Thomas R. Hinman is senior vice president of the Environmental Technologies segment of Corning Incorporated. In this capacity, he is responsible for the direction and management of Corning’s Environmental businesses. His responsibilities include strategy definition and deployment, sales, marketing, technology, manufacturing and innovation management.
Hinman joined Corning as a business analyst in 1983. He served in a variety of management positions at the Erwin Ceramics plant from 1984 to 1992 when he was appointed plant manager, Erwin Materials. Since 1994, Hinman has served in a variety of sales, marketing, and new product positions, in Corning’s automotive businesses. In 2000, he was named general manager, Microarray Technologies Division, and was appointed vice president and general manager Diesel Technologies in 2002. In April 2006, he was appointed senior vice president, Diesel Technologies, and he was appointed to his current role in 2008. Key achievements during his tenure at Corning include:
- Established Corning as the market leader for the Heavy Duty Diesel business
- Commercialized DuraTrap® AT, a major new product innovation, in less than 12 months, resulting in Corning's reentry into the light duty filter market which positioned the company for significant market share growth
- Established and grew the overall diesel business from $12MM in revenues in 2002 to nearly $250MM in 2007
- Restructured the microarrays innovation program, and delivered technology manufacturing
and business scale-up for launch readiness in 2001
Hinman, a native of Randolph, N.Y., received a bachelor's degree in ceramics engineering from Alfred University, College of Ceramics, and a master's degree from The Amos Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College. He was an American Chemical Society Innovation Award Winner in 1995. Hinman is currently Chairman of the Board of Directors for Cormetech, a joint venture between Corning and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. Hinman has served as a member of the Board of Trustees at Alfred University since 2001, is a director of the Alfred University Research Foundation and is a member of the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Commercial Vehicle Executive Council.