Jarod McCormick is the VP of Process Design and Deployment at Sila. Prior to Sila, Jarod was the VP of Technology at Siluria Technologies. There, Jarod led cross-functional teams to successfully scale up a first-of-its-kind, oxidative coupling of methane (OCM) ethylene production process from laboratory to demonstration scale. At Siluria, Jarod also led collaborations with top-tier EPCs, including Linde and Wood (formerly Foster Wheeler & AMEC). He is listed as a co-author on 10 journal articles and is a named inventor on more than 20 patents.

Jarod holds a BS in Chemical Engineering from West Virginia University and a PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University of Colorado at Boulder.