Julie M. Morman has been working for 3M since 1996 when she graduated from Montana State
University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering. Recently, she has
become 3M’s Operations Manager for the sales and distribution office in Anchorage, Alaska.
Morman has held various other positions at 3M and has lived in Knoxville, Iowa, and St. Paul,
Minn. In Knoxville, she spent three years as a Process Engineer and was promoted to a
Production Supervisor in the Knoxville plant, which manufactures industrial tapes and automotive
and industrial window films. As a supervisor, she dealt with worker safety, training, and
production-related budget items.
In 2000 Morman was promoted to Senior Product Engineer and moved to St. Paul to work in 3M’s
Dental Division where she worked on bringing a new product to market. In this process, she was
involved in process development, testing, customer research and in complying with government
regulations for product quality.
From 2003 to 2005 Morman operated as a Six Sigma Black Belt in 3M. Six Sigma is a business
management strategy that relies upon individuals in various levels of the company to devote
themselves to improving business processes that result in quantifiable improvements. Black Belts
typically devote all of their time to Six Sigma projects and focus on project execution. Morman
closed six Black Belt projects that delivered $14 million in savings.
During this time, Morman also began pursuing her master’s in Business Administration. She
attained it in 2006 from the University of Minnesota.
In 2005, Morman became a Manufacturing Operations Manager in 3M’s Materials Resource
Division where she managed global manufacturing of several product lines. Morman also ensured
that spending and resources at manufacturing sites aligned with operating and strategic plans.
While keeping her manufacturing operations duties, Morman became a Business Development
Manager in 2008. In this role, she identified $65 million in new business to offset raw material
price increases and make better use of $300 million in the Materials Resource division’s
manufacturing assets. She also became more involved in marketing activities, developing and
delivering marketing presentations, implementing competitive market analysis and leading pricing
committee reviews for new and existing business requests.
Starting in February 2009, Morman assumes her new role in Alaska.