Christina Borgese is Director of Engineering and Development at PreProcess, Inc., a process development, engineering, and program leadership firm that delivers customized technical solutions to entrepreneurs. Focused on first of their kind chemical processes, Christina and her team scale systems from bench, to pilot, to plant and lead the commercialization process for projects with values up to one billion dollars.
In 2013 Christina was recognized for excellence by the Society of Manufacturing Engineering and in 2010 her team received a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer award in Davos, Switzerland.
Christina volunteers with student AIChE chapters where she guest lectures and coaches young engineers in their professional development. In an effort to transition young engineers from academic achievement to practical applications, PreProcess created Engineering Bootcamp, a three-day course providing employees new to process engineering with a hands-on, industry focused understanding of the essential building blocks for process and manufacturing engineering.
Christina was also a standout at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering and technology management and was honored with the University Award of Distinction.