PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY● 20 years of experience as a materials scientist/engineer and manager in tire, synthetic rubber, rubber additives, and plastics industries● 9 years R&D experience at tire manufacturers (Bridgestone; Cooper Tire) and 4 years at raw material suppliers to tire, rubber, and plastics industries (Eastman Chemical; ExxonMobil) ● International background includes: two years in Saudi Arabia as Deputy Director of an elastomer technical college; short-term visiting scientist positions in Germany and Turkey; and key roles in multi-site projects with corporate technical centers and manufacturing plants in Asia and Europe● Areas of Expertise: polymer science, viscoelasticity / rheology, R&D, technical workforce training, intellectual property, technical management, technical sales and marketing, rubber, tire materials, plastics, rubber compounding for performance, predictive material test development, structure-property-processing relationships, material characterization● Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering (polymer materials focus) from Virginia Tech and two-year postdoctoral fellowship in polymer physics at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
Listed skills include Polymers, Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, R&D, and 20 others.