Chuck Coe is the president and principal consultant for Grease Technology Solutions LLC
He holds a BS Chemical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, along with NLGI CLGS and STLE CLS professional certifications. He worked for Mobil and ExxonMobil for 32 years, including 6 years as ExxonMobil’s Grease Technology Manager. He retired from ExxonMobil and launched Grease Technology Solutions LLC, a grease training and consulting business in October, 2009. He is a past President of the National Lubricating Grease Institute and is the Grease Education Committee Chair of STLE. He has authored several technical papers and articles on grease, and received Best Marketing Paper and Best Paper awards from both NLGI (2008) and ELGI (2009), as well as the John A. Bellanti Sr. Memorial Meritorious Service Trophy from NLGI (2012) and the NLGI Fellows award (2015).
Consulting Experience Summary:
• Over 40 clients including
• Major global and specialty lubricant additive and other raw material suppliers
• Specialty lubricating grease and raw material manufacturers
• National Lubricating Grease Institute
• Legal community
• American Bearing Manufacturers Association
• Original Equipment Manufacturers
• Project portfolio includes
• Market entry and competitive product analysis
• Business strategy development
• Lubricating grease training courses
• Expert legal guidance
• Pilot plant set up
• ISO 21469 (food grade) certification guidance
• NLGI Lubricating Grease Production Survey
Prior Experience Summary:
• 32 years with Mobil and ExxonMobil
• 12 years in lubricants technical service
•Formulating industrial oils and greases
•Training sales forces
•Managing field tests
•Supporting manufacturing operations
•Solving customer problems
• 11 years in various business leadership positions in the marketing, supply and manufacturing
organizations
• 2 years managing the US Fuels technical organization
• 7 years managing the Global grease technical organization
•Overseeing a multi-million dollar research budget
•Managing a team of 4 global product advisors
•Supporting marketing and manufacturing departments
•Training sales and lube engineering staffs
•Representing ExxonMobil on NLGI board of directors and chairing the Technical Committee
.