• Seek and develop ideas with high margin potentials for strategic growth fields and new marketing concepts• Coordinate with Business, Sales, & Technical managers of all Business Lines (e.g. Coatings, Agriculture, Lubricants, Industrial Cleaners, etc.) to set yearly North American innovation strategy and sales/margin targets • Lead and execute Technology Scouts for all Industrial Application Business Lines using Lean Start-up and Design Thinking Methodologies• Stay up to date on all current and rising trends within relevant industries including innovation techniques, practices, and greater consumer trends• Derive value propositions for incoming projects and calculate total addressable market values to determine the financial viability of project execution• Champion technical innovation projects with cross-functional teams and key stakeholders to ensure time-to-market is achieved in agile cycles• Establish relationships with industry societies, external organizations, and universities for collaborations and partnerships• Create promotional materials and presentations to highlight focus products and brand image for customers, trade shows, industry events, and sales teams• Conduct customer problem sessions and brainstorming workshops utilizing innovation methodologies to build out ideas for structured pipeline generation

• Work with a multi-regional team to develop Clariant’s 7-Year Global Strategy for Home Care based on consumer unmet needs and rising trends• Utilize the Design Thinking Approach and Lean Startup Methodology to develop claims, technical solutions, and innovative formats for the needs of our customers and their end consumers• Analyze social media posts and conduct intensive end consumer interviews through a marketing agency recruitment to identify the most prominent jobs-to-be-done• Develop pretotypes and prototypes for consumer testing with the assistance of design engineers • Interview Global Key Accounts and external industry experts to obtain a holistic understanding of industry problems• Organize and lead Technical Ideation Workshops with internal and external experts to develop creative technical solutions in line with Clariant’s core technology platform• Screen IP landscapes and search for potential collaborations and/or start-up acquirements • Calculate potential market opportunities and sales at maturity for claims and sub-claims• Coordinate with Global Marketing and Technical Application Development Teams for execution of prioritized technical solutions

• Organize, lead, and present on industry trends in reoccurring meetings for Technical, Sales, and Marketing Teams- featuring new formulation prototypes to support each trend• Create launch marketing presentations to highlight technical performance of raw materials• Engage in various new product and application developments• Research solutions for projects brought forth by customers based on requests or needs• Formulate and conduct bench experiments for regional and global conceptual launches• Regularly communicate with other members of the business unit to ensure project stays on task• Perform physical specifications for formulation stability in addition to instrumental maintenance

Worked on product development activities of multiple projects simultaneously• Carried out formulations and bench experiments for topical cosmetic, OTC, 510 medical devices, andtransferred Rx products• Performed physical specifications for formulations including viscosity and pH• Amended technical documents including formulation development protocols and reports, SOPs, packagingchanges, etc.• Performed raw material inventory ordering and organization• Packaged and shipped product samples

Performed molecular cloning and PCR for protein expression• Learned and utilized methods for detection of DNA and protein such as gel electrophoresis and WesternBlotting• Performed capsular polysaccharide biosynthesis for inhibition studies• Performed analyses using HPLC, GC, and CE• Presented weekly summaries of research and results• Wrote detailed reports of work performed, results, and future project directions every semester• Assisted in lab maintenance including instrumentation trouble shooting and repairs