Kevin McGlensey
Building successful technology companies
Downstream, Clean Tech
United States, Middle East, Mexico, Europe, Asia, South America
1. What is your profession? Or if you are retired, what was your profession?
Retired Executive that built and ran successful technology startup companies.
2. What are your areas of expertise?
Downstream Subsegment: Refining
Downstream Disciplines: Process Engineering, Corporate Development, Marketing, Digital, Operations, Project Management
Clean Tech List: Technology, Corporate Development, Executive, Project Management, I.T/Digital
Types of Clean Tech: CO2 capture, Wind, Nuclear
3. Current Employer:
Top secret information
4. Previous Employers:
FMC Technologies, Direct Drive Systems, ORYXE Energy, Invensys, Triconex, Fisher Controls, ARCO, Sunoco
5. How did you end up in the Energy Industry?
Chemical Engineering Cooperative Education Program at Drexel University. I worked 18 months in refineries.
6. Why do you like working with Start-Ups?
I love building teams, developing technology, and solving problems.
Okay, now for some fun things about Kevin…
7. What are three of your interests outside of work?
8. What are your top 3 accomplishments (personal or professional)? Don’t be shy! Give ‘em to us.
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Raising two exceptional daughters.
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Marrying my best friend (37 years and counting).
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Building and selling two fantastic companies.
9. If I were a superhero, my superpower would be .
Solving all the world’s problems
10. When I was 5, I was pretty sure I'd be a when I grew up.
Professional athlete
11. If I weren't so damn good at what I do now, I'd probably be .
A teacher
12. My favorite song is by .
"Thunder Road" by Bruce Springsteen.
13. If I won the lottery tomorrow, I'd .
start a game changing technology company.
14. The best piece of advice I've ever been given is .
“Don’t feed other people’s monkeys” - meaning ask questions that help and teach others to solve their own problems instead of taking their problems from them.
