Sales for South Central Region, USA.Performance and specialty chemicals focusing on environmental solutions and higher renewable content, moving toward a greener future. Line includes conditioning agents, mild surfactants, foam stabilizers, viscosity builders, emollients and emulsifiers.

* Sales & Marketing of innovative ingredients and technologies* Product Development resource for formulation, technical marketing, quality, and manufacturing projects

- Chief scientific officer for the company- Responsible for vetting new technologies and suppliers for clinical, scientific and regulatory documentation- Support US salesforce by giving technical presentations at key accounts as well as monthly training on ingredients- Invited speaker at SCC symposiums on sunscreen booster, targeted delivery, natural actives and upcycled technologies

- Head of technology and innovation, and responsible for onboarding new technologies and suppliers.- Set up a Regulatory team, SOPs and document control processes. - Responsible for sales in South Central region of USA. Grew the territory by 30% in 2020, and 35% in 2021.

- Product Development for bath & body products, therapeutic solutions, and hair care.- Technology application to address market trends with fast-track but unique product positioning. - Source and qualify new manufacturing partners with strategic core competencies.- Established Project Management to improve efficiency of product development, shorten leadtimes and increase new products in the pipeline.- Overseas production and import from China, validating formulas and qualifying factory to match quality and aesthetics of US formulas.

- Led Brand Strategy and market analysis to identify new opportunities in skin care.- Technical Marketing: Developed all claims and wrote product positioning for marketing materials. - Developed a new skin care line for infomercial launch, and designed clinical studies to substantiate innovative claims. - Technology aquisition and developing new business relationships: Identified over 30 new technologies and potential partners to broaden Company's portfolio.- Technical presentations to dermatologists and MD's for product development and endorsements. - Developed and patented an OTC topical analgesic which launched on QVC.- Set up strategic alliances with leading technology laboratories to negotiate supply contracts, terms, and exclusivities.

- Technical Sales Support: Made PowerPoint presentations on physiology of products and selling points to sales teams (ranging from 1 person to groups of 7,000).- Led R&D and clinical studies to launch 10 skin care products (7 were OTC drugs). - Launched 7 new supplements based on research conducted through UT Southwestern Medical Center. - Coordinated the switch of 70 nutritional supplements to 8 new contract manufacturers.- Established new QA/QC requirements, improving vendor accountability and corrective actions.

- Served on National Board of Directors for SCC, a nonprofit organization promoting the advancement of cosmetic science.- Provided leadership for Southwest, California, and Intermountain West chapters.- Strengthened network with chemists in Texas, California, Utah and Idaho.

- Built a client base of 34 new customers as an independent sales rep for skin care and vitamin products. - Consultant on formulation and process optimization for manufacturing companies. - Patent Law consultant, reviewing patent infringement cases for a local law firm.

- Led product development, resulting in 9 products launched and 20 in development in 6 months. - Technical Sales Support: Presented production and formulation capabilities to customers to create new revenue from contract manufacturing.- Drove Quality improvements which led to the best ISO audit report since original certification. - Transferred production of a medical device to Costa Rica.

- Drove R&D programs to develop top-quality products, launching 30 new products in 1 year. - Technical Sales Support initiatives helped drive growth 5% per year. - Initiated research that led to 3 patent applications and 9 new innovative products. - Prepared products to meet regulatory requirements for launch into Latin American markets. - Served on Officers' Team to increase profitability of the Company, which resulted in 7% increase in share value in 6 months.

- Drove product development applications that contributed to record sales year.- Technical Sales Support: Trained sales team on polymer applications and supported customer projects, leading to 60 new customer product launches in 1 year. - Directed R&D applications for new Carbopol polymers in Personal Care, Pharmaceutical, Detergent, Industrial and Textile markets, with sales over $1MM in 2 years.- Set up a Global Technical Services group to improve efficiency and project turnaround.

- Co-developed a 5-year strategy for N America and Worldwide markets.- Led RD&E teams to develop 5 new international SKU's with annual sales exceeding $9MM.- Launched Glade Potpourri Carpet & Room Deodorizer with annual sales of $46MM.- Developed Glade Country Potpourri with imported botanicals, with annual sales of $9MM.