James M. Ringler

Biography

James M. Ringler is a member of the DowDuPont Inc. Board of Directors and serves on the Materials Advisory Committee. Ringler, Chairman, Teradata Corporation, was elected to the Dow Board of Directors in February 2001. Teradata Corporation - Chairman, October 2007 to date. NCR Corporation (a producer of automated teller machines and point of sale devices) - Director and Chairman, 2005-2007. Illinois Tool Works, Inc. (following its merger with Premark International, Inc.) - Vice Chairman, 1999-2004. Premark International, Inc. - Chairman, 1997-1999; Director, 1990-1999; Chief Executive Officer, 1996-1999; President and Chief Operating Officer, 1992-1996; Executive Vice-President, 1990-1992. Tappan Company - President and Chief Operating Officer, 1982-1986. White Consolidated Industries' Major Appliance Group - President, 1986-1990 (both subsidiaries of Electrolux AB). Director of Teradata Corporation, Autoliv Inc., FMC Technologies, Inc., and John Bean Technologies Corporation.

Research Interest

Organic and Inorganic chemistry Physical & Synthetic chemistry Coordination Chemistry Computational Catalysis Organometallic Chemistry and Homogeneous Catalysis. Environmental and Industrial Catalysis. Photocatalysis and Electro catalysis.