Steve Szymanski
VP Sales and Marketing – Americas; Nel Hydrogen
Steve is Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Nel Hydrogen, with more than 30 years of technical and business development experience in the fields of specialty chemicals and water electrolysis. In this role, he manages all sales and business development efforts in North and South America for Nel’s Electrolyzer Division. In addition to leading sales of Nel’s PEM and alkaline electrolyzer technology, Steve directs Nel’s international Navy submarine business segment. His previous experience includes an engineering role in the Electrochem business unit at United Technologies where he focused on the development of PEM electrolyzer technology for space and defense applications. After moving into technical sales and sales management, Steve joined Nel to support the commercialization and market development efforts for its PEM electrolyzer technology. Since then, he has held various management positions at Nel over the past 23 years. In addition to his primary responsibilities, Steve has also held several Board positions with industry organizations, including the California Hydrogen Business Council and the Ammonia Energy Association. He has a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from Cornell University and a Master of Science in Operations Management from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.