Charles Compson

Charles Compson is marketing director at Almatis, a global leader in specialty aluminas. He is responsible for marketing, market intelligence, communications and product line management across Almatis’ global refractory, ceramics, polishing and specialties markets. He was previously global technical director at Almatis, where he oversaw applications support, product development, and portfolio management within the company’s ceramics, polishing, and specialty business unit. Compson joined Almatis in 2007 as applications & market development manager, CPO for the Americas and later held the position of technical manager CPO, Americas. Prior to joining Almatis, he was senior scientist at Johnson Research, developing solid state electrochemical and energy harvesting devices. Compson has authored or co-authored more than 20 journal publications and 50 presentations for international conferences. He received a B.S. in materials science & engineering from the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, and a Ph.D. in materials science & engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology.