Pilko & Associates | Martin Brown

"Worldwide EHS and management systems experience"

Martin Brown

Position: Senior Advisor
Office: Friendsville, TN
Email: marty@pilko.com
Phone: 865-995-2240 - home
Phone: 865-387-1440 mobile/office
Fax: 865-995-1419
Efax: 413-294-4984

Biography
“What I like most about consulting is the diversity,” Marty says. “There are so many opportunities to apply the lessons learned from previous experiences to a variety of client issues with a very positive impact.” And Marty has plenty of experience to apply, having risen to top management levels at both DuPont and Henkel/Cognis.

Marty started his career as a DuPont research chemist but quickly ascended to Operations Director at various titanium dioxide plants in the DuPont circuit. Moving on to Corporate, Marty focused first on business economics and then on EHS management. In his seven years as Environmental Manager, Marty implemented new “competency-based” systems while working with the DuPont legal department to interpret new EHS regulations and their impact on DuPont's operations. He also managed compliance for the last major green-field site that DuPont opened in the U.S.

Recognizing talent, DuPont moved Marty to Brazil, where he managed DuPont’s largest South American facility (four plants and three business divisions). No sooner was Marty fluent in Brazilian Portuguese than DuPont sent him to Korea, where he managed the construction and start-up of three manufacturing facilities for four business divisions.

By this time, Marty and his wife were ready to return home, and Henkel provided the perfect opportunity: a job as Corporate Vice President over manufacturing, EHS and Quality for all North American operations. Henkel had acquired six separate companies in North America; Marty integrated these, acquired seven more, and spun off several non-core businesses. Along the way he implemented Responsible Care and various ISO certifications, Six Sigma for manufacturing, and SAP for accounting. His success propelled him to Senior Vice President, where he added Human Resources and Organizational Development to his roster of responsibilities. His final job at Henkel was to carve out Henkel’s Cognis chemicals division for sale, a divestiture that he completed successfully in 2002.

Today, Marty brings his extensive international management experience to Pilko. “Every day is a new learning experience,” he says, “and a new chance to use what I’ve learned. It’s an adventure – every situation is unique.” When Marty is not solving problems for Pilko clients, you can find him on the golf course or traveling with his wife someplace in the world.

Prior Experience

DuPont (1966-1991): Various positions from Research Chemist to Plant Manager, Corporate Economic Analysis, Corporate Environmental Management, and Vice President of Manufacturing. Broad experience across the U.S., South America and in Korea and the Pacific Rim.
Henkel/Cognis (1991-2002): Corporate and Senior Vice President for Manufacturing, EHS, Quality and Human Resources for North America. Operations Vice President for divestiture of Cognis chemicals division, which involved 40 facilities on three continents.

Pilko Experience Includes:

Extensive buyer side and seller side due diligence on several major acquisitions and divestitures across various industry and business segments, including global businesses in excess of 7 Billion USD to single plant focused divestitures of less than 100 Million USD.
Regulatory Compliance Audits in the Petrochemical and Chemical industries.
Corporate EHS Governance assessments and improvement processes in the Petroleum, Pipeline and Petrochemical industries.
Competency assessments for organizational development and succession planning purposes including development of effective Performance Management Systems.

Projects

In the course of his career, Marty has become an expert in acquisition due diligence, EHS compliance, business process improvement and post-acquisition integration. Some specific projects include:

Building, staffing, technology transfer and start-up: Managed construction and start-up of new plants in Brazil and Korea.
Transactions: Successfully led acquisitions, divestitures and turn-arounds for both DuPont and Henkel, where, for example, he merged six unrelated acquisitions into a strong competence-driven regional company that routinely met or exceeded EBIT targets.
Team-based management systems: Excelled in implementation of the EHS management systems that took DuPont to the level of a top-tier EHS performer. Implemented Responsible Care, ISO-9001, ISO-14001, ISO-18,001 and Six Sigma.
Enterprise Resource Management: Successfully implemented SAP across Henkel’s North American operations, resulting in a savings of $28 million from an operating budget of $215 million.
OSHA PSM: Implemented OSHA PSM compliance systems across Henkel’s U.S. facilities to assure safe handling of all hazardous materials.
Cognis divestiture: Managed the divestiture of Cognis by Henkel’s Chemicals Division. This project involved 40 facilities on three continents.

Education and Certifications

B.S. in Chemistry and Physics from the University of Tennessee
Course work toward MBA
Continuing Education in Six-Sigma, Human Resources and Manufacturing/Operations Excellence
Fluent in Brazilian Portuguese