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About Me
Carl P. Haney
Executive Vice President, Global Research and Development, Corporate Product Innovation, Package Development The Estée Lauder Companies. Carl previously worked more than 25+ years at Procter & Gamble (P&G), holding increasingly senior leadership innovation positions and most recently was Vice President, R&D for Gillette, Braun, Global Grooming and Devices.
Raised in Venezuela, Carl moved to the United States, graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy and attended Vanderbilt University, where he graduated cum laude with a degree in Chemical Engineering. Carl's philanthropic priority is education and he is passionate about democratizing education, investing in youth, and supporting El Sistema Abreu Fellows. Carl believes in the power of ideas and spends his spare time re-thinking renewable energy, producing "movies that matter", understanding glycobiology, and learning how to digitize everything. Carl has lived and worked in Latin America, Europe, and in USA, and currently lives in Newton, Massachusetts with his wife Ani Najar, and children Nicole, Maya, and Carlos.
NON-PROFIT AND BOARD AFFILIATIONS
New England Conservatory Board of Overseers - Boston, Massachusetts; Director Cambridge Energy Resources - Cambridge Massachusetts; Director Sophie Knowledge Limited - Oxford, United Kingdom; Co-Chair Friends of Abreu Fellows Committee - Boston, Massachusetts, Co-Founder Plan A Films - Asheville North Carolina, Advisor to Music for Youth Cincinnati - Cincinnati, Ohio; Citizen Schools – National Science and Technology Advisory Committee – Boston, Massachusetts.
PERSONAL PASSIONS
Family first - dinners, weekends, vacations, travel. Collecting, tasting and sharing wine; Passion for Latin American sculpture and oil paintings, Listening to alternative music (mostly vinyl), and driving Innovation, Invention, and IP– awarded several design and chemistry patents.
- Location:
- United States, Newton, MA
- Current organization:
- The Estee Lauder Companies
- Past organizations:
- Plan A Films, Cambridge Energy Resources, Enbase
- Current role:
- Executive Vice President R&D
- Gender:
- Male
- Areas of expertise:
- Innovation, Research and Development , Wines, Ideas, Design, Implementation, Technology Aquisition, cycling, beauty industry, Consumers, Latin America and Emerging Markets, Devices + Audiophile
- I am:
- Change Agent, Engineer, Entrepreneur, Filmmaker, Idea generator, Inventor, Parent, Philanthropist, Producer, Technologist
- Associations:
- Friends of Abreu Committee - Co-Chair, Music for Youth Cincinnati - Advisor, Citizen Schools - Science and Technology Advisor, New England Conservatory - Board of Overseers
- Languages:
- Spanish
- My website links:
- Plan A Films, Cambridge Energy Resources, Enbase Digital Solutions
- Universities:
- Vanderbilt University
- TED conferences attended:
- TED2013, TED2012, TEDGlobal 2011, TED2011, TED2010, TED Associate, TED2009
More About Me
I'm passionate about
Improving lives, Democratizing Education, Prestige, Families, El Sistema Abreu Fellows, Alternative vinyl, Cycling my age, Renewable Energy, Movies that Matter, Glycobiology, Digitizing Everything
An idea worth spreading
Funding Ideas and empowering entrepreneurs that want to improve the world
Talk to me about
Families, Improving Lives, Democratizing Education, Renewing Energy, Movies that Matter, Glycobiology, Digitizing Everything, El Sistema, Translating Jamie Oliver recipes, Changing Jobs, Time
People don't know that I'm good at
Competitive Blind Tasting Wine, Audiophilia, Angel Investing, Inventions, Start-Ups, Mountain Biking
My TED Story
Discovering the scientists, engineers, poets, parents, business leaders, philanthropists, teachers, and generous humans that are making an authentic difference in the world - and sometimes, just say hello as they may be seated next to you...especially at TED...
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