I am a materials engineer with an invaluable combination of hands-on, technical skills; leadership and supervisory experience; and communication skills, both written and oral. These have been applied effectively in interactions with technical, managerial, sales and marketing functional areas.These strengths support, and have been instrumental in providing solutions and valuable insights related to the use and application of engineering materials, in a variety of industrial environments. Materials characterization and failure analysis experience has included work with both ferrous (steels & cast irons) and non-ferrous metals, elastomers, composites and a variety of surface coatings and treatments.Volunteer and part-time activities have, and continue to be allocated in support of students interested in the applications of math and science.
Listed skills include Coatings, R&D, Mechanical Testing, Metallurgy, and 46 others.