James Leet, UK Sales Manager, Blaser Swisslube
“Having worked closely with Alan on several projects I can highly recommend him for not only his superior technical knowledge and application, but also his dedication to providing steadfast solutions to all stakeholders concerned. Because of his communication skills, Alan displays a real awareness of peoples needs and operates at a highly professional level to deliver on them.” March 18, 2010."
Olivier Aebi, General Manager Asia, Blaser Swisslube
“Alan is
a highly experienced manager with a thorough technical knowledge. He is
solution oriented, thinks very logically and approaches problems in an
analytical way. He is able to explain complex technical problems to
non-technical people in understandable language and aims for pragmatic and
realistic solutions.”
Fabio Foschi, Sales and Marketing Director Davison Silicas Adsorbents - EMEA, WR Grace
“Alan is a result oriented person and during our work at Grace he has been capable to integrate into our R&D programs feedback from the field and particularly from the Sales Organization which I was managing. He also acted as a cooperative team player during our Management Meetings."
Luca Olcese, Marketing Manager, W.R.Grace
“I think I could grow my management skills thanks to having worked with Alan as senior colleague of mine while at W.R.Grace: he has been keen to play mentorship role with me. As Sales & Marketing person, I could value and appreciated also his being truly market driven.”
Dr Thomas Kromminga, Technical Service Manager, WR Grace
“As my
boss Alan was very engaged in developing people. On his initiative I was
assigned to work in the US for some years in which Alan was very cooperative
and helpful to me. Alan managed to clearly structure and organize projects and
to embed those into the overall company strategy. As member of the company
board at Grace he was always a strong advocate to strengthen the technical
competency as part of the "value add" approach to the various markets.
Moreover, Alan succeeded to create an "economic atmosphere" in his
technical department, i.e. development is only justified if a clear business
opportunity is obvious. My summary linked with Alan: Quick grasp of new
matters, clear understanding and efficient follow up on project and opportunity
management, combined with sound market and business knowledge.”
Ian Davenport, Global Business Director, Dow Chemical
“Alan has a tremendous depth of technical & regulatory knowledge and the willingness to dig deep down into details to solve problems. More importantly, he can find ways to communicate his understanding to those of us who are less qualified! Beyond the technical, Alan displays a real grasp of 'commercial reality' and quickly becomes a true contributor to any business or venture.”
Fabio Esposito, Commercial Director, Dow Chemical
“Alan is a smart and capable R&D manager, with the ability to pursue new projects with discipline and strong motivation. He has always been able to keep a realistic and pragmatic approach in managing his tasks, keeping the right balance between theory and real world. Alan is a very good people manager, capable to get the best out of his teams.”
Els De Cremer, Functional HR Manager, Dow Europe
“Working with Alan was a delight. His genuine interest in people made him stand out as a Technical Leader.”
Paul Macefield, Dow Europe GmbH
“I have known and worked with Alan for over 20 years. Additional to his technical competences he brings an astute commercial awareness, a flair for innovation and his people management skills bring out the best in his colleagues.” March 21, 2010
Chris Gopsill, Senior Business Process Coach,
Emulsion Polymers, Europe
“I worked for several years alongside Alan and fully recommend him as a very knowledgeable and dedicated team player.”
“I had
the pleasure of working with Alan when I was a senior scientist at Dow
Chemical. Alan was an R&D manager for Dow Europe at the time and we were
charged with analyzing the opportunities in the food industry in Europe as a
potential new market for our company. Alan and I called on many R&D &
purchasing individuals in the food industry as well as several food ingredient
distributors. Alan was an effective leader for this project as he was able to
muster the appropriate support from other executive and functional colleagues
across Dow Europe and Dow USA. I was able to wrap up my portion of this study
quickly and well because Alan had secured support for enough of my time from my
supervisors. Alan is a business leader with a great sense of technology and
business operations.”
Charles Baker, Business Development Manager, WBB Minerals
“Alan is a very knowledgeable and professional manager who combines his abilities in the scientific field with a good feeling for business. He was always interesting to work with and was also a good colleague.”