Sr. Director - Engineering @ (October 2020 - January 2023)
Consultant @ Self-employed (July 2020 - October 2020)
Vice President Operations and Projects @ (October 2017 - July 2020)
Director - Engineering and Project Management @ (November 2015 - October 2017)
Process Engineering Manager - Adhesives @ (November 2013 - November 2015)
Capital Project Mngmt and Engineering Lead @ Cargill Horizon Milling (January 2011 - November 2013)
Sr. Process Engineer and Project Manager @ Cargill Health and Nutrition (May 2010 - December 2011)
External Manufacturing Manager and Project Engineer @ Cargill Health and Nutrition (September 2008 - May 2010)
Project Manager and Engineer @ Cargill Health and Nutrition (January 2007 - August 2008)
Research Engineer for the Process Solution Technology Development Center @ (June 2005 - January 2007)
Production Supervisor and Project Engineer @ PGLA-1/Cargill Lactic Acid JV (July 2002 - May 2005)
Production Supervisor @ Cargill Acidulants Division (July 2000 - July 2002)
Derik Ward Education
University of Wisconsin-Madison
BS (ChemEng)
1995-2000
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Certificate in Business (minor)
1995-2000
Derik Ward Skills
Project Management
Portfolio Management
Process Improvement
Leading Change
Cross-functional Team Leadership
Root Cause Analysis
Continuous Improvement
Experience working with other countries
New Business Development
Business Analysis
Business Process Improvement
Financial Analysis
Food Processing
Chemical Engineering
Engineering
Process Engineering
Six Sigma
Strategy
Supply Chain Management
Lean manufacturing
Manufacturing
Supply Chain
Design
Grain
Automation
Microsoft Office
Business Development
Engineering Design
Testing
Biotechnology
Cross Functional Team Leadership
Derik Ward Summary
Derik Ward, based in Saint Paul, MN, US, is currently a Head of Project Engineering at Liberation Bioindustries. Derik Ward brings experience from previous roles at Liberation Bioindustries, Bolt Threads and Self-employed. Derik Ward holds a 1995 - 2000 BS in ChemEng @ University of Wisconsin-Madison. With a robust skill set that includes Project Management, Portfolio Management, Process Improvement, Leading Change, Cross-functional Team Leadership and more. Derik Ward has 2 emails and 2 mobile phone numbers on RocketReach.
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