I have seven years of manufacturing management experience and 20 years of Research and Development experience. I have had many customer facing opportunities throughout my career as well. I feel that the combination of manufacturing, research and development, process, leadership, and customer facing experience gives me a unique perspective and unique skill set. My current role is Sr. Director in Technology. I have the most patents filed by anyone in the organization's history with many global patents. These patents have protected several technologies that have given Hollingsworth & Vose a competitive advantage and have accrued several millions of dollars or business that could not be replicated by competitors. In my current role I am part of the entire innovation cycle from ideation to product launch which again gives me broad perspective. This experience and the leadership experience has alloweds me to inspire the team to achieve technical breakthroughs that give true technical advantages.I have experience with many nonwoven manufacturing processes including spunbond, meltblown, nanofiber production, carded nonwovens and wet laid paper making as well as many post processing steps..
Listed skills include R&D, Polymers, Design Of Experiments, Process Engineering, and 14 others.