• Advanced to business role leading market analysis, value proposition definition, new customer development, product portfolio specification, technical service / marketing / sales team design for large commercial launch. • Built market approach strategy to maximize sales goals for new biomaterial product (identity confidential). • Lead reviewer for new product comparative life cycle analysis (LCA) and developer / presenter of sustainability narrative to potential customers. • Team leader for CovationBio Competitive Intelligence and assembly / presentation of updates to leadership. • Employee Engagement Team member providing feedback and ideas for company culture growth.• Demonstrated ability to learn new skills and areas with successful transition to business-focused role.• Developed new global customer opportunities to increase profitability of biomaterial product launch.• Key contributor to pre-commercial intellectual property development, defense, and strategy. • Driver for identification, evaluation, and implementation of new digital transformation tools for business.

• Senior Engineer responsibilities continued and transferred to CovationBio post-sale of DuPont Biomaterials to the Huafon Group.

• Key technology leader in Biomaterials divestiture process including presentations of FDCA-based polymer technology to all potential buyers, composition of the business summary, expertise for due diligence sessions, and transition deliverables for Day 1 stand-up.• Application development leader, customer liaison, and individual contributor for major pre-commercial program developing new to the world renewable FDCA-based polymers (e.g. polyesters, polyamides).• Developed proficiency in the PET recycling process and new material qualification through extensive experimental evaluations and 5 years as representative to the Association of Plastic Recyclers (North America). • Led custom market analysis design and commissioning for new products to support business plan creation.• Sustainability Leadership Team member driving development of a comprehensive strategy for business.• Excelled in fostering 30+ customer relationships, building trust and value through delivery of impactful results. • Learned to lead by collaboration and influence across roles, direct reports, teams, disciplines, and businesses. • Proven ability to innovate and capture value through trade secrets and 10 international patent families.• Trained Project Management Professional

• Primary technical liaison for key brands/partners through Joint Development Agreements, stakeholder management, confidential material evaluations, and opportunity assessment for commercial partnerships.• Technical team leader (12 members) and individual contributor for research program on renewable FDCA-based polymers: application development, polymerization, scale-up, and external lab / vendor management.• Trained Six Sigma Black Belt

• Technical team leader (10 members) and individual contributor for research program that developed associating TiO2 particle systems designed to increase hiding power of architectural coatings and paints.• Individual contributor to a research program that developed, formulated, and scaled up new chemistries to increase polyamide thermo-oxidative stability for lightweight, high temperature automotive applications.• Certified Six Sigma Green Belt

• Demonstrated the phase separated morphology of supramolecular associating optically healable polymers.• Fabricated and characterized a series of polymer nanocomposites to investigate the effect of high particulate loadings on morphological stability and polymer properties.• Performed ARL lab-scale and Argonne National Laboratory synchrotron X-ray scattering experiments of ordered polymers and nanocomposites.• Developed proficiency in nanoparticle functionalization, ultracryomicrotomy, and transmission electron microscopy (TEM).• Primary author on internal ARL proposal for FY11 Director’s Research Initiative• Composed and contributed to 2 publications (1 first author) and 3 conference presentations (1 proceeding).

• Synthesized and characterized linear and branched polysulfone ionomers for evaluation of polymer branching effects on performance of novel ionic polymer transducer (IPT) membranes as smart materials.• Fabricated and evaluated IPT actuators / sensors from synthesized ionomers, ionic liquids, and RuO2.• Developed proficiency in step-growth polymerization, monomer synthesis & purification, nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR), thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA), size exclusion chromatography (SEC/GPC), dynamic light scattering (DLS), Ubbelohde viscometry, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), electrical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), electroactive device fabrication & characterization (i.e. smart materials).• Composed and contributed to 4 publications (3 first author) and 12 conference presentations (7 proceedings).

• Synthesized and characterized a series of rigid, polar polymers to investigate the effect of branching on decoupled ion transport in dry salt-in-polymer electrolytes.• Performed small-angle x-ray scattering (SAXS) experiments and analysis of ionomer morphology. • Utilized Schlenk line and glovebox techniques for manipulation of water-sensitive materials.• Equipment: SAXS, NMR, TGA, DSC, DMA

• Analyzed products for high temperature tack vs. aging, monitoring surface energy with water contact-angle.• Performed mixing of various rubber formulations with Brabender twin-screw mixer.• Equipment: hydraulic press, calender mill, Brabender mixer, single-screw extruder, tensile tester modified for tack measurements, industrial roller mill

• Investigated effects of combinatorial, topographic patterning on adhesion strength of PDMS–PDMS interfaces.• Examined aspect ratio and feature density parameters as quantifiable contributors to adhesion strength.• Contributed to publication “Combinatorial Investigation of Topographically-Controlled Polymer Adhesion” • Equipment: nanopositioner, optical microscope, automated X-Y stage, load-cell, fiber-optic sensor

Michelin Americas R&D Co., Greenville, South Carolina (May 2002 – Aug. 2002)• Investigated diffusion of various organic/synthetic lubricants into samples of structural rubber and polymer.• Assisted in creation of lab-scale indicator for correlation of resultant physical properties and end performance.• Equipment: hydraulic press, calender mill, automated tensile tester, swelling techniques, industrial roller millMichelin Americas R&D Co., Greenville, South Carolina (May 2001 – Aug. 2001)• Qualified a custom lab tool for providing viscoelastic mold flow information to inform green tire manufacture.• Employed experimental methods and modeling of polymer flow under variable pressure and temperature.• Equipment: curing press, Mooney viscometerGroupe Michelin R&D, Clermont-Ferrand, France (Aug. 2000 – Dec. 2000)• Conducted high level engineering functions in a fluent French-speaking environment full time.• Investigated mechanical and chemical methods for recycling cured rubber into uncured rubber.• Analyzed effect of recycled rubber loading on physical properties of new rubber formulations.• Equipment: mini roller mill, mini-brabender mixer, chemical swelling techniques, curing press.US2 Manufacturing Plant, Sandy Springs, South Carolina (Jan. 2000 – May 2000)• Group 10 production team co-leader, concentration as Group 10 zed engineer (new mix industrialization), production capacity loading of Group 10, member of Durablack project design.• Received Michelin’s Project Approach training.• Equipment: full industrial green rubber production line (continuous process), quality assurance labsMichelin Americas R&D Co., Greenville, South Carolina (May 1999 – Aug. 1999)• Concentrated studies on tack and related issues for analysis and qualification of three commercial tack testers.• Received Michelin’s Basic Rubber Technology training.• Equipment: calender mill, hydraulic hot-press, uncured adhesion (tack) testers