Norman L. GilsdorfPresident
Norman L. Gilsdorf is President of Honeywell Process Solutions. Previously he was Vice President/General Manager of the Honeywell Process Solutions business for Europe, Middle East and Africa.
At UOP, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Honeywell International Inc., Gilsdorf was the senior vice president and general manager of the Process Technology and Equipment business, serving the refining, petrochemical and gas processing industries. Before that, he was responsible for UOP’s Catalysts, Adsorbents and Specialties business unit, and held various technical services, research and development, business development and marketing and sales roles. He joined UOP in 1977.
Gilsdorf has considerable global business experience. In addition to his role leading the Process Solutions business in EMEA, Gilsdorf spent five years working for UOP in the United Kingdom in various roles, where he served as director of sales and services across Europe, Middle East, Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), India and Africa for the petrochemical industries. He also spent seven years in Moscow as director of sales and services for the CIS region, where he and his team helped launch UOP into Russia in the1990s.
Gilsdorf has a chemical engineering degree from Purdue University and an MBA in international business and finance from Northwestern University. He is based in Bracknell, United Kingdom.
Harsh ChitaleVice President/General Manager, Americas
Harsh Chitale is Vice President/General Manager, Americas. He previously served as Vice President of Strategy and Global Marketing for Honeywell Process Solutions.
Chitale joined Tata Honeywell in 1994. In 1997, Chitale became the leader for the modular systems business in the Industrial Solutions division in India. From 1999-2001, he was responsible for strategy and business development for Tata Honeywell. In 2001 Chitale was named head of the Advanced Solutions business in India and in 2002, he became the Regional General Manager. In 2004, he was named managing director of Honeywell Automation India Limited.
Chitale has a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from India Institute of Technology-Delhi.
Jon LippinVice President/General Manager, Asia Pacific
In January 2009 Jon Lippin was named Vice President/General Manager for Honeywell Process Solutions, Asia Pacific. Previously he was Vice President of Global Sales Operations. Prior to that role, he was the Global Business Leader for Honeywell’s Mining, Minerals & Metals segment, Vice President of the North American Solutions Business and Director of Solutions Consulting.
Lippin joined Honeywell in 1984 as an account manager and has held leadership roles in project operations, sales, business systems and estimating/technical consulting.
He received a bachelor’s degree in business management from Edison State College and is based in Shanghai, China.
Dan LombardiVice President, Global Quality Assurance
Dan Lombardi is Vice President of Global Quality Assurance for Honeywell Process Solutions. Prior to assuming his current role, he was Vice President of Honeywell Shared Services responsible for delivering administrative and expert services in the areas
Before joining Honeywell in 2005, he held several senior leadership roles in shared services, manufacturing, quality and engineering disciplines with divisions of Motorola and United Technologies Corporation. His accomplishments include the successful startup and operation of two Greenfield aerospace manufacturing facilities, the turnaround of a power conversion and battery fabrication plant, leadership of significant supply chain rationalization and improvement initiatives, and the effective transformation of a global shared services operation.
Lombardi is Six Sigma Black Belt certified and holds a master's degree in operations management from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a bachelor's degree in electronic engineering from the University of Hartford. He is based in Phoenix, Arizona.
David SanchezVice President/Chief Financial Officer
David Sanchez is Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Honeywell Process Solutions. He joined Honeywell Process Solutions in 2008 and
brings 25 years of experience to the role, nearly 10 of which have been with Honeywell. His most recent position was director of finance for the Honeywell Aerospace Air Transport and Regional business, where he played a critical role in the strategic guidance of the business in its continued achievement of long-term revenue and margin growth. Prior to that role, he was director of finance for the Honeywell Aerospace Engines, Systems and Services businesses and led strategic planning, daily operations, productivity initiatives and capital requirements. Before joining Honeywell, Sanchez held positions of increasing responsibility and leadership in the finance functions at Allied Signal and Chrysler.
Sanchez has a Bachelor’s degree in economics from Youngstown State University in Ohio and a Master’s degree in economics from the University of Akron in Ohio. He is Six Sigma Black Belt certified. He is based in Phoenix, Arizona.
Henri TauschVice President/General Manager, Honeywell Field Solutions
Henri Tausch is the Vice President/General Manager of Honeywell Field Solutions (HFS) and is responsible for global HFS leadership, developing strategic alliances, relationships, joint ventures, and acquisitions. Tausch is also responsible for ensuring strong Honeywell customer satisfaction and as well as assuming executive sponsorship of select key accounts.
Tausch joined Honeywell in 1988 in the Netherlands and has held numerous roles in sales, services and engineering, including Latin America sales director, global business director for pulp and paper, and business integration leader for the Enraf acquisition.
Tausch holds a master's of science degree in electrical engineering from the Technical University, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
Edwin van den Maagdenberg Vice President/General Manager, Europe, Middle East and Africa
In April 2009 Edwin van den Maagdenberg was named Vice President/General Manager for Honeywell Process Solutions, Europe, Middle East and Africa. Prior to this position, he was the Regional General Manager for Northern Europe where he led and grew the business in Honeywell Process Solutions’ largest region.
He has been with Honeywell Process Solutions since 1988 and has held positions in general management, sales and project operations.
He has a degree in electronics and is based in Amsterdam.
Frank Whitsura Vice President, Global Technology and Operations
Frank Whitsura is Vice President, Global Technology and Operations for Honeywell Process Solutions. He previously served as Vice President/General Manager of the Americas and Regional General Manager for the South Region of the U.S.
Prior to joining Honeywell in 2004, Whitsura spent 23 years at UOP where he held a variety of positions. At UOP, he managed the Mechanical Design, Platforming and the FCC groups. In 1996, he became the Business Director for Naphtha Technologies in Refining, responsible for all licensing, services, products and equipment associated with Platforming and Isomerization technologies. He later served as the General Manager of engineering, in which he oversaw worldwide staff and operations. His last role at UOP was Vice President of New Business Development.
Whitsura has a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana and an MBA from the University of Chicago. He is based in Houston.