Hal Nelson joined Corning in 1991 as a shift supervisor at the company’s LCD manufacturing plant in Harrodsburg, Kentucky. From 1993 to 1997, he held a variety of engineering and operations leadership positions in support of the plant and Corning’s Display Technologies segment.
In 1998, Nelson was named manager of process technology for the Display Technologies segment, responsible for executing process development of advanced technology platforms. In 1999, he was named the operations manager, responsible for manufacturing performance at the Harrodsburg, Kentucky 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 customers of Corning’s Display Technologies segment. 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.
After spending 16 years with Corning in the Display Technologies segment in a variety of operational and commercial roles, Nelson moved to Corning’s Environmental Technologies segment. He assumed his current role of general manager, Corning (Shanghai) Company Limited effective August 2007. He is responsible for leading Corning’s Environmental Technologies manufacturing and commercial operations in China.
Nelson holds a bachelor’s degree in ceramic engineering from Clemson University. He also holds a master’s degree in business administration from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College, graduating with honors as a Tuck Scholar.