Product Development Engineer with strong interpersonal, leadership, and problem-solving skills. Cross-functional experience in product development, project management, physical testing, analytical testing, and statistical analysis. MBA, and BS in Environmental Biology with thirteen years’ experience in research and production environments developing new products and working closely with operations, quality control, marketing, product management, and analytical departments. Lab scale design work utilizing modern mixing and formulation equipment leading to production scale trials. Background in coatings, paper making, natural rubber adhesives, synthetic rubber adhesives, and starch adhesives for the pressure sensitive and water activated tape markets.