As part of my GDF Technical Consulting Services offerings I am affiliated as a Principal Scientist with Delaware Polymer R&D, where I have laboratory access to polymer synthesis, processing, and characterization equipment.

STRIDE is a nonprofit organization headquartered in Delaware. We are organized to deliver open innovation, R&D, education, and consulting services. Our membership has extensive industrial experience in chemistry, biology, polymer/material sciences, and related disciplines.

Solutions for Success. GDF Technical Consulting Services specializes in delivering technical solutions to a variety of problems involving the synthesis, characterization, and processing of new and unusual monomer and polymer systems designed for a wide range of applications. GDF Technical Consulting Services provides expertise in the following areas: • High performance polymers, including liquid crystalline, polyamides, polyimides, and polyesters.• Hydrogels designed for active delivery systems or as pharmaceutically active agents.• Elastomers, including TPEs and polyether-urea-urethanes.• Specialty polymers including biologically derived, hyperbranched, and conductive polymers.• Polymerization processes including condensation, solution, suspension, and emulsion systems.• Polymer processing including fiber formation and film formation, extrusion/compounding, injection molding and blow molding.• Polymer end-use development for a wide variety of applications ranging from high performance composite structures to polymeric pharmaceuticals.* Degradable and recyclable polymeric materials.• Organic Synthesis of monomers and other small molecules.• Literature and patent search strategies.• Patent and patent writing strategies.• Business strategies.• Project leadership.• Tutoring / Mentoring.I am always available to discuss new challenges and opportunities. I have recently become affiliated with MarketsandMarkets as a Global Growth Knowledge Partner.Should you be interested in exploring opportunities to grow your business I would be glad to introduce you to the MnM Team and share more information on the possibilities. I am a Principal Scientist at Delaware Polymer R&D, where I have access to polymer processing and characterization equipment. See www.DelawarePolymer.comMy goal is to provide solutions for success. You can contact me at garret.figuly@gmail.com or garretfiguly@gdf-technical-consul.com.See also: www.gdf-technical-consul.com

• Provided insight into processing requirements for new materials for additive manufacturing (3D printing) through thorough analyses of the processes and products. Successfully demonstrated processing of materials that had never before been 3D printed.• Successfully demonstrated encapsulation techniques for biological actives (enzymes).• Led a technical team to successful discovery, synthesis, formulation and development of new polymeric based materials for gravure cylinder coatings to replace metal cladding. Filed patents. This technology is currently under development with another company..• Successfully enhanced efficacy of new hydrogel based surgical adhesives. • Successfully discovered and filed patents for new medical device materials - soft swellable hydrogel based microspheres for therapeutic embolization. Led team to demonstrate efficacy in blocking blood flow to tumor sites and encapsulation of actives.• Enhanced polyhydroxyalkanoate processing through addition of added nucleants and plasticizers and demonstrated new end use applications with these formulas. • Discovered new hydrogel polymers derived from aldaric acids for personal care items and antimicrobial applications – filed patents and wrote publications.• With a team of biologists, led an effort to demonstrate new bioderived monomers for liquid crystalline polymers (LCPs), and personal care materials. Prepared new LCP polymers and evaluated their end-use potential.

• Led efforts to explore new polymers & monomers derived from biotechnology to determine value of polyhydroxyalkanoates and polylactides to various DuPont businesses including packaging and industrial resin applications. A number of business recommendations resulted. * Acted as chairman and co-chairman for planning and executing DuPont's large Technical Conference. Initiated "Growth Partner" interactions with outside companies.• Led exploratory work on new hydrogel forms to determine added value for encapsulation of actives, drug delivery forms, and templated polymerizations for separation applications. Demonstrated value in separation of biological products from crude product streams.

• Working with DuPont-Merck Pharmaceuticals, discovered and filed patents on new family of ionomeric hydrogels for use as bile acid sequestrants. Then led technical team in very large effort (>80 people) within DuPont-Merck Pharmaceuticals on bile acid sequestrants designed for lowering cholesterol levels. Successfully passed through Phase II human clinical trials.

• Founding member of a team that initiated a large degradable polyester program. This program led to BIOMAX commercial products.• Discovered and patented new melt processible elastomers and identified new fiber based end uses.• Participated as core member of LYCRA Diaper Leg Elastic Team to provide polymer synthesis and polymer structure-property support to the team. We initiated a new multimillion-dollar business through these efforts.

• Discovered and patented new hyperbranched polyesters and identified new end uses for drug delivery and rheology control applications. • Identified and developed lead liquid crystalline polymer candidate and helped coordinate corporate program involving 80 scientists covering numerous efforts including polymer synthesis, properties, end use processes (extrusion, spinning), and manufacturing processes.

• University of Illinois (Sept. 1976 – May 1978) – Graduate Teaching Assistant - Earned Teaching Recognition Award• Purdue University (Jan. – May 1976) - Undergraduate Teaching Assistant

• Synthesized new homogeneous rhodium based hydroformylation catalysts.• Synthesized water-soluble polyacrylamide-acrylate copolymers for tertiary oil recovery via emulsion polymerization techniques.