PlantSuccess 2010 Northeast
Leading Strategies for
Sustainable Operating Excellence
The Hotel du Pont - Wilmington, Del.
November 4, 2010
Bio
Donald D. Wirth
Vice President - Global Operations, Corporate Supply Chains
Donald D. Wirth is Vice President - Global Operations' Excellence Center of Competency. He joined DuPont as a project manager in 1981 in Sydney, Australia. He then held plant and site manager roles in Explosives and Imaging. In 1989, he was appointed General Manager - Operations for DuPont Australia.
In 1992 he was transferred to Singapore as Operations Director - Ag Products. In 1999 he moved to the United States as Six Sigma Champion for the Ag Enterprise. In 2001 he was appointed Global Operations Director - DuPont Crop Protection. In July 2006 he was named as Vice President Operations, Ag & Nutrition Platform. He was placed in his current position in July 2007 to lead implementation the of the DuPont Product System.
Prior to joining DuPont, Mr. Wirth worked with W.E.B Consulting from 1975-1981 as a consulting Engineer and associate.
He received a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from the University of New South Wales in 1974.