R. E. (Ron) Corn is senior vice president of Projects & Supply Chain for Chevron Phillips Chemical.
Previously, he served as senior vice president of Specialties, Aromatics and Styrenics, and vice president, Corporate Planning & Development. Prior to that, he served as vice president, Olefins & NGL, and before that he was general manager, Asia, where he was responsible for all Chevron Phillips Chemical activities in the region including marketing, manufacturing and joint ventures.
Corn started his career at Chevron USA’s Richmond refinery in a series of engineering, operating and project management roles. After serving as an analyst at Chevron USA’s San Francisco headquarters, Corn transferred to Chevron’s Port Arthur Refinery in 1991 serving as cracking area supervisor and chemicals operations manager. In 1996, Corn transferred to Chevron Chemical’s Houston office as olefins supply chain manager.
At the creation of the Chevron Phillips Chemical joint venture in 2000, Corn was named olefins business manager and subsequently served as polyethylene business manager and global business development manager.
Corn graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from the University of Illinois in 1979.