Oliver K. Wilding

Oliver K. Wilding is the proprietor and founder of ProChem Technical Consulting Services LLC. He has more than 40 years of experience in upstream technology for the production of siloxane intermediates. This experience encompasses design, startup, and optimization of the process steps of grinding, fluid bed, distillation, and hydrolysis to produce siloxane. Previously, he worked at Dow Corning Corp. for 33 years and later with Elkem Silicones Division for another seven years. Wilding obtained his BS, ME, and MBA degrees from the Univ. of Louisville. He has also been a co-inventor for 11 U.S. patents focused on the preparation and separation of alkylhalosilanes.