Enabling sustainable solutions for new generation high-performance lubricants & e-mobility

Ken has over 30 years of experience in the lubricant industry and holds a Phd. In Physical Chemistry from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Currently, he is the Global PAO Technical Services Manager with Chevron Phillips Chemical. Prior to this, he was a Research Fellow and Team Leader for NAO and PAO Research and Technology responsible for the product development, process improvement and technical service for NAO and PAO product lines. Ken is the currently the immediate Past-President of STLE. He served on the Board of Directors of STLE from 2006 – 2017, STLE’s Treasurer, Secretary, Vice-President and President (2021-2022). He holds a CLS (Certified Lubrication Specialist) and has served on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Lubrication Science and as a Technical Editor for Tribology & Lubrication Technology. He has also presented over 70 technical papers at STLE, NLGI, AICHE, ELGI, UNITI, ACS and SAE meetings and holds 21 US patents.

Michel (BSc) has 32 years experience in ubricant additives, formulations and feedstock base oil manufacturing. Prior to working at CPChem, Michel worked for Lubricant & fuel Additives as Quality Control Group Leader at Ethyl SA Research & Technical support, Rep. for Chemical Intermediates (including Alcohols, Linear Alpha olefins & Polybutenes) at Amoco Chemical Belgium R&D centre (Louvain La Neuve, Belgium), Customer Technical Service Rep for Linear Alpha olefins & Polyalphaolefins at BP Belgium and later as Market development Manager for Ineos Oligomers. Author or co-author of various papers and patents. He is currently Polyalphaolefins Business Developement Manager EMEA for Chevron Phillips Chemical.