Julie McAlindon  Vice President Strategic Marketing

Julie McAlindon is currently Vice President of Strategic Marketing for Dow Coating Solutions.  She will serve as a member of the Leadership Team and will share in the setting and implementation of the strategic direction of the business.  

Julie joined Dow Canada in 1990 as a sales specialist for the Plastics business, and became senior sales specialist for Performance Products in 1994.  She moved to Midland as market research manager for Specialty Chemicals in 1997, and was appointed senior marketing manager for VERSENE™ Chelating Agents in 1998.

In 2002, Julie was named global marketing executive for Performance Fluids, and she held a variety of marketing and business management roles as additional responsibilities.  In 2005, she was appointed to the role of senior product director and took up the additional role of North America market research group manager for Basic Plastics in 2006.  In May 2007, McAlindon became the global business director for Polypropylene.

Julie holds a bachelors degree in biology from the University of Western Ontario, Canada.  She has also completed the executive education program "Leadership in the Global Enterprise" at Thunderbird University as well as "Leadership for Extraordinary Performance" at the Darden School of Business, University of Virginia.

April 2008