Debbie Rosch Email & Phone Number

Strongsville, Oh

Develop and qualify new laminate materials for the automotive and durables market.

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

Manage the development of hot melt adhesive formulations and compounding capability as well as trialed and qualified new webstocks for pressure sensitive labels.• Developed two new formulations which were lower in cost and higher-performing than the incumbent commercial adhesives.• Conducted field trials employing various adhesive compounding systems and provided comparative data to enable the choice of equipment and supplier.• Specified equipment and furnishings for a laboratory, including pressure sensitive test equipment, laboratory-scale compounding and coating equipment, and analytical chemistry equipment such as FT-IR spectroscopy.• Improved quality processes by conducting training in raw material characteristics, developing and documenting process maps, and qualifying and improving measurement systems.

Product Manager 2010-2013Managed Specialty Paper Products throughout their life-cycle, from customer concept, through development, commercialization, and improvement. • Collaborated closely with customers to determine critical product attributes.• Integrated customer requirements with mill and machine capabilities, raw material and production costs, and quality metrics to develop and sustain high-performing, profitable products.• Managed a high operation tempo relationship with customers, attending field trials and providing on-site customer technical support.• Successfully teamed with sales in providing information on new products, ongoing compliance with quality specifications, and product changes.

Provided information to customers on product use, recommended products, resolved complaints

Developed new products, modified existing products to reduce cost or improve robustness, transitioned products from one manufacturing asset to another. Resolved quality problems by applying technical knowledge, analytical tools, and problem solving techniques.•Managed highly effective, efficient projects and cross-functional teams by defining goals, creating work plans, assigning tasks, optimizing resources, and improving communication.•In a time of business regression, developed and commercialized a consumer Wall Graphics product that exceeded initial sales forecasts by 50%.•Resolved a quality problem costing more than $6 million per year by applying Six Sigma Methodology to reduce variation and optimize product performance.•Researched, developed and implemented Lean Manufacturing Visual Enterprise methods, which improved safety, quality, efficiency, and communication in plant and office environments.

Developmental Role led to promotion to Product Development Engineer. • Managed smaller projects by creating work plans, assigning tasks, managing resources, compiling and analyzing data and results, and managing communication. • Qualified and implemented a proprietary resin system that reduced cost of existing adhesive products by more than $3 million, while maintaining or improving critical performance parameters.•Developed a pressure sensitive adhesive for fruits and vegetables designed for a customer's proprietary labeling device by creating a new test method that better predicted performance. Effort resulted in several million dollars in sales and a better relationship with a key customer.•Replaced a discontinued plasticizer oil by recognizing that the proposed "drop-in" replacement yielded inferior performance compared to the original. Formulated a proprietary alternative with improved performance, providing an advantage over our competitors.

Conducted physical and chemical tests, analyzed, and reported data to product development professionals, technical marketing professionals, or customer service representatives. Excellent technical skills, team-building and project management abilities led to promotion to Technologist. • Conducted tests including various physical measurements such as rheology, viscosity, and adhesion force as well spectroscopy, chromatography, scanning calorimetery, and thermal gravimetric analysis.• Championed and improved the use of an innovative rheological test method that more accurately predicted field performance and reduced test time by 70%.• Chosen by peers to represent technicians in organizational redesign, resulting in the formation of natural work teams that communicated more effectively and empowered team members to use their expertise to make decisions.

Supervised four Quality Technicians and managed the Microbiology and Food Chemistry laboratory, developed test protocols, conducted physical, chemical, and microbiological tests and reported results.• Updated and maintained a strict Total Quality Control program in cooperation with the USDA Food Safety Inspection Service. This prestigious TQC system allowed extension of operations without incurring costs of FSIS inspectors.• Turned adversarial relationships into collaborative ones. Standardizing processes, improving test accuracy, and improving documentation, along with honest communication, led to better relationships and fewer compliance issues with both the USDA and customers. • Created and implemented a sampling, testing, auditing protocol and documentation system for a new cooked product process, minimizing scrap while maintaining high quality standards.