Best Practices and Lessons Learned from a Successful Digital Transformation Journey

Dr. Marius Vaarkamp is Global R&D Director for BASF Refinery Catalysts, where he leads the R&D center in Attapulgus, Georgia. He previously served as Business Director for BASF in North America, with P&L responsibility for lubricant chemicals and polyisobutene, and before that as Director of Global Business Management and Strategic Marketing for Lubricant Additives.

Over a career of more than 25 years at BASF and Engelhard, Marius has held roles spanning R&D, sales, product management, and general management. He has led global product management for mobile emission catalysts, a business with more than $400 million in revenue, headed application engineering in Europe, and served as Representative Director of N.E. CHEMCAT in Tokyo. Earlier, he tripled sales, profit, and market share as Sales Manager for FCC additives, and led the team that brought Engelhard's heavy-duty diesel emission products to market. He holds several patents in catalyst technology.

Marius holds a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Eindhoven University of Technology and a Master's in Chemistry from Utrecht University.