10 3M plant leaders
Plant Manager, Sr Plant Manager, Senior Plant Manager and Plant Director are among the current titles held by these 3M plant leaders, who run 3M plants in places such as Royersford and Alexandria. A reader can learn how plant leaders run their sites at 3M from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
Craig Parsley
LinkedInExperience: Senior Plant Manager · 3M
Craig Parsley has been Senior Plant Manager at 3M since March 2026, based in the Little Rock Metropolitan Area. Craig Parsley was General Manager at Southwest Steel Processing LLC from 2024 to 2025, Plant General Manager at Sloan from 2020 to 2024, General Manager at MicroMetl Corporation from 2016 to 2020 and Operations Manager (Plant Manager) at Klein Tools from 2015 to 2016.
Eugene Avery
LinkedInExperience: Plant Manager · 3M
Eugene Avery has been Plant Manager at 3M since February 2025, based in Greater Boston. Eugene Avery was Director of Operations at EM4 LLC, a Luminar Company from 2024 to 2025, Director Of Operations at Gooch & Housego (Boston) from 2018 to 2024 and Director of Operations at IPG Microsystems from 2012 to 2018.
Hubble Werre
LinkedInExperience: Plant Senior Manager · 3M
Hubble Werre has been Plant Senior Manager at 3M since June 2020, based in Fairmont, Minnesota, and the profile headline reads Plant Senior Manager at 3M. At 3M, Hubble Werre was also Product, Logistics and Lean Manager from 2018 to 2020 and Product Manager and Lean Leader from 2016 to 2018.
Jason Leslie
LinkedInExperience: Plant Manager · 3M
Jason Leslie has been Plant Manager at 3M since March 2015, based in the Knoxville Metropolitan Area. At 3M, Jason Leslie was also Product Manager from 2009 to 2015, Production Supervisor from 2008 to 2009 and Lean Six Sigma Black Belt from 2006 to 2008.
Jeff Kaucher
LinkedInExperience: Plant Director · 3M
Jeff Kaucher has been Plant Director at 3M since October 2025, based in Cynthiana, Kentucky. At 3M, Jeff Kaucher was also Sr. Operations Manager from 2022 to 2025, Product Manager from 2018 to 2022, Quality/Continuous Improvement Manager from 2016 to 2018 and Lean Six Sigma Black Belt from 2014 to 2016.
John Hanson
LinkedInExperience: Plant Manager · 3M
John Hanson has been Plant Manager at 3M since October 2022, based in West Chester, Pennsylvania, with the role listed in Royersford, Pennsylvania, and held a second Plant Manager row there from 2019 to 2022. At 3M, John Hanson was also Value Stream Engineer from 2014 to 2019, Lean Six Sigma Black Belt from 2011 to 2014 and Manufacturing Engineer from 2008 to 2011.
Matthew Peterson
LinkedInExperience: Sr Plant Manager · 3M
Matthew Peterson has been Sr Plant Manager at 3M since May 2023, based in Hartford City, Indiana. At 3M, Matthew Peterson was also Product Manager from 2019 to 2023, Lean Manager from 2017 to 2019, Value Stream Mgr from 2014 to 2017 and Lean Six Sigma Black Belt from 2013 to 2014.
Paul Quam
LinkedInExperience: Plant Manager · 3M
Paul Quam has been Plant Manager at 3M since January 2018, based in the Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area, with the role listed in Alexandria, Minnesota, and held a second Plant Manager row there from 2015 to 2017. At 3M, Paul Quam also held Product Manager rows from 2007 to 2011 and from 2011 to 2014.
Rod Powell
LinkedInExperience: 3M Plant Manager · 3M
Rod Powell has been 3M Plant Manager at 3M since November 2022, based in Greater Hartford, and was Lean Six Sigma Corporate Black Belt there from 2021 to 2022. At 3M, Rod Powell was also 3M Stafford Springs Plant Manager from 2018 to 2021 and 3M Angleton Plant Manager from 2012 to 2018.
Ryan Conley
LinkedInExperience: Plant Manager · 3M
Ryan Conley has been Plant Manager at 3M since January 2025, based in St Paul, Minnesota. At 3M, Ryan Conley was also Operations Manager from 2019 to 2025, Lean Six Sigma Black Belt from 2017 to 2019 and Reliability Engineer from 2014 to 2017, and was Mechanical Designer at Aero Systems Engineering from 2012 to 2014.
Choose the right perspective
Match the person's own plant and the work they describe there to your question, since running one kind of plant can look very different from running another. Weigh how recently each person took the role, because someone new to a plant and someone who has led it for years will describe different challenges.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01What did you focus on first when you took over your plant?
- 02How do you split your own time between the floor and the people you report to?
- 03What from the roles you held inside a plant before leading one still shapes how you run it?
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