CBE Centennial Seminar Series: John Wolf (Spectrum Plastics Group)

Abstract

John’s seminar will share key insights from his career in manufacturing including the impact of his NC State engineering experience, learnings from a career of acquiring key skills, and how he views the future of manufacturing in which our Engineering department can better prepare and position NC State graduates for success.

Biography

John Wolf is the Global Leader for DuPont’s Healthcare business and CEO for Spectrum Plastics Group, a leading medical components and contract manufacturing company. SPG is a leader in the design, development, and manufacture of specialty medical polymer products to the medical device, aerospace / defense, and food service markets. With revenue ~$700MM, the Healthcare business employs over 2,200 people at 20 locations in the US, Mexico, Canada, Ireland, Malaysia, and Costa Rica. In August 2023, AEA and the SPG management group completed the sale of Spectrum to DuPont for $1.75B.

John has spent over 27 years of professional experience delivering strong and sustainable growth, significant innovation, customer service improvement and operational efficiencies across multiple business disciplines. Prior to joining Spectrum in 2019, he enjoyed a 23 year career with Sealed Air Corporation, holding executive leadership roles including Global Vice President and General Manager for the Automated Fulfillment Solutions Business Unit, Global Vice President of Marketing for the $1.6 billion Product Care Packaging Division, Vice President of Global General Packaging and Vice President of Strategy and Execution.

John earned a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering with a minor in Economics from North Carolina State University and is credited with 9 US Patents. He has a true Wolfpack family, with wife Deanna a 1995 graduate in Psychology, and three daughters: Isabelle a 2021 graduate in Graphic Design, Annalise a 2023 graduate in Physics, and Evelynne who is currently studying Biomedical Engineering at NC State.