Business development technical sales professional within aerospace/military/defense high performance composites industry. Working within team of technical specialists of the Northern Composites-Krayden NA family to create value and develop business opportunities for the NCL/Krayden family of products for mid-Atlantic-Southeast US region.

Project lead on cross company internal cost savings project with multiple levers including process savings, favorable logistics, creating manufacturing kettle capacity for increased business support for cost savings of $750K+ annually•Sales support lead for manufacturing/kettle optimization projects leading to $7MM in increased annual gross margins for key customer account•Maintain and grow key accounts, supporting $18MM in gross margins annual sales in specialty resins building products

•Project lead on major gypsum/backerboard project for performance optimization, formula cost savings, process improvements and optimization supporting $12MM in annual sales•Project Lead for windows and doors pre-finish systems (WDMA certified) supporting $22MM in annual sales •Project lead on high performance water-based tannin-blocking primers •Project member with technical proficiency in WB UV opaque and UV Clear technology platform development-$6MM in annual sales

•Project lead on Next Gen Primer/PAMM (pre-primed) and prefinished doors-$6MM in annual sales•Project Lead for waterbased distribution product line-$2MM in annual sales•Project lead for multiple KCMA with high-level technical proficiency in WB UV opaque and clear technology platform development-$6MM in annual sales•Senior level technical proficiency in waterbased high performance topcoats/enamels and primers w/specialty in 1K high performance clears and WDMA TM11/12/14 certified coatings-$5 MM in annual sales

•Project Lead with senior level technical proficiency for multiple key accounts with a focus in water based technologies and WB Distribution•Project lead on major LSS Green Belt projects for division wide cost savings including completion of several major process optimization projects using DfLSS tools for streamlining manufacturing, minimizing batch cycle time, and minimizing post production QC adjustments•Implemented multiple new waterborne technologies to help drive innovation and cost savings initiatives as key member of platform innovation team

•Developed multiple product lines responsible for $15.5MM/year in business•Develop new coatings as related to wood, concrete and other architectural coatings as well as address feasibility of new products and projects for the consumer market.•Maintain and update current product portfolio to improve product performance and to improve manufacturing processes•Provide product support from project conception, and feasibility studies through commercialization, including new product development, lab scale-up, product stability testing and package stability testing•Conduct cost savings initiatives by raw material replacement, formulation changes or process improvements•Reformulate architectural coatings by modification and improvement of existing formulas•Reformulate and improve performance and/or processing of current product lines by incorporating new raw material technology•Observe and supervise production in process scale-up, suggest process optimization and implement production modifications based on variances in manufacturing equipment

Dr. Toby L. Nelson*Detected and quantified histamine and other biogenic amines in fish extracts using a carboxylic acid functionalized polythiophene*Developed assay conditions to create a polymer-based sensor array for detecting the quality of fish *Conducted various fish assays using a spectrophotometer and an absorbance plate reader in comparison to chromatography methods

*Supervise and instruct students in undergraduate general chemistry laboratory experiments *Aid students with homework problems and exam preparation in thermodynamics*Assist students with online homework problems and exam preparation in general chemistry*Grade laboratory reports for general chemistry *Proctor and grade exam papers