
Dave Parrillo is currently the Vice President of R&D for Dow¡¯s Packaging and Specialty Plastics and Hydrocarbons division. This $28 billion revenue division is key to Dow¡¯s decarbonize-and-grow strategy. His more than 29 years of experience in the chemicals, materials, and energy industries includes positions with General Electric and Air Products and Chemicals.
He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and serves on the External Chemical Engineering Advisory Board at the Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, and on the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station Advisory Board. Dave is a supporter and sponsor of Dow Employee Resource Groups including the Women¡¯s Inclusion Network, the Hispanic Latin Network, and the Asian Diversity Network.
He earned a BS from the Univ. of Rhode Island and a PhD from the Univ. of Pennsylvania, both in chemical engineering. He is currently on the advisory board for AIChE¡¯s Institute for Learning and Innovation (ILI), driving collaborative interactions between academia and industry.