Engineering professionals in Paper and forest products
Mill engineering at Valmet Technologies OY and corporate engineering at Suzano sit beside pulp, power and recovery design at Georgia-Pacific LLC, where three of the ten hold or held engineering director titles, and wood products reliability at Weyerhaeuser. A call fits decisions on mill capital projects, pulp and power and recovery engineering, paper machine maintenance or reliability programs.
Professionals to explore
Andrew Cooper
LinkedInExperience: Director of Paper Process Engineering and Design · Georgia-Pacific LLC
Paper process design at Georgia-Pacific LLC is Andrew Cooper's area as Director of Paper Process Engineering and Design since 2025, and Cooper was Vice President of Operations & Mill Manager at Nippon Dynawave Packaging Co. (2016–2025). Cooper also held Business Unit Manager, Power & Recovery roles at International Paper (2008–2012) and Assistant Superintendent, Fiberline there (1997–2002), which suits questions on paper process design from a mill manager's view.
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Brad VanValkenburg
LinkedInExperience: Engineering Manager · Sappi
Brad VanValkenburg has been Engineering Manager at Sappi since 2017, leading the corporate capital cluster to improve capital project management and execution, and was Senior Project Manager, Mechanical (2008–2019) and Wood Prep Superintendent (2002–2008) there. VanValkenburg also held pulp manufacturing maintenance and plant engineering roles at Potlatch Corporation (1998–2002).
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Chad Harrod
LinkedInExperience: Director of Pulp, Power, and Recovery Engineering and Design · Georgia-Pacific LLC
Chad Harrod has been Director of Pulp, Power, and Recovery Engineering and Design at Georgia-Pacific LLC since 2025, with Process Engineering Leader (2023–2025), Director - Process Safety Projects (2021–2023), Director-Asset Quality (2019–2021) and Senior Engineer - ETMS Utility Group (2011–2019) roles at the same company. Harrod describes an engineering, project and process safety background in pulp and paper.
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Frédéric Tremblay
LinkedInExperience: Directeur de l ingénierie · Domtar
Paper machine maintenance and mill engineering at Domtar are what Frédéric Tremblay can speak to, as Directeur de l ingénierie there since 2025, with Directeur Entretien, Ingénierie et TI (2022–2025), Directeur technique (2018–2022), Surintendant maintenance, Machines à Papier (2015–2018) and Surintendant Entretien Finition & Services généraux (2014–2015) roles at the same company.
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Ilkka Isokääntä
LinkedInExperience: Senior Manager, Mill Engineering & Engineering Network · Valmet Technologies OY
At Valmet Technologies OY, Ilkka Isokääntä has been Senior Manager, Mill Engineering & Engineering Network since 2025 and was Director, Mill Engineering (2024–2025). Other Valmet roles include Senior Manager and Manager, Plant Engineering & Technical Analysis (2013–2024) and Chief Engineer (2006–2013), and Isokääntä describes 20 years with board and paper technologies, engineering and project execution.
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Jason Minchin
LinkedInExperience: Vice President of Engineering, Reliability, and Innovation - Wood Products · Weyerhaeuser
Jason Minchin has been Vice President of Engineering, Reliability, and Innovation - Wood Products at Weyerhaeuser since 2020. Minchin's other Weyerhaeuser roles include Vice President of Manufacturing - Canada (2017–2020), Engineering & Technical Director (2015–2017), Mill Manager (2013–2015) and Engineering Maintenance Superintendent (2009–2013), a fit for wood products reliability questions.
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Johnnie Pearson
LinkedInExperience: Former Engineering Manager · Eastman
Fiberline and bleach plant operations, capital project design and start-up and Kamyr digester optimization are the specialties Johnnie Pearson names. Pearson was Engineering Manager at Eastman (2012–2017) and has held Georgia-Pacific LLC roles as Director Pulp, Power, Recovery, COE (2017–2024), Senior Director Investment Process Engineering and Design since 2024 and Power and Recovery Area Manager (2007–2012).
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Leonardo Pimenta
LinkedInExperience: Corporate Engineering Director · Suzano
Corporate Engineering Director at Suzano since 2024, Leonardo Pimenta was Project and Engineering Manager there (2019–2024). Pimenta also worked as Technical Manager Technology and Innovation at Eldorado Brasil Celulose S/A (2011–2019) and Process Specialist at Fibria (2008–2011), and names mill management and process optimization as skills, a fit for pulp mill project questions.
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Teemu Ukkola
LinkedInExperience: Technical Director · MM Board & Paper
Technical Director at MM Board & Paper since 2024, Teemu Ukkola also held Strategic Development Manager, Absorbex (2023–2024) and Production Manager, Absorbex business line (2017–2023) roles there. Ukkola was Production Engineer PM2 (2002–2010) and a shift supervisor on PM2 (1999–2002) at Kotkamills Oy, which suits questions on a paper production line from shift supervision to technical direction.
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Wim Devens
LinkedInExperience: Former Technical Director Special Projects · Sappi
A retired technical director since 2021 in Wim Devens' own description, Devens held Sappi roles as Technical Director Special Projects (2020–2021), Director Central Technology & Engineering (2016–2020) and Manager Central Technology and Engineering (2010–2016). Devens names process technology and project management on major CAPEX investments at pulp and paper mills, including pre-feasibility studies, as core experience.
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Choose the right perspective
Pulp, power and recovery questions fit Chad Harrod, Johnnie Pearson and Andrew Cooper, and mill capital projects fit Wim Devens, Brad VanValkenburg, Leonardo Pimenta and Ilkka Isokääntä. Jason Minchin suits reliability in wood products, and Teemu Ukkola and Frédéric Tremblay cover paper and board machine production and maintenance at MM Board & Paper and Domtar.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01Which pulp mill or recovery area projects most often overrun, and what does a realistic pre-feasibility study need to catch?
- 02How do mills decide between rebuilding an existing paper or board machine and investing in new capacity?
- 03Which reliability practices have cut unplanned downtime the most in pulp, paper or wood products mills?
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