Chad Houghton
About Chad Houghton
Chad Houghton is the Global Polypropylene Sales and Operations Supervisor at ExxonMobil, with a diverse background in sales, auditing, and engineering roles within the company and previous experience in medical device R&D and manufacturing engineering.
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Chad Houghton is the Global Polypropylene Sales and Operations Supervisor at ExxonMobil. He has been in this role since 2021.
Current Role at ExxonMobil
Chad Houghton currently serves as the Global Polypropylene Sales and Operations Supervisor at ExxonMobil. Since 2021, he has overseen the global sales and operational strategies for the company's polypropylene products.
Career Progression at ExxonMobil
Chad Houghton has held multiple positions at ExxonMobil. He started as a Customer Development Engineer from 2012 to 2014, transitioned to the Market Development role from 2014 to 2017, then served as a Sales Representative from 2017 to 2019. Following this, he worked on the Revenue Management Initiative for six months in 2019, and later as an Auditor from 2019 to 2021 before taking on his current role.
Early Career and Internships
Chad Houghton began his career with various internships. He worked as a Hot Runners Product Development Resin Lab Co-op at Husky Injection Molding Systems in 2008 for six months in Milton, Vermont. In 2009, he had an internship in Macromolecular Polymer Science and Engineering at Case Western Reserve University for two months. He then interned at General Motors as a Manufacturing Engineer in 2010 for three months in Warren, Michigan, followed by a role as a Research Technician Intern at Beaumont for three months in Erie, Pennsylvania.
Educational Background
Chad Houghton studied at Penn State University where he earned a B.S. in Plastics Engineering Technology. His academic tenure lasted from 2006 to 2010.
Previous Role at Alcon
Before joining ExxonMobil, Chad Houghton worked at Alcon, a Novartis Division. From 2011 to 2012, he served as a Medical Device R&D Engineer in Houston, Texas.