Business owner. Consultancy & Distributorship since 2000. Global distributor of IIMAK Metallograph products for Printed Electronics. Consultancy provides technical, operational, management, expert witness and IP services to businesses associated with printing, packaging, and coating. Digital printing a core competency. Acting CTO, COO and Chief Scientist for start up ventures.Finders of services, products and contract manufacturing. Print and manufactured product brokering.Owner & Founder of DECSTEC - printer of premium image quality large format panels - 5 years.VP R&D for industrial film coating and laminating company - 3 years.Technical manager for digital print paper and film manufacturer - 10 years.Research manager for paper and board coatings research - 5 years.Scientist in various government laboratories - 4 years26 US patents plus associated EPO & WO patentsCurrent Focus Areas: 1. Market expansion for digital printing OEMs and materials vendors.2. Additive fabrication (3D printing). Where companies in the printing industry can succeed3. Emulsions: Reactive emulsion technology for delayed polymerization and color developmentSpecialties: Design, development & manufacturing printing & packaging films & papers. Photo-quality digital printing. Ink jet & laser print. Traditional printing. Printed electronics. Conductive inks. Dye sublimation. Panel printing. Print quality & defects. Indicators.Roll, blade, curtain, gravure, spray and screen coating. Powder, UV/EB, anti-microbial coating. Coating quality.Colloids. Nano-particles. Nanotechnology. Allophane. Metal colloids. Viruses. Freezing.