John Hacskaylo

John Hacskaylo

Technology Commercialization Director, Sulzer GTC.

John Hacskaylo is the Technology Commercialization Director at Sulzer GTC. He has extensive experience in product, process and technology development in the materials, polymers, and chemicals sectors. He has held various technology and leadership roles in his career, including 23 years at Dow Chemical where his last role was as Global R&D/TS&D Director for Dow’s Plastics portfolio. He has also worked at several technology startups in CTO and VP of R&D roles. Most recently, he was the CEO of Black Diamond Structures, a developer and manufacturer of innovative nanomaterial products and solutions sold into the energy storage markets.
John earned a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Virginia. He attended Advanced Management Program at the INSEAD Business School, Fontainebleau, France.