Mike Kesti is the Senior Vice President of 3M鈥檚 Corporate Research Laboratory. The Corporate听Research Laboratory is responsible for development and deployment of new technology across听the global 3M R&D organization.听
Mike grew up in Eden Prairie, MN, attended Carleton College (BA degrees in Chemistry and听Economics) and earned a PhD in Chemistry from Stanford University in 1992 (under Professor听Bob Waymouth). Mike joined 3Ms Post-it庐 Note laboratory in 1993 where he developed new听adhesives and water-based technologies for Post-it庐 Note products. He then spent 16 years听in 3Ms Commercial Graphics division working on new, wide-format, graphic film products,听eventually becoming the division鈥檚 Global Technical Director. During this time, the Commercial听Graphics division merged with the Building Commercial Solutions Division to become the听Commercial Solutions Division. In 2016, he became the Global Technical Director for the听Personal Safety (PPE) Division. On March 1st, 2021, he was appointed Senior Vice President of听3Ms Corporate R&D organization.
Mike is currently a member of the Conference Board-Innovation Leadership Council, American听Chemical Society (ACS), the Innovation Outreach Program (IOP). As well as Board of Governors听for the University of Minnesota-Department of Chemistry and the University of St. Thomas-School of Engineering and is on the Board of Advisors for the University of Wisconsin-Madison,听Department of Chemistry.听
Mike has held board positions in the Signage Foundation (SFI) and the Sustainable Green听Printing partnership (SGP).