Solvay

Steering Solvay towards innovation and sustainability while laying the groundwork for future executive leadership.

• Transforming and shaping the innovation portfolio to align with long-term business goals, promoting growth, sustainability, and reinforcing industry leadership.

• Implementing Generative AI solutions within the Business Unit, enabling a surge in speed and efficiency in our R&D operations.

• Catapulted innovative technology improvements, operational excellence, and energy transition, achieving a colossal >40% reduction in CO2 emissions since 2018. This propelled us towards carbon neutrality.

• Overhauled lab specifications and standardization, providing critical analytical services. Boosted Solvay’s licensing business, generating €2 million annually.

• Coordinated global network of 18 labs, ensuring integrity and reliability of €200 million chemical assets, bolstering key business operations and quality standards.

Process Innovation Manager (R&I) - GBU Peroxides

Propelled operational excellence and strategic alignment, setting the stage for subsequent leadership roles.

• Spearheaded procedural optimization across 18 global chemical plants, bolstering annual turnover of €1 billion.

• Coordinated with technical teams, facilitated industrialization and start-up of new production units. Implemented technology improvement programs, ensuring efficient ramp-up to full capacity.

• Championed the implementation of Industry 4.0 technologies, driving significant efficiency and productivity gains across all operations.

GBU Peroxides Technology Engineer & Digital Champion

Managed process engineering, production, utilities, and laboratory services while also overseeing demolition operations to improve site layout. Ensured strict adherence to safety and quality standards, customer satisfaction, and regulatory compliance.

• Transformed energy efficiency in the sodium chlorate unit, achieving a 4% improvement. This resulted in significant cost savings and a reduced environmental impact, demonstrating my commitment to sustainability and cost control.

• Directed the ISO 17025 laboratory, supervising the lab team to ensure strict quality control of our products while also delivering external analytical services (waste waters).

• Led team, executed safe demolition of deactivated plants, revamped layout, achieving complex operation with zero incidents.

Production Engineer & Analytical Services Manager

Ensured compliance and spearheaded improvement projects in environmental areas, fostering a culture of safety.

• Guided strategic environmental decisions through technical evaluations, improving company’s sustainability compliance with 30% decrease in TSS and 50% reduction in N-NH4.

• Maintained and strengthened positive relations with Portuguese authorities, enhancing cross-functional team leadership and stakeholder management.

• Prepared and submitted comprehensive environmental reports, demonstrating strong analytical skills and attention to detail.

Deputy HSE Manager

APQuímica - Associação Portuguesa da Química, Petroquímica e Refinação

Key contributor in APQuímica's advocacy and regulatory affairs, aligning the Portuguese chemical industry with EU directives. Instrumental in engaging with authorities and associations, advancing industry interests in critical legislations like IPPC, REACH, and ETS.

• Served as a key liaison between the chemical industry and public authorities for IPPC, REACH, and ETS, achieving recognition as the Portuguese expert in Cefic’s REACH Experts Network.

• Instrumental in shaping industry responses and compliance strategies regarding critical EU regulations, demonstrating strong stakeholder management and regulatory standards expertise.

• Cultivated and leveraged extensive expertise in EU environmental and safety regulations, providing invaluable guidance to member companies, facilitating effective compliance strategies.

Technical Advisor for Responsible Care

In a world where innovation intersects with sustainability, my career is driven by a profound vision to champion sustainable innovation for a better world.

I am Nuno, a senior innovation leader with over 18 years of experience in the chemical industry. My expertise spans plant operations, lab management, global R&D leadership, and innovation management. Starting my career in engineering roles in Portugal and advancing to strategic leadership positions in Belgium, I have consistently prioritized merging innovative strategies with sustainable practices.

As Process Innovation Manager at Solvay's GBU Peroxides, I led initiatives that resulted in a significant reduction of CO2 emissions by over 40% since 2018. This achievement highlights the successful integration of sustainability into our core business operations. Beyond environmental impact, I have refined licensing business models by providing analytical services to Solvay's licensees, generating over €2M annually.

