Manage cross functional and regional global key strategic innovation and technical projectsLead global cross functional and regional teams of scientists and non scientists to identify microplastics alternatives

Lead the technical sourcing of new ingredients in the area of pigments, dyes, silicones and functional fillers for Make up, Skincare, Haircare and hair coloration product categories for local and global l'Oreal businesses and brandsFoster existing relationships or develop new ones from suppliers and start up to deliver innovation raw material technologies for upstream research, midstream and downstream R&D for local Americas market and Global marketsLed raw materials innovation platforms such as functional fillers for color cosmetics, long wear and their deployment into transformation in strategic projectsLed the identification of new ingredients materials from new small/mid size companies and large corporationsDeveloped core strategic supplier relationships through specific partnerships (co development and partnerships) which led to key launches in Color Cosmetics, Skincare, Hair Color and Hair Make up product categoriesAdept in building strategies for innovation in green sciences, sustainability for new ingredients and raw materialsGive technical trainings on pigments and functional fillers to R&D, transversal teams, Safety and Regulatory affairs groups for local and global trainingsLed global raw material projects through local and global coordination of R&I and Sourcing teamsManage Innovation raw material project portfolio of Make up research laboratories from mid stream to downstream labs Manage strategic partnerships and develop innovation pipelines with core suppliersLead major task forces for strategic ingredients sourcing and performance validation activitiesActively work with Corporate, Regulatory affairs and regulatory vigilance teams to contribute to forging current l'Oreal internal policies and help build new onesSupport consumer insight, Fast Beauty Innovation, Marketing teams and Operations teams across different divisions

Led cross functional teams to foster and develop fast innovative ingredients sourcing, identification and validation to reduce time to market in color cosmeticsDesigned and led the implementation of key ingredient supplier strategies in Color and Fillers which lead to major breakthroughs and launches in nail, lips, face foundation, hygiene and hair color productsLed and hosted the organization of internal Suppliers Day for Color and Optical EffectsSolved major raw material supplier crises ( >10 billion dollar of business impact) by serving as an internal consultant for l'Oreal operations and safety and regulatory teams

Championing the implementation of combinatorial chemistry and high throughput chemistry techniques for the materials development for GE Businesses (Water treatment, Energy, Healthcare)Designed and Synthesized libraries of small molecules for GE Healthcare and imagingProcess development and industrialization of nanoparticles for medical imaging applicationsLed high throughput screening of CO2 capture for DOE programs and GE healthcare programsDigitalization and data managementAnalytical method development for lab automation and High throughput screeningDesign and synthesis of silicones, pH responsive polymers, macromolecules for industrial and analyte sensing devices in RFID wearable devicesEvaluation of catalysts for energy storage programs towards battery developmentTrack record of contribution to innovation and impact in major research and development programs

Feb 2003-Feb 2005 : Postdoctoral fellowship with Prof. G.B. Dudley(1) Developed new methodologies in organosilicon/organosilane chemistry (2) Successfully applied those tools to the total synthesis of arteannuin A, a metabolite of the biosynthesis of artemisinin(3) Was a key contributor to the setting up of the laboratory and training of graduate and undergraduate studentsFeb 2005-October 2005 : Post doctoral fellowship with Prof. G. Dudley and Prof. H. Kroto(1) Functionalization of buckminsterfullerene (C60, C70, C72)

Supported R&D activities for brass product linesSurface characterization of brass, copper alloy barsDeveloped new cleaning formulations for brass laminates in production linesDiscovered new coloration treatments for brass products