior vice president, corporate planning, technology and sustainability, at Chevron Phillips Chemical. In this capacity he leads the company's corporate planning and business development, research and technology and sustainability functions.
Prior to his current position, Ristroph served as vice president, specialties. He joined CPChem from Chevron at the inception of the company and has held several positions of increasing responsibility in manufacturing, commercial and corporate planning.
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- ASEAN Polymers Sales Manager
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- Member of the Leadership Team
- Senior Vice President of Human Resources
Maricela Caballero is senior vice president of human resources.
Caballero joined the company from Chevron at the formation of the joint venture in 2000 and has since held positions of increasing responsibility throughout the human resources organization.
Most recently, she served as vice president of human resources and before then as general manager of human resources strategic business partnerships and talent management execution. In that position, Caballero led a team of nine direct reports and more than 100 global human resources and training professionals in the U.S.,
Asia, Europe and Middle East regions. She also directed the company's talent management agenda, including support for the c-suite, talent identification and
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- Mercaptans and Organosulfur Sales, Specialty Chemicals
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- Performance Pipe Corporate Accounts Manager
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- Performance Pipe Northeast Sales Manager
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- Global Energy Sales Manager
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- Performance Pipe Gas Distribution Sales Manager
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- Performance Pipe Southwest Sales Manager
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- China Country Manager / North Asia Polymers Manager
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- Asia Petrochemicals Manager - Styrene and Cyclohexane
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- Customer Service Team Lead - Polymers, NAO / PAO Direct Shipments
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- Performance Pipe Global M & I Sales Manager
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- Heavy Olefins Product Manager
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- Asia Specialty Chemicals Manager
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- Ethylene Product Specialist
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- Chief Executive Officer
- Member of the Leadership Team
- President
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- Heavy Olefins Product Manager
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- Member of the Leadership Team
- Executive Vice President, Legal and Public Affairs, General Counsel and Secretary
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- Cyclohexane Products Specialist
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- Business Development Manager
Business Development Manager | Malaysia, Maldives, Singapore, Thailand & Vietnam
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- Specialty Chemicals Greater China Sales Manager