Kevin McCreight

Kevin currently serves as a Technology Fellow in the External Innovation Division at Eastman Chemical Company. His role involves identifying and documenting internal technology needs and then scouting externally to universities, startups & peer companies for developments that could help Eastman address these gaps. Kevin has a BS in Chemical Engineering from Virginia Tech and a PhD in Polymer Science from the University of Akron. He joined Eastman in 1998 and moved through a variety of individual contributor and leadership assignments across R&D prior to a role as technology liaison to Corporate Development related to assessment, diligence, and integration of Eastman acquisitions. He spent a number of years in Technology Management for Additives and Functional Products as well as Corporate Innovation before joining External Innovation in 2018.