Monica Ford, Ph.D. Email & Phone Number

Pratteln, Basel-Country, Ch

North Charleston, South Carolina, Us

Responsible for management of technical innovation projects.Responsible for professional development and management of two direct reports.Selected to partner with Legal team to assist with development and implementation of Trade Secret policy through creation of a repository and providing training on its use.Responsible for expanding testing capabilities through procurement of appropriate equipment to support project needs.Responsible for forging relationships with strategic partners to facilitate reaching project decision points faster.Accomplishments: • Created Trade Secret review process for evaluation of products and manufacturing processes.• Executed two innovation projects to closure with full documentation.

North Charleston, South Carolina, Us

Special Project – Capa (Ingevity UK) Acquisition, Innovation Lead, Transition TeamExecuted Innovation Transition Service Agreement (TSA) through coordination with personnel at the Capa site (Warrington, UK) and at the original parent company (Perstorp, Sweden).Facilitated transfer of projects from Perstorp to Ingevity UK (Engineered Polymers Division).Identified hiring needs and initiated hiring plan to successfully support additional projects.Assisted in planning laboratory expansion and creation of Innovation Center.Provided interim management and oversight for the Innovation team.Liaised between key functional groups across the organization to achieve alignment and promote faster integration of Capa into Ingevity.Accomplishments: • Six of the seven projects to be transferred from Perstorp were fully transferred or submitted for termination prior to the allotted 18-month timeframe - resulted in savings of over $675,000 USD from the estimated costs.

North Charleston, South Carolina, Us

Responsible for management of technical business development projects and building up lab testing capabilities.Accomplishments:• Promoted Ingevity’s Lubricants interests through service as external representative on various committees (ILMA, STLE) and on the board of the Chicago STLE.• Built laboratory capabilities through procurement and management of critical testing equipment collectively valued at more than $300,000.• Developed and facilitated training of sales team, distributors, and new employees.• Drove technical excellence by developing technical strategy and goals, in alignment with commercial strategy, in one of Ingevity's globally targeted growth markets; Lubricants. • Promoted business growth (>10% YOY) by identifying opportunities for increased penetration and optimal usage of existing products through customer-focused interactions and through close collaboration with our commercial and marketing team.

Wickliffe, Ohio, Us

Served as a technical advisor and lab coordinator for colloid support of Lubrizol Additives and Lubrizol Advanced Materials through workflow coordination and training of lab technicians. Responsible for characterizing the physical properties of colloidal systems for fundamental knowledge, troubleshooting, component development/optimization, and/or plant/toller support. Provided technical support to Engine Oils segment to assist in fundamental understanding of the impacts of soot and other contaminating species on the performance of additives in lubricants. Assisted in development of marketing collateral to promote Lubrizol’s reputation of technical expertise in engine oil additives, particularly in soot handling.Provided technical support to Driveline segment to develop fundamental understanding of foaming/defoaming and the performance of antifoams in automotive gear oils and to characterize adsorption behavior of transmission fluid components onto relevant surfaces. Provided technical support to Metalworking group for development of new metalworking fluids through screening and characterization of emulsifiers, oils, rust preventatives, and coated surfaces.

Determined ways to manipulate stability of mixed surfactant systems to optimize transdermal permeation; determined optimal formulations for transdermal drug delivery applications using INSIGHT (In Vitro Skin Impedance Guided High-Throughput) screening; Utilized Franz Diffusion Cells to analyze and quantify skin penetration performance; Performed skin penetration studies using porcine and human cadaver skin; optimized the penetration performance of target drugs using chemical penetration enhancers for treatment of various skin diseases; modified biodegradable/biocompatible polymeric particles by surface conjugation with a bioactive polymer to enhance cellular interaction; investigated cellular response to bioactive polymeric particles of various shapes.

Gainesville, Florida, Us

Developed a novel method to measure total interfacial area of dispersed systems such as oil-water emulsions; investigated polymer/surfactant interactions in microemulsion formulations for drug detoxification applications; designed optimal microemulsion formulation for detoxification of target drug molecules; investigated and confirmed the existence of submicellar aggregates in surfactant solutions by using nanofilters.

St Paul, Mn, Us

Performed testing of various nozzle configurations of asthma inhalers to determine the best configuration for efficient drug delivery.

St Paul, Mn, Us

Examined the effect of raw material on the aging of dental impression material.

St Paul, Mn, Us

Analyzed the effect of Post-It® Note pad defects on production rates. Developed methods for the reduction of pad waste.

St Paul, Mn, Us

Performed measurements of Joule heating, electro-osmotic flow coefficients, and impedance analysis in micro fluidic chips. Performed preliminary Auto-CAD measurements.

Post Graduate Program In Project Management

Ph.D., Chemical Engineering

Bs, Chemical Engineering