Rich Gibson has extensive experience in business strategy development and the specialty chemicals market.
The ChemQuest Group has hired Rich Gibson, formerly the director of Corporate Strategy for Milliken & Co., as a director. Gibson's business strategy development focus for more than three decades included market segmentation, value and supply chain analysis, business intelligence, economics, voice of the market, due diligence, strategy deployment, risk management, and process improvement. Project management, productivity enhancement, and cost control without sacrificing quality are also key capabilities in his tool set.
Gibson holds a Bachelor of Science degree in industrial engineering from the University of Tennessee. His career trajectory at Milliken began in 1989 as an industrial engineer and included stints in roles such as Business Supply Chain manager, senior Business Development manager, Process Improvement manager, plant manager, and manager of Corporate Strategy & Development.