Chief Technology Officer
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During a thirty year career with UCC and Dow Chemical, Dr. Parvez Wadia held a variety of technical and senior executive management positions in Business and Corporate R&D, Technology Licensing and Engineering. He developed a fluid-bed agglomerated ash coal gasification process for synthesis gas production, was lead scientist for the development of UCC’s first integrated oxygen-based process for ethylene oxide and glycol (EO/EG) production, and pioneered the first design of a continuous catalyst manufacturing facility. He then held positions of increasing functional and business responsibility, including Process Group Leader and Technology Manager for the EO/EG and global technology licensing businesses, Associate Director, Director of R&D, and Vice President of R&D. Dr. Wadia was accountable for the technology needs of the Industrial Chemical Division (ICD) and the Licensing and Ventures Group, and provided functional leadership for 300 scientists and engineers. He had global responsibilities for setting strategies direction, developing and implementing breakthrough catalyst and process technologies in manufacturing, new product R&D commercialization, and technical support to production units and global customers. Dr. Wadia joined Dow Chemical in 2001 following the merger and played a leadership role, serving as Global R&D Director of the EO/EG business. In July of 2004, he joined MATRIC as the Chief Technology Officer and Executive Vice-President with responsibilities in all three market segments: Chemical and Environmental Technologies, Advanced Engineering Systems, and Health and Life Sciences. At MATRIC he is accountable for strategic planning, new business development, launching technology-based start-up companies to commercialize new product and processes, research strategy, intellectual property management, customer partnerships and people development. Dr. Wadia received the Gold Medal at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) where he obtained a B. Tech (Honors) degree. He received a Master’s Degree in Chemical Engineering Practice from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and a Doctorate of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from MIT in 1975, with a minor in Business Administration from the Sloan School of Management. He was a member of the MIT faculty while serving as the Associate Director of the School of Chemical Engineering Practice at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory from 1970 to 1971.
