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Dr. Campione was most recently Vice President and General Manager, Research Collaborations, Strategic Alliances and Materials Licensing for Symyx Technologies, Inc., a high throughput materials discovery company. During his seven years at Symyx, Troy was directly responsible for securing over $400 million dollars of research and development commitments, hardware and software purchases and advanced royalties. These collaborations resulted in multiple commerical successes and filled a pipeline with promising developmental candidates. Prior to that Dr. Campione enjoyed a 15 year career with ExxonMobil where he held a variety of business, operations and technology leadership positions. Troy’s responsibilities at Exxon included management, strategy, and planning for Intermediates’ $1B Vinyl business segment; laboratory, pilot plant, commercial and multi-site operations management; and leadership of a wide range of R&D activities, including major ventures, corporate, academic, institution and JV partner research across the full spectrum of Exxon Chemicals’ business interests. Troy received a PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin, and ME and BS degrees in Chemical Engineering from Tulane University in New Orleans.
Dr. Campione has authored articles in business and scientific journals, has presented numerous technical and business papers, has been a speaker at conferences worldwide, and is the holder of several patents. Troy currently sits on the Board of Editors for the Industrial Research Institute. | 