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Listening for Success: enhanced negotiation and mediation (ADR) from cross-cultural insight• Facilitating business negotiations through the productive influence of culture and language • Mediating disputes between parties through conflict resolution• Projects: - sales, supply, & product development contracts with German companies - business development and marketing agreements with Dutch and UK companies - sales & service agreements with a Saudi Arabia company - supply agreements with a Japanese companyo invited moderator, World Affairs Council of Greater Houston, March 2019, "Luncheon: German Ambassador to the U.S. Emily Haber - Transatlantic Relations in Turbulent Times: The German Perspective"o invited speaker, The Society of Petroleum Engineers’ (SPE) Gulf Coast Section, March 2018, "Sustaining and Building Partnerships: People and Negotiation" o invited seminar speaker, German American Chamber of Commerce, South, February 2018, "Making the Connection: People and (International) Negotiation"o invited seminar speaker, Rice Global Engineering and Construction Forum, July 2017, "Making the Connection: People and International Negotiation"(davidbmorse.com is a dba of dbm Consulting & Associates, LLC)

delivering advisory services to companies and individuals using insight, dialogue, and collaboration to help create a better world

Little Ferry, New Jersey, Us

• In first operating quarter executed original contract with detailed design & engineering support service, and reduced product cost by 40% via qualification of new fabrication shop• Responsible to build and grow new worldwide business, creating strategy, budget, resources and operational plans, including leveraging third-party relationships, operating successfully under uncertainty from complex environments & evolving priorities

Little Ferry, New Jersey, Us

• Achieved safety incident rate below industry average and with 50% reduction in Recordables, through implementation of a comprehensive safety program• Led organization to achieve a sustained First-Pass-Quality of 100% within six months, nine months ahead of goal, including significant improvement in process capability Ppk• Team achieved a 25% increase in operating stream rate over six months, providing a reliable delivery schedule to the business• Championed multi-million dollar capital investment program funded by parent companies; successfully achieved plant expansion on-quality, on-time, and under budget• Piloted team in comprehensive assessment of environmental performance, and development of capital projects to ensure long-term sustainability

Little Ferry, New Jersey, Us

• Setup and staffed Bahrain office as lead commercial contact for all EMEA customers• Account management for half of company’s existing and new business SynDox catalyst activities• Account management of European and Middle East, covering existing and new business development clients• Management of sales and raw material forecasting, and lead supplier contact

Little Ferry, New Jersey, Us

• Strategy development and systems integration

Midland, Michigan, Us

• Responsible for current and development revenues on a portfolio of specialty catalyst systems for SHAC polypropylene (PP), METEOR ethylene oxide (EO), oxo-alcohol, and bisphenolA (BPA)• Identified, pursued, and closed innovative catalyst intellectual property license, understanding unique market dynamics and customer needs• Initiated, negotiated, closed, and operated high-value strategic marketing alliances operating with multiple companies and cultures• Managed a broad range of current and development customers over a global span, covering five product lines, and across multiple businesses

Midland, Michigan, Us

• Negotiated and executed UNIPOL PP process technology license, quickly learning new business technology requirements and contributing commercial expertise• Developed and implemented two creative new business market launches while simultaneously leading global business strategy project

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• Achieved a 40% reduction of polypropylene (PP) inventory in 6 months on a 400 KTA three-plant base yielding a positive impact on business cash flow and capital charges• Maintained positive business variable margin without sales impact during 18 month economic downturn, utilizing inventory, forecasting, and logistics

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• Successfully increased professional and support staffing levels to SHAC catalysts by 40% over 2 years while providing technology management for two simultaneous business capital projects of $40 million• Initiated government lab collaboration and integrated university based post-doc resources to leverage internal assets at 80% reduction in cost

London, England, Gb

(also employee of Shell Polypropylene Company)• Principal chemist and pilot plant supervisor successfully delivering 7 new Ziegler-Natta PP (SHAC) & PE catalyst formulations in 6 months• Company-awarded team leader for creation and implementation of a catalyst new product development process

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, International Business

M.B.A., International Business

Ph.D., Chemistry

B.S., Chemistry; Political Science