Jim English

Business Developer at Air Liquide

Taiwan

Current
Past
Education
  • The University of Texas at Austin - The Red McCombs School of Business
  • The University of Texas at Austin
Connections
147 connections
Industry
Semiconductors
Websites

Jim English’s Summary

Professional Experience: Completed a 2-year leadership development rotational program which provided a high level of exposure to and interaction within Air Liquide. Opportunities ranged from an industrial chemical plant to the business setting and everywhere in between.

Goals: Continue learning and taking in as much as possible in life, obtain an MBA, found my own company, and start a family

Jim English’s Specialties:

Excel, networking, new technology application, Microsoft office, marketing


Jim English’s Experience

  • Business Developer

    Air Liquide

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Chemicals industry)

    July 2008Present (1 year 5 months)

    Develop Air Liquide business opportunities for assigned projects regarding carrier gases, utilities, and services for grassroots, expansion and acquisition opportunities [in Semiconductor industry].

    + Support account & proposal managers in their pursuit of business opportunities
    + Develop & present proposed projects to senior management for approval
    + Lend support on commercial negotiations & project kickoff

  • Business Development Specialist

    Air Liquide Electronics

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; AL; Chemicals industry)

    July 2006July 2008 (2 years 1 month)

    Business development analyst; responsible for assisting with prospective and existing account management in regards to Semiconductor Carrier Gases.

    On side project, led project management for development and implementation of a new piece of equipment. Responsible for facilitization, testing, analysis, and management of the project -- technology was awarded "Best of Business" accolade in 2007 and beat out 26 other innovation entries.

  • MBA Intern

    Frito Lay

    (Public Company; PEP; Consumer Goods industry)

    January 2008May 2008 (5 months)

    Part of 5-person team which worked with Frito Lay's Transportation Group
    Developed new report automation tool which reduced ~2 hours of analysis to 2 minutes

  • Review Associate

    BizBookTalk

    (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

    October 2006October 2007 (1 year 1 month)

    Currently helping review business books on the website, http://www.bizbooktalk.com. I've also conducted interviews with authors and helped with site functionality.

  • Marketing Intern

    PBwiki

    (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

    August 2005August 2006 (1 year 1 month)

    Helping on an as-needed basis with this maturing startup. Have assisted with marketing projects including customer research, content generation, and customer support.

  • ALLEX Engineer

    Air Liquide

    (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Semiconductors industry)

    June 2004June 2006 (2 years 1 month)

    Engineer training program where I rotated amongst different locations within the company. Was exposed to business, operations, and supply chain among other things.


Jim English’s Education

  • The University of Texas at Austin - The Red McCombs School of Business

    MBA , Marketing, Finance, General Management , 20072009

    Activities and Societies:
    MBA, Dallas / Fort Worth Program
  • The University of Texas at Austin

    BS , Chemical Engineering , 20002004

    * Active in AiCHE and OXE events
    * Integrated an engineering co-op as part of my studies and still graduated in 4 years
    * Helped on various research projects throughout junior and senior year -- notably, Dielectric Layer Chemical Vapor Deposition, Evolutionary Mathematics, Plasma Ion Etching, and Organic Layer Cleaning on an SiO2 substrate

    Activities and Societies:
    American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Kappa Theta Epsilon

Additional Information

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Jim English’s Interests:

MBA, weightlifting, personal finance, blogging, business development, racquetball, basketball, reading, traveling

Jim English’s Groups:

  •    Texas Exes/University of Texas at Austin
  •    AIR LIQUIDE
  •    Expat

Jim English’s Honors:

Engineer-in-Training, June 2004
Conversational fluency in German
Basic speaking skills in Mandarin Chinese


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