Results oriented Senior Level Technical Leader with extensive experience in the Disposable Absorbent Products Industry (Branded & Private Label), Medical Devices and Materials.Effectively leveraged Six Sigma Statistical tools (DFSS) to provide significant cost savings and improved margins.Entrepreneurial management style results in rapid to market new products successfully at both large corporations and smaller privately held companies. Personally created and effectively supervised many high performance teams. Supervised technical teams of 50+ and budgets of over $8 million.Internationally recognized by INDA (The Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry) as an Innovator of Technologies and New Products. Won Best New Product at VISION Conference in 2007. Nominated for one of the top 5 World Wide New Products / Technologies in 2005 and 2008. Selected to be the Keynote Speaker at INSIGHT Conference.Experienced with all types of material and technologies including: Plastics, Fluff Pulp, Cotton, Rayon, Super Absorbent Polymers, Polyolefin used in Injection Molding / Profile and Cast Extrusion, Spunbond, Carded Webs, Textile Fibers, Wet Wipes and their processes. Also experienced with Class 2 Medical Devices, 510K filings, FDA and other Regulatory Agencies.Strong background and substantial results in creating and managing IP. Utilized as Expert Witness in various litigations.Specialties: Merger & Acquisitions, in-depth successful integration experience of both acquiring and being acquired.Intellectual Property, creating patents and expert witness.Certified in Design For Six Sigma (Operational Excellence) at the Black Belt Level (DFSS).20 US Patents. With directly supervised teams' having obtained over 150 patents (Covidien + Kimberly-Clark.)