• Brought new oxygen sensing products from R&D to market• Developed solution-processed technique for sensor deposition; reduced consumable production time by 10-fold• Improved customer experience to drive 2-fold increase in sales conversion rate within 3 months• Analyzed customer demographics; formulated sales and marketing strategy• Managed consumable production and delivery• Functionalized inorganic compounds to improve their organic processability• Designed user workflow to enhance customer experience• Built customer support team from the ground up• Technical sales and customer on-boarding• Validated software and hardware products with internal experiments

• Evaluated the interaction between organic dye and oxygen via fluorescence quenching, lifetime and intensity studies.• Trained interns on fluorescence instrument and safe chemical handling• Primary laboratory safety leader for the company with biochemists, mechanical engineers, and computer scientists• Developed strategy to streamline manufacturing of oxygen-sensing probes for drug discovery; designed methods for senser synthesis and deposition• Formulated oxygen sensor solution; optimized thin-film formation with additives and curing conditions

• Designed and synthesized solution-processable electrochromic dyes for spray casting and blade coating.• Analyzed absorption, colorimetry (CIELAB), switching speed, and color contrast between colored and transparent states of polymer thin film; studied film adhesion and stability under a sweeping potential in an in-situ spectroelectrochemical setup.• Extended dye absorption evenly across the visible spectrum for black-to-transmissive electrochromic window and fast switching electronic display.• Evaluated surface roughness of coated thin films via topological imagining techniques including atomic force microscopy and polarized optical microscopy.

• Design and synthesize conjugated oligomers and polymers for organic electronics; determine spectroscopic (UV-Vis-NIR absorption and fluorescence), morphological (AFM, x-ray diffraction, polarized optical microscopy), electronic (electrochemistry), thermal (TGA/DSC), and structural (NMR, IR, GPC, MassSpec) properties of materials.• Fabricate and test organic photovoltaic device; process organic soluble materials via roll-to-roll and layer-by-layer methods (blade, slot-die coating, Langmuir-Blodgett).• Maintain, set up, and train users on laboratory instrumentations (glove box, Kugelrohr distillation, optical microscope.) • Manage a group of 12 researchers in the synthetic laboratory; maintain inventory of 1,000+ chemicals and enforce safety and chemical waste regulations.

• Explored commercialization opportunities for organic photovoltaic technology through market research, customer interview, intellectual property investigation, and financial analysis; pitched strategic startup plans on business potentials for material production and sensor applications.• Constructed go-to-market plans for two Atlanta healthcare and biotechnology startup companies.

• Led cross-functional SKUs optimization project. Collected product datafrom senior management in cost accounting, inventory, sourcing and sales departments. Identified SKUs with poor performance and recommended strategic improvement. Determined discounted SKUs’ run-out schedules and prepared sales sheets for replacement SKUs.• Evaluated categories’ POS trends. Investigated abnormal trends using historic sales data. Generated monthly POS trends reports for category managers.• Developed sales catalog for new display initiative. Identified growing categories for PDQ and floor displays. Designed package orientations to stimulate impulse purchasing.

• Researched on computer-on-wheels market in nursing units and emergency rooms. Interviewed manufacturers, end users and distributors to identified strengths and weaknesses of current products through observation and surveys.• Employed five forces analysis; analyzed future trends (new products and new markets) in Point-of-Care industry. Provided a five-year long-term strategic plan to Vice President of strategic planning.

• Analyzed diamond-like semiconductors using powder x-ray diffractometry, solid-state ultraviolent visible spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy. Observed desired structures, compositions, purity level in products.• Designed alternative synthesizing techniques. Investigated effects of flux reactions on product yield; proved flux reactions increased product yield.• Created temperature profiles for synthesis processes to obtain various chemical compositions of products using same starting materials. Discovered high-yielded temperature profiles through numerous trials.

• Evaluated hearing protectors’ effectiveness; analyzed relationships between energy of speech and subjects’ performances. • Developed studies to evaluate hearing protectors, tested human subject’s response to speech in simulated mines.