My leadership extends to building strategic partnerships with universities, research institutes, and other external stakeholders, securing €20 million in grants for innovative and sustainable solutions. I am committed to mentoring the next generation of professionals and actively collaborate with educational institutions to promote STEM and R&D partnerships, aiming to inspire sustainable future advancements.

Looking ahead, my focus is on leveraging technology, innovation, and sustainability as foundational drivers of growth and corporate responsibility within large organizations or international institutions. My goal is to guide these efforts, ensuring that innovative and sustainable solutions achieve significant societal, environmental, and economic benefits.

I am eager to connect with organizations and individuals that prioritize visionary leadership and pragmatic approaches to innovation and sustainability. Together, we can create pathways that harness these strengths, driving progress that benefits our businesses and the broader world.

Let us unite our efforts towards a future that is as innovative as it is sustainable.

Nuno Formiga

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I leveraged the period between my full-time roles to launch a business and successfully consult on multiple projects, relying on my expertise.

Highlights of this time include that I executed strategic alliances with 10+ companies and established supplier selection.  I was also contracted to help the research on completion equipment and basic design application of the swellable packer. I also reviewed bid strategy, RFP, tender and commercial submission. 

Finally, I oversaw 6 members of a project team in assembly and fabrication services project worth $400K for Airbus.

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Weatherford

I was very proud to have been promoted into this role; I consider it to be one of the highlights of my career so far.

As a global engineer, I was able to help customers and resolve technical issues and provide insight into commercial aspect of the business, as well as inform business planning/dealings affected by political and economic factors.

I enjoyed the interactions with talented employees across the globe discussing technical challenges and commercial concerns. I also love the fact that I was involved in a global strategy structuring business in order to win in different countries.

I managed territories in EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) and APAC (Asia Pacific and China) regions.

Global Product Application Engineer (Completions)

I did not actually apply for this transfer/promotion, but I was recommended by my previous manager, and it was a great opportunity—I managed the business for the entire state of California. 

When I was in Bakersfield, I helped the organization to improve its bottom line; we segregated customers strategically into 3 categories: by size, interest, and budget. We used specific target segmentation, a hybrid of market segmentation and target market for sand control oil and gas business that resulted in 200% revenue growth.

I was involved in the business, meeting people, conducting the commercial presentations, involved in the strategy meetings, technical knowledge and improvement, and resolving operation and people issues—while also managing a team.

There was nothing boring to me in this role; everything was exciting—from meeting people, visiting the customers, and leading the operation, to ensuring safety—within specifications.

Regional Product Application & Business Development Engineer (Completions & Sand Control)

After having met the hiring manager at a training session, I was recruited into this role based on my collaboration experience, along with technical/project management skills, and business and commercial acumen.

Through my leadership, we were able to deliver the project on time and within budget. In addition to that, I was also fortunate to have the opportunity to write a business plan and research analysis for the group. I learned the business aspect of meeting and dealing with different people from all levels of the organization.

I enjoyed the challenge associated with completing the projects and meeting the customers’ requirements while I continued to learn the technical and commercial aspect of the business. Also, I enjoyed managing the operation across the Middle East Region.

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I was promoted to the Senior manufacturing role leading the maintenance, productivity, and quality of the semiconductor equipment. During my time, I supervised 6 technicians and led different projects and machine improvement task force.

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Experienced product application, business development, project and field service engineering management professional with over eight years of experience in district, regional and global business, managing more than $100 million in projects and revenues. Efficient in product management tasks, project planning, business research, R&D collaboration, and marketing.

Leverage global experience and language skills from diverse experience, having lived/worked in 4 countries, traveled to 12, and visited 70+ cities on 4 continents. Also, I have contributed to solutions to complex technical and business challenges that drive results in the healthcare, oil and gas, semiconductor and textile industries.

A few of my career highlights include the following:

• Increased company revenue 200% by applying a strategic customer segmentation strategy to reach them and manage the relationships more effectively.

• Identified and implemented process improvements that facilitated the smooth execution of a $25M contract.

• Designed, secured, and won multimillion-dollar contracts, ultimately driving these projects to successful completion, resulting in satisfied customers.

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