Jim Fitterling was born in 1962 in Missouri, where he spent his youth in a small farm town.
21 Facts About Jim Fitterling
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Jim Fitterling attended the University of Missouri, graduating from the school's College of Engineering in 1983 with a BS in mechanical engineering.
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In 1984, Jim Fitterling was hired by The Dow Chemical Company.
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Jim Fitterling was named both general manager of Dow Thailand and managing director of the SCC - Dow Group of joint venture companies in 2000.
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In 2002, Jim Fitterling became CEO of The OPTIMAL Group, an affiliate company of both Dow and Petroliam Nasional Berhad.
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Jim Fitterling began overseeing OPTIMAL's regions in Southeast Asia and Australia in 2004.
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Jim Fitterling left OPTIMAL Group in 2005 to become business vice president of polyethylene at Dow Chemical Corporation.
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Jim Fitterling then served as Dow's president of basic plastics from 2007 until 2009.
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Soon, Jim Fitterling was a member of several committees at Dow, including the Executive Leadership Committee, the Management Committee and the Strategy Board.
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In 2014, Jim Fitterling became vice chairman of business operations for Dow.
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Jim Fitterling then worked with Dow's CEO on reforming the new company into three separate entities, and to later be COO of the new Dow company.
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On February 2,2016, Dow Chemical announced that Jim Fitterling would be replacing Andrew Liveris as Dow president upon Liveris' retirement in 2017.
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From September 2017 to March 2019, Jim Fitterling served as COO of the materials science division of DowDuPont.
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Jim Fitterling has appeared in the media as a Dow representative.
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Jim Fitterling was the keynote speaker at the 2015 Manufacturing Leadership Summit, and has spoken at the IHS World Petrochemical Conference in Houston, Texas.
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Jim Fitterling is an advocate for diversity in corporate and educational settings and, in 2016, was quoted by The Wall Street Journal on Dow's public campaign against anti-gay rights legislation in states such as North Carolina, Tennessee, Mississippi, and Georgia.
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Jim Fitterling is vice chair of the National Association of Manufacturers' board, as well as on the boards of the American Chemistry Council and the US-China Business Council.
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Jim Fitterling is a trustee at the Herbert H and Grace A Dow Foundation.
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Jim Fitterling is on the CEO Roundtable of the American Heart Association, and on the Dean's Engineering Advisory Council at the University of Missouri.
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Jim Fitterling was previously chairman at Univation Technologies LLC and on the boards of TCF Financial Corporation and Sadara Chemical Company.
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Jim Fitterling was president of the board of the Midland Country Club in Michigan.