Dustin Olson is the chief executive officer at PureCycle Technologies.

Olson leads all global operations, including manufacturing, commercial and financing activities. He works to create a business environment that embraces collaboration and diversity to create high functioning teams. His breadth of experience creates a unique cross-functional and cross-cultural perspective to draw alignment between varied viewpoints.

Olson spent more than 20 years developing a diverse career path across refining, olefins, specialty chemicals and specialty polymers throughout the United States, The Netherlands and China. Earlier in his career, he held senior leadership roles in manufacturing, commercial and business support functions in refining, commodity chemicals and specialty polymer business units across the world.

Olson holds a Bachelor of Science in chemical engineering from the University of Missouri-Rolla, a Master of Chemical Engineering from the University of Houston and a Master of Business Administration from Rice University.

In 2021, Olson was honored by the Missouri University of Science and Technology as a new inductee to the Academy of Chemical Engineers.