Hal Nelson joined Corning in 1991 as shift supervisor at the Harrodsburg, Ky. plant. From 1993 to 1997, he held a variety of engineering and operations leadership positions in support of the Harrodsburg Plant and Corning’s Display Technologies division (CDT).
In 1998 Nelson was named manager of Process Technology for the Display division; responsible for executing process development of advanced technology platforms; and in 1999 he was named the operations manager, responsible for manufacturing performance of the Harrodsburg plant.
From 2001 to 2003, he took an educational leave to obtain his MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College.
Upon his return, Nelson was named program manager for large size substrates where he led the introduction of the product that enabled large size applications for CDT’s customers. He assumed the role of director, strategic planning and analysis for Display Technologies in August of 2005 and led the team responsible for implementing strategic planning processes division-wide.
Nelson was appointed director, new business development, OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diodes) in 2006 where he led the development and deployment of a business plan and strategy to drive the program through the innovation process toward commercialization.
Nelson assumed his current role of general manager, Corning (Shanghai) Company Limited in August 2007. In August 2009, he assumed his current role of general manager and regional director of China and India – Environmental Technologies.
Nelson holds a bachelor’s degree in ceramic engineering from Clemson University and earned a master’s degree in business administration from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College, graduating with honors as a Tuck Scholar.