Caterpillar's Journey to Sustainability
Tim Lindsey
Tuesday, 24 Feb 2015 at 8:00 pm – Sun Room, Memorial Union
Tim Lindsey, Global Director of Sustainable Development at Caterpillar, has over thirty years experience associated with helping organizations become more sustainable by improving processes, products, and systems with respect to their energy, water, and materials utilization. He is an accomplished program and project manager with experience in multiple industrial sectors, including: energy processing, food processing, agriculture, biofuels, chemical processing, electronics, machining, metal forming, metal finishing, and die-casting. Dr. Lindsey has helped hundreds of corporate and public sector interests improve their economic, environmental and social sustainability through state-of-the-art training and technical assistance services. He is a nationally recognized expert regarding the development of techniques to facilitate the implementation and diffusion of innovative alternative energy and sustainability practices. He has produced multiple publications on energy efficiency, alternative energy, alternative fuels development and sustainability. University Symposium on SustainabilityCosponsored By:
- Green Umbrella
- Office of Sustainability
- Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)
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