Hydrogen Portfolio Manager , ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering
David Dankworth has spent over 30 years working for ExxonMobil, where he currently holds the role of Hydrogen Technology Portfolio Manager supporting ExxonMobil’s Low Carbon Solutions Business.
He has held many different, highly varied positions in multiple U.S. and overseas locations. Following completion of his Ph.D. in chemical engineering, David joined the company as a researcher in reactor engineering and process scale up.
David has led a range of global technology groups within ExxonMobil, including heat transfer, combustion, energy conservation, catalytic cracking, and hydroprocessing. He also has played roles in operations as technical manager of the Ingolstadt refinery in Germany, and managed regional engineering support for refining in both Europe and Canada. He was manager of the global Refining Process Engineering division from 2009-2013, which supported research, operations, project development and commercialization of process technology for ExxonMobil refineries and licensing customers worldwide. He was head of Strategy for EM research & Engineering Co. in 2014-16, working at the interface between technology development and business strategies. Since 2016, David has focused on development of new technologies for natural gas conversion, including the low C Hydrogen programs now forming the core of the EMTEC Hydrogen portfolio.
Dave is a chemical engineer, with degrees from Rice University (BS 1986) University of Cambridge (CPGS 87, Churchill Scholar) and Princeton (PhD 91, Hertz Fellow). He is the inventor on over 20 US and international patents.