• Project Manager for the engineering design and construction of a $3 million pilot operation focused on renewable energy• Project Manager for several lab and pilot scale bio-chemical equipment installations at Sharon Center Research Facility.• Technical support for grant writing submissions.• Analysis of vessels and machinery for the bio-chemical industry including specification, layout, and design.• Work with vendors for design and application queries.• Create and submit technical specifications for equipment to be bid on by vendors as well as analysis of vendor bids.

• Managed M&G Polymers USA Corporate Research Pilot Plant. Responsible for all aspects of daily production, personnel, work instruction, scheduling, troubleshooting, and maintenance.• Responsible for plant safety programs, such as lock/out tag/out, process hazard analysis, job specific safety, etc.• Project Manager for all engineering projects in Pilot Plant.• Actively managed continuous process improvements and increased flexibility in all production lines.• Instrumental in designing and reconfiguring lines to accommodate new process conditions and ideas.• Managed departmental capital budget.• Good understanding of all engineering disciplines (i.e. mechanical, civil, electrical, etc.) and can manage all construction trades.• Excel in control and instrument engineering with respect to instrument selection, wiring, programming, and process control. • Successfully managed several capital installations in Pilot Plant, which include, design/specification, purchasing, managing installation, startup, and operation.• Notable capital installations: continuous polymerization line, DeltaV DCS, solid state reactor, and batch IR crystallizer.• Created process P&ID’s and mechanical and electrical installation drawings in AutoCAD.• In depth knowledge of rotating equipment and sealed equipment.• Design and operation of high temperature equipment, hot oil systems, crystallization, solid state technology, and melt polymerization technology.

• Corporate Research Engineer for M&G Polymers USA working on global projects. Many projects involved scale-up of pilot work done at research facility and implementing in plants.• Supervised startup of continuous esterification line in M&G Polymers USA Corporate Research Pilot Plant. Responsible for troubleshooting and optimization of line. Designed remaining mechanical and electrical systems as well as programmed DCS.• Designed and managed construction and installation of several pieces of pilot equipment including rotating crystallizer, portable hot oil systems, co-extrusion line, and pilot extruder.• Conducted several global equipment trials including new product formulation, extrusion, co-extrusion, pelletizing, and die face cutting (underwater pelletizer).• Experience running single and twin screw extrusion, injection molding, and pellet drying.

- Specialty chemicals manufacturer. Key plant processes: organic and inorganic synthesis, crystallization, polyvinyl acetate suspension polymerization reactions, vacuum distillation- Key plant equipment: glass and stainless steel reactors, spray dryer, vacuum pump, crystallizers, centrifuges, filter presses- Process Safety Management (PSM) Coordinator and member of plant Safety Committee- R&D scale up of new and optimized processes using lab pilot equipment- Responsible for troubleshooting daily problems in plant- Supervise production operations including writing work instructions for operators based off production schedule- Responsible for resolving customer complaints and corrective actions- Responsible for training operators in start-up of new processes or process changes- Work closely with sales and marketing on establishing customer requirements for products- Responsible for filtration requirements in plant- Designed and supervised installation of bulk delivery system- Responsible for troubleshooting and programming ABB DCI System 6/Chemflex, DeltaV DCS, and Allen-Bradley Slick 500 PLC control systems

• Liquid OEM automotive paint and chemical manufacturer.• Troubleshoot production with relation to quality and providing process improvements.• Managed batch work instruction for production and monitoring assembly of batches.• Improved batch processes through bench-top simulation and scale-up.• Orchestrated several production scale-ups from pilot trials to ensure correct formulation.• Process and design work with resins and additives in tints, primers, clear, and base coats.• In depth study, pilot, and production design work with premixes, dispersion, and grinding of pigments.• Designed Excel program for SPC charting for raw materials, in process checks, and finished product data and established quality records for production.