Overview

Gender

male

Investor Type

Angel

Mr. Richard J. Hipple, also known as Dick, has been the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President at Materion Corporation and its subsidiary Brush Wellman, Inc., since May 2, 2006. Mr. Hipple serves as the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of Brush Engineered Materials Inc. He served as the Chief Operating Officer of Materion Corporation from May 2005 to May 2, 2006. He served as the President of Alloy Products- Brush Wellman, Inc. from May 2002 to May 2005. He has assumed executive management responsibility for all of Materion Corporation's operating units including Alloy Products, Beryllium Products, Technical Materials, Inc., and Williams Advanced Materials Inc.

Mr. Hipple joined Brush Wellman in July 2001 and served as its Vice President of Strip Products from July 2001 to May 2002. Prior to Brush, he served as the President of LTV Steel Company. Prior to running LTV's steel business, he held numerous leadership positions in Engineering, Operations, Strategic Planning, Sales and Marketing and Procurement since 1975 at LTV. He has been a Director of Ferro Corp. since June 28, 2007 and of keyCorp since May 17, 2012. He serves as a Trustee of Manufacturers Alliance/MAPI, Inc.

Mr. Hipple is a graduate of Drexel University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering in 1975.