Chairman of the Board and CEO

Kyle Doyel is the innovative spiritual leader and Co-Founder of KYZEN who prefers a low profile and highly successful product development.  However, he sees the most important part is creating a corporate culture that empowers people to put themselves in the customer’s shoes in solving problems.

As leader, inventor, scientist and global entrepreneur, he believes that companies can “make a difference” in people’s lives.  KYZEN’s legacy is just that; work hard, keep learning, take a chance and have fun.

Kyle leads KYZEN’s development team and has helped create the most celebrated environmentally friendly cleaning products in the world. He started his career as a process engineer and later moved into sales at the Aluminum Company of America (Alcoa).  He later expanded his knowledge of chemical markets at Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical. In the mid 1980’s he was a co-founder of Coastal Products & Chemicals (Altivia), a Houston based producer of aluminum-based chemicals.  He left that company and joined as a product development manager with the QO Chemicals Division of Great Lakes Chemical Company, where he was involved with developing innovative new uses for chemicals derived from biomass and agricultural wastes.

In 1990, Mr. Doyel co-Founded KYZEN Corporation with Dr. Mike Bixenman. His rare determination and commitment to clean science is his life’s work. Kyle holds more than a dozen patents, and he has authored a long list of respected industry papers and articles.

Kyle holds BS degrees in Chemical Engineering and Business Administration from Oregon State University.   In 2004, he was inducted into the Academy of Distinguished Engineers at Oregon State University. In 2009, Oregon State University also honored him with the inaugural Weatherford Award for Entrepreneurs and Innovators.