Kirk W. Christiansen

Kirk W. Christiansen, MBA, currently serves as a Key Account Representative for Micromax(TM) Americas at Celanese since January 2024. Previously, Kirk held the position of Manager of New Business Development at Rogers Corporation from June 2020 to October 2023. At Corning Incorporated, Kirk worked from February 2011 to May 2020 in various roles, including Business Strategy and Project Manager, Interim Chief of Staff, Portfolio Manager, New Business Development Manager, and Manager of Strategy/Market Analysis. Earlier in Kirk's career, from May 2000 to February 2011, roles included Strategy Project Manager and Senior Applications Engineer at Rogers Corporation, and Applications Engineer at TRW from December 1996 to May 2000, focusing on passenger side airbags for Toyota vehicles. Educationally, Kirk holds an MBA in Global Management from Thunderbird School of Global Management, a BSME in Mechanical Engineering from Arizona State University, and a BA in Asian Languages - Japanese from Arizona State University, with additional studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.