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San Clemente, California, United States

El Monte, Ca

Data driven Research and Development Manager at The Gill Corporation in El Monte, CA. Full project planning including timelines, budgeting, resources and Capex for projects in aerospace composites (primarily laminates and honeycomb panels using glass or carbon fiber prepreg materials). Development of thermoset adhesives and prepreg resin systems, prepregs, laminate and panel constructions to meet customer specifications. Development of manufacturing processes in conjunction with good scientific practices and Six Sigma tools to ensure consistent product quality. Emphasis on applied science with detailed understanding of product and process interactions. Significant cross collaboration with other departments (scale up, new process development, root cause analysis). Management of Analytical Lab including equipment and methods for Optical and Laser Microscopy, Rheology (capillary, rotational, Dynamic Mechanical Analysis), FTIR Spectroscopy, Gel Permeation Chromatography, Thermo Mechanical Analysis, Thermo Gravimetric Analysis, Differential Scanning Calorimetry.

Mentor, Oh

Senior Research Associate in the Vancive Medical Technologies division of Avery Dennison in Mentor, OH. Leading all materials science aspects of Metria Informed Health Wearable Sensors technologies, through selection and optimization of materials for optimal device performance and product safety. Responsibilities includes leading the development, evaluation (including clinical trials) and commercialization of high performance, skin friendly adhesives; polymeric electrodes for heart rate & ECG signal collection; polymeric films and foams for protection of electronics; materials and processes for water ingress protection; materials and processes for cost reduction.Other main responsibilities include conducting various clinical research studies, either internally or externally, for evaluation of data accuracy (vs. benchmark or gold standard), firmware optimization, and user interface evaluation. Ensuring all documentation of all R&D activities is compliant to FDA stage gate process requirements.

Pasadena, Ca

Research Associate at Avery Research Center in Pasadena, CA. Using an 'NPD' New Product Development stage gate process, leading a variety of Materials Science projects from initial concept to feasibility assessment and to scale up, focusing on the voice of the customer (or end user) and ease of commercialization to generate high performance products. Key areas of supported fields included development of environmentally friendlier graphics films, lightweight steel sound and vibration damping materials for automotive applications, elastomeric laminates for baby diaper applications (via a novel extrusion process) and low surface energy adhesives with unique hybrid polymer structures.This role is a combination of materials science with large NPD project management and Enterprise Lean Sigma.

Turnhout, Belgium

Product Development and Base Technologies Engineer at Avery Dennison's Specialty Tape Division in Belgium. Leading various projects to success from initial technical feasibility to final commercialization in the Consumer Products division. Key accomplishments include development of novel pressure sensitive adhesive tape products, via patented inventions in pressure sensitive adhesives and elastomeric films. Using the concept of Horizon 1 'fast growth' 100 day projects, leading multi-functional teams through rapid development of custom products for the division's largest customers. With the same approach, a newly developed and patented rubber based adhesive was scaled up and introduced into various products, outperforming competition leading to sustainable long term growth for the business.

Brussels (Belgium) And Egham (United Kingdom)

Researcher, developing various products within the Corporate Prototyping and Packaging Development group, displaying technical creativity and structured methods to generate new prototypes for consumer goods applications.Key areas of R&D development including delivery systems for various products (fabric & home care), water soluble films and packaging, medical inhalers, thermochromic packaging containers and development/analysis of elastomeric polyolefins. In this highly upstream corporate R&D group, our team's focus was on taking new to the world concepts and generating fully functional prototypes for customer research and market testing.

Master Of Science (Msc), Polymer Science & Engineering

Master of Science degree at the Polymer Science and Engineering Department at UMASS Amherst (Sylvio O. Conte National Center for Polymer.

Master'S Degree, Industrial Engineering - Industrial Chemistry

Activities and Societies: Centaura Student Club