The Dow Chemical Company CEO and Leadership

As Corporate Vice President, Chief Information Officer & Chief Digital Officer for The Dow Chemical Company, Kalmar drives strategy for IT, Digital, business process solutions and analytics that deliver competitive advantage for Dow. Kalmar is a member of Dow’s Executive Leadership Team. In addition, Kalmar has global responsibility for Cyber Security and Risk Management, Reporting & Advanced Analytics, Facilities Management, and the Dow Services Business which sells services beyond Dow. She also chairs the Executive Steering Team, which is accountable for providing the overarching vision and corporate priorities, allocating resources and managing overall risk for IT & Digital investments. Kalmar and her teams have been at the epicenter of Dow’s critical merger & acquisition projects, and she will continue to develop and implement the IT strategy for these activities. Kalmar joined Dow in January 1987 in Research Information Systems in Midland, Michigan. In 1990 she moved to the corporate Information Systems group where she held progressive leadership roles across many areas of IT. In 1996 she relocated to open the Southfield, Michigan office launching the strategic IT partnership between Dow and Accenture where she led the Global Reporting Program. She returned to Midland, Michigan in 2004. A change agent within Dow, Kalmar is a driver of key transformational efforts working in partnership with functional and business leaders. She has been involved in spearheading and leading many new capabilities for Dow including Digital Strategy, Enterprise Resource Planning, Global Reporting, eBusiness and eCommerce. Kalmar led the Next Enterprise Architecture Program and was accountable for the implementation of the Manufacturing and Business Information Systems, required to operate the world scale Sadara joint venture between Dow and Saudi Aramco. She was also instrumental in the startup and operations of the Diamond Systems Solutions organization.

A.N. Sreeram is Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer for Dow, where he focuses on accelerating new product commercialization through strategic collaboration with Dow’s businesses and customers.

Sreeram leads a vibrant R&D organization at Dow focused on step-change technology development aligned with market demand. Under Sreeram’s leadership, Dow transformed its innovation approach, significantly growing high-throughput experimentation and analysis capabilities extending from material discovery and processing through to application development. Sreeram has established strong value chain partnerships, giving Dow a seat at the customer’s design table and strong connections to market signals. Dow’s innovation pipeline is strongly aligned with strategic growth areas and global challenges, and empowering Dow researchers to excel. When combined, the capabilities and expertise of Dow’s R&D organization provide a distinct competitive advantage, enabling the company to more quickly develop products, ensuring that new products meet customer needs, and rapidly commercializing new innovations into established and emerging markets.

Products developed at Dow under Sreeram’s tenure have received many awards for innovation and sustainability, including R&D 100 Awards, Edison Awards, and the Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge. Examples of award winning technologies include EVOQUE™ pre-composite polymer for paints, INNATE™ Precision Packaging Resins, INFUSE™ Olefin Block Copolymers, INTUNE™ Olefin Block Copolymers, ECOFAST™ Pure Sustainable Textile Treatment, Dow Performance Silicones Moldable Optical Silicone, ROPAQUE™ Opaque Polymer for BLU4EST™ Thermal Paper, ACCUTRACE™ fuel markers and VORAGUARD™ polyol for combustion modified high resilience polyurethane foams.

Sreeram served as Vice President of R&D for Dow Advanced Materials prior to assuming his current role. He joined Dow in June 2006 as Vice President of Core R&D, driving innovation in a number of key market segments, including automotive, infrastructure and health. He led the adoption of high-throughput technologies to significantly accelerate the R&D process, while lowering costs and dramatically increasing product successes.

Prior to joining Dow, Sreeram served as the Global Technology Director and Chief Technology Officer for DuPont Electronic Technologies. Prior to this, he served as Vice President of Worldwide Technology for Cookson Electronics, and, before that, he led the Electronic and Flat Display Program for Sarnoff Corporation.

Sreeram holds more than 20 U.S. patents, earned his doctorate degree from the Department of Materials Science & Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.), and his master’s degree in Glass Science from Alfred University in New York where he currently serves as a member of Board of Trustees. He is also a graduate of the ceramics engineering program at the Indian Institute of Technology - BHU in Varanasi, India.

Howard Ungerleider works at Dow Europe GmbH and a VP:Development at CASCADE PACIFIC COUNCIL BOY, Board Member at Sadara Chemical Company, and Trustee at Rollin M Gerstacker Foundation and is based in Midland, Michigan. He has worked as Chief Financial Officer at DOWDUPONT INC, Business Dir:Wire & Cable at Dow Chemical Co, and VP:Investor Relations at Dow Chemical Co. Howard works or has worked as BOARD MEMBER at Mid-Michigan Baseball Foundation and BOARD MEMBER at Michigan Israel Business Bridge. He attended The University of Texas at Austin between 1986 and 1990, UCLA Anderson School of Management between 1993 and 1996, and University of Texas System.

Global executive with a career focused on driving business growth with multiple experiences in general management, product management, and strategic marketing management. Confident, highly energized, effective, and persuasive communicator with strong interpersonal and organizational skills. Recognized as a motivator and mentor, leading global commercial operations and market growth strategy.

Expert at quickly and successfully responding to ever-changing environments and market dynamics, known for strong customer focus, level of enthusiasm for effectuating business success, systematic problem solving, and strong relationship building, while always demonstrating integrity.

Adept at developing exceptional internal and external relationships and partnerships through careful attention to detail gained from both formal education and practical experience. Successfully create strategies and interventions to improve organizational alignment, stakeholder management, and deliver business success.

Listed as One of the Forty Women to Watch Over 40 in 2014.