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Denver, Colorado, United States

Monitoring and assisting 20+ projects and consortiums, collectively working towards advancing the US manufacturing sector through R&D and technology development.

St Paul Mn, Singapore, Vietnam, China, Taiwan, Japan

As program manager, I led multiple international cross-functional teams of 10-20 members, executing on the delivery of Optically Clear Adhesives to electronic customers, supporting >$150M of annual sales. Maintained R&D factory budgets for >5 projects, each upwards of $10M annually; Calculated unit costs of 5+ adhesive products through variable unit cost modeling.Traveled extensively to support R&D manufacturing runs and align international teams on R&D efforts in 6 countries. Represented 3M to external customers routinely to ensure satisfaction, negotiated QC/QA specs, educated customers on manufacturing capabilities, prepared and presented complex project updates.

Saint Paul Mn, Greenville Sc, Neveda Mo

Aligned voice of customer with internal capabilities, vertically integrating unused assets and supported >$10M of realized COGS reduction. Negotiated new customer specifications, reducing defects by 30% and increasing throughput by 10%.Specialization required deep technical knowledge of 3Ms capabilities and facilities, driving cross-functional teams of 5-10 members; needed clear and concise communication to audiences ranging from operators to EVPs. Used leadership skills to represent internal 3M experts to the collective community of 3M.

Saint Paul Mn, Greater China

Led international cross-functional team of 15 members to successfully launch Solar Light Redirecting Film, a product which increases solar PV output by ~3-5%, and has generated >$75M of sales to-date. Developed adhesive for Ultra-Barrier Film, an encapsulant product for flexible solar CIGS, which has net >$50M of sales to-date. This included extensive weathering and modeling of outdoor lifetime performance of 25 years. Created lifetime weathering claims for 4 products, modeling performance of 20+ years outdoors, combining accelerated and outdoor weathering and multiple characterization techniques.Extensive technical reading and writing, including patent applications and right-to-practice reviewing, researching and creating white paper and constant industry research.

Masters Of Engineering: Polymer Material Science, M.Eng - Material Science

Bachelor Of Science: Chemistry