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Mesa, Arizona

• New product development. Owner of all incoming raw materials ensuring that we have multiple qualified sources for all of our products. Product management through “end of life initiatives.” Investigating customer.
• Improved the efficiency and reduced manufacturing costs of polyol production with a annual savings of $120,000/year.
• Developed plans to consume over 2,4000,000 lbs. of slow-moving inventory and off spec. materials which resulted in over $7,200,000 in value back to the business.
• Identified and qualified raw materials from alternate suppliers allowing SWD to maintain production targets during a time of supply chain turmoil.
• Process improvement which increased cycle times by 33%
• Increased First Pass Quality from 80% to above 90% by identifying and solving top Quality issues.

Clarksburg West Virginia

• Directed QA analysts, product development chemists and clerical staff in the US. Delivered Results:
• Qualfied Tier 2 new product.
• Secured million-dollar account through technical service with the development of new product.
• Investigate and resolve customer and production issues using Six Sigma, Fishbone and 5Why techniques.
• Accessed productivity and work functions to steam line work processes for chemists to improve outcomes.

• Directly managed two lab technicians to achieve organizational goals objectives and deadlines in the development of new products. Delivered Results:
• Developed new silicone surfactants for the flexible slabstock business with the focus on being compatible with the CO2 process. These were optimized for improved FR performance while maintaining a fine cell structure.
• Co-Authored and presented industry papers on new products.
• Maintained good relationships and communication with customers by providing excellent technical service at the customers location and over the phone.
• Synthesized and characterized copolymers for new products in both batch and continuous lab scale reactors.
• Performed root cause analysis with six sigma black belt to resolve customer quality issues.