Donald D. Wirth Vice President - Global Operations - Excellence, Center of Competency

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 - Agriculture Products. In 1999 he moved to the United States as Six Sigma Champion for the Agriculture Enterprise. In 2001 he was appointed global operations director - DuPont Crop Protection. In July 2006 he was named as vice president - Operations, Agriculture & Nutrition. He was placed in his current position in July 2007 to lead implementation of the DuPont Production 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.

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