Frank van Lier was Global Senior Director of Process Technology for The Lubrizol Corporation, retiring in 2022 with 40+ years industrial experience across R&D, operations, and technology. His experience included numerous leadership roles at Lubrizol’s Ohio and Texas plants and a year as the General Manager of Lubrizol’s Zhuhai, China, manufacturing facility (2018). He also spent six years on the board of the Lubrizol/Indian Oil joint venture located in Mumbai, India. Frank earned a BSChE from the University of Cincinnati and an MBA from Case Western Reserve University.
An AIChE Fellow, Frank has been a member of AIChE since 1980. Most recently, he was on the inaugural governing board of AIChE’s RAPID Manufacturing Institute, acting as Chair in 2022. He also chaired the Chemical Engineering Technology Operating Council (CTOC; 2015) and was a director and Chair of the Management Division. Current activities include service as a reviewer for the Virtual Technician and Operator Training Program (VTOP) being developed by AIChE’s Institute for Learning and Innovations, and continued engagement with the Management Division.