Stephen Szymanski

Vice President, Sales and Marketing – Americas at Nel Hydrogen

Steve is Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Nel Hydrogen, with more than 30 years of technical and business development experience in the fields of specialty chemicals and hydrogen system solutions. In this role, he manages all sales efforts in North and South America for Nel’s Electrolyzer Division. In addition to leading sales of Nel’s PEM and alkaline electrolyzer technology, Steve manages Nel’s international Navy submarine business segment. His previous experience includes several years as an engineer in the PEM electrolyzer business unit at United Technologies. In this position, he focused on the development of PEM electrolyzer technology for space and defense applications. After moving into technical sales and sales management at Buckman Laboratories for 9 years, Steve joined Nel to support the commercialization and market development efforts for its PEM electrolyzer technology. Since then, he has held various management positions of increasing responsibility at Nel over the past 20 years. In addition to his primary responsibilities, Steve also serves on the Board of Directors and as Vice Chair of the California Hydrogen Business Council, as a Board Member and Secretary of the Ammonia Energy Association, and as Chairman of the Board of Governors for the Connecticut Hydrogen Fuel Cell Coalition. He has a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from Cornell University and a Master of Science in Operations Management from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.