Dr. Charles Sorensen served at Chief Technology Officer from 2013 until his retirement in 2019. He has over 30 years of research, development and engineering (RDE&E) experience with Corning Incorporated and Mobil Oil leading innovation teams in the safe development, scale-up, and commercialization of new products and processes. His broad experience spans RD&E management, new product and process introduction, zeolite-based catalytic process development, process engineering and design, plant operations, manufacturing planning, and safety. Chuck has a proven track record of moving new technology to commercialization, with multiple successes across diverse and unrelated business sectors. Examples include oil refining, chemical, and alternative fuel processing, new air pollution control products for gasoline and diesel engine emissions, and advanced glass technologies. An inventor on 24 patents and author of a dozen publications, Chuck has a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Delaware, a B.S. in Chemistry, and is a Licensed Professional Engineer.