Claus NussgruberFounder

United States - Greater Houston

➤ PREPARING S&P100 CORPORATIONS FOR MARKETS OF TOMORROW
For >25 years, as global commercial executive with expansive background in P&L, sales & marketing, business development, key accounts, product management, commercialization, I’ve enabled organizations to take advantage of changes within the chemicals (industrial gas) industry, predominantly serving the chemicals, refining, O&G, metals, energy, medical, and glass industries.

➤ DRIVER OF GLOBAL PORTFOLIO PERFORMANCE & GROWTH
As President of a $500M globally integrated business, I delivered superior y-o-y portfolio-wide results. Locking in future growth opportunity, I secured an unprecedented $1.5B sourcing deal as critical part of the supply portfolio for decades.

➤ CREATING OPTION VALUE WITH SUCCESSFUL NEW MARKET ENTRY
Earlier, I was appointed to develop Linde’s entry into Clean Energy. As Vice President, I co-founded the Clean Energy Group, creating option value by building brand with key reference opportunities. Driving novel and disruptive technical and commercial concepts, I succeeded in rapidly extending the technology, EPC, and gases capabilities into this market.

➤ EFFECTIVE COMMERCIALIZATION LEADERSHIP
I was repeatedly called on to lead business development and capital investment strategy to strengthen the company’s portfolio. As Vice President, I placed the company into first-mover position by renewing key production assets with smarter, more market-responsive configurations, closing on $0.5B+ in capital projects.

TARGET INDUSTRIES:
Chemicals, Sustainable Energy, EPC, Private Equity, Venture Capital, Industrial Gas

EXPERTISE:
P&L ($500M) | Sales & Marketing | Key Accounts | Build-to-Own Capital Investments ($1M–$4B) | Skilled Collaborator & Coalition Builder | Global Strategy | Portfolio Optimization | Value Selling | Complex Deal Structuring | Negotiations | Technology Commercialization | Industrial Gas | Multi-Functional Team Leadership | Product Management | Market Development | Energy Transition