Surface World August 2019 Surface World August 2019 | Page 12
INDUSTRY NEWS
Axalta names Barry Snyder Chief
Operations and Supply Chain Offi cer;
Promotes Robert Roop to Chief
Technology Offi cer
Company continues to develop
leadership strength from within
Axalta Coating Systems
Ltd. (NYSE: AXTA) today
announced that Barry
Snyder has been named
Senior Vice President and
Chief Operations and Supply
Chain Offi cer and Robert
Roop has been promoted
to Vice President and Chief
Technology Offi cer, effective
immediately.
The two leaders will drive Axalta’s
commitment to innovation and growth in
their new roles. Dr. Snyder will continue to
serve on Axalta’s leadership team, while
Dr. Roop will be added to the leadership
team, both reporting directly to Axalta
Chief Executive Officer Robert Bryant.
“We are excited about these two new
moves on Axalta’s leadership team and
are proud to be able to promote from
within our organisation,” said Bryant.
“Barry’s contributions as Axalta’s Chief
Technology Officer for the past four plus
years have helped the Company continue
as the innovation leader in our industry
and have supported our growth globally.
Our technology organisation is as strong
as it has ever been thanks to Barry’s
commitment and drive to keep Axalta
on the leading edge. Barry shares my
commitment to operating Axalta’s sites safely
and efficiently and to driving operational
excellence throughout our organisation.
We are thrilled to have him in this role.”
“Robert has been a critical strategic leader in
Axalta’s technology organisation for the past
ten years,” continued Bryant. “His technical
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expertise combined with strong business
acumen will make him an outstanding new
Chief Technology Officer as we continue
to focus on differentiating ourselves through
innovations that our customers want.
Robert is committed to the development
of a pipeline of new products and services
to meet our customers’ evolving needs,
and I look forward to working with him
to realise our technology goals.”
Dr. Snyder was previously Senior Vice
President and Chief Technology Officer
of Axalta. Before joining Axalta, Dr. Snyder
was Senior Vice President & Chief Innovation
Officer at Orion Engineered Carbons where
he was responsible for global R&D and
quality assurance. From 2008 through 2012,
Dr. Snyder was Vice President, Marketing &
Technology and Chief Technology Officer at
H.B. Fuller Company where he oversaw 15
laboratories on four continents. At Celanese
between 2007 and 2008, he was Global
Technology Director for the company’s
emulsions and polyvinyl alcohol division.
From 1990 to 2006, he held a number of
positions of increasingly broad scope and
responsibility at Rohm and Haas. Dr. Snyder
holds a Ph.D. in inorganic chemistry from
Harvard University, a M.B.A. from Temple
University and B.S. and M.S degrees in
chemistry from Emory University.
Dr. Roop has been with Axalta since 2013
in expanding roles of responsibility in the
technology organisation. He began at Axalta
as Technology Director, North America and
most recently served as Vice President,
Technology Development for the Company’s
Refinish and Industrial businesses. Prior to
those roles, Dr. Roop spent more than twenty
years in technology and operations positions
at DuPont in various polymer and chemical
businesses, including DuPont Performance
Coatings. Dr. Roop received a B.S. in
Chemical Engineering from West Virginia
AUGUST 2019
University and holds a Ph.D. in Chemical
Engineering from Texas A&M University.
About Axalta
Axalta is a leading global company focused
solely on coatings and providing customers
with innovative, colorful, beautiful and
sustainable solutions. From light vehicles,
commercial vehicles and refinish applications
to electric motors, buildings, pipelines and
other industrial applications, our coatings are
designed to prevent corrosion, increase
productivity and enable the materials we coat
to last longer. With more than 150 years of
experience in the coatings industry, the
14,000 people of Axalta continue to find
ways to serve our more than 100,000
customers in 130 countries better every day
with the finest coatings, application systems
and technology.
For more information visit axalta.co.uk
and them at @Axalta on Twitter and
on LinkedIn.
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