Lindsay currently works as a senior smelting specialist for Alcoa. His background includes numerous technical and managerial capacities at Alcoa’s various smelting locations for more than 35 years. Linsday’s responsibilities include alumina quality, metal purity, electrolysis and bath, and fume control systems.

He has published articles in Light Metals, the proceedings of the Australasian Smelting Technology Conferences, and the proceedings of International Alumina Quality Workshops. Lindsay also has served TMS as the editor of Light Metals and subject chair of Reduction Technology, as well as numerous other roles. He was awarded Best Paper for Reduction Technology in 2006 and 2009; has contributed to TMS industrial electrolysis courses and other short courses; and has served as an instructor for graduate programs at the University of New South Wales and the University of Auckland.