Jason Spruell, Phd, Mba Email & Phone Number

Wooster, Ohio, US

Wooster, Ohio, US

Senior business and technology leader responsible for developing and commercializing superior new products and product lines. I am honored to lead a group of scientists, engineers, and marketers to test new concepts and commercialize new technologies to drive significant top-line growth. I also serve as a member of the senior management team responsible.

Peachtree Corners, GA, US

• Global platform leader for semiconductor, electronics, and refractory metal working markets directing R&D, market analysis, technical new business development, commercial strategy, product portfolio development.
• Extensive global technical sales and joint development experience with emphasis in Japan, Korea, and China
• Led initiatives generating 30% year over year business unit revenue growth through new product development since 2018
• Developed and leveraged external resources to expand into adjacent and downstream product lines
• Led open innovation for new monomers and technologies for 193i and EUV photolithography
• Expanded portfolio and technology into advanced polyimides and flexible displays

Chicago, Illinois, US

• Commercial development leader for start-up’s novel polymeric adsorbent technology for applications in water filtration, industrial separations, and other specialty applications. Responsible for strategic marketing.
• Directed applications research and development activities in filtration media including wet laid nonwoven production, powder granulation, and extruded filter block prototyping
• Identified competitive market technologies and standardized testing protocols for specific segments
• Performed forecasting of industry needs and segment level sales projections

Kingsport, Tennessee, US

• Corporate Innovation application technology and marketing leader. Responsible for developing new applications, markets, and sales channels for cellulose ester bioplastics, membranes, and fibers. Extensive customer.
• Developed cellulose acetate staple fibers for nonwovens (Eastman Vestera™) with >$4MM launch year revenue
• Directed external international research projects (Fraunhofer) to develop novel fibers spinning technologies
• Evaluated market opportunities for personal care, hygiene markets, and gas membrane filtration applications

Spartanburg, South Carolina, US

• Corporate R&D scientist with significant B2B commercialization experience. Partnered extensively with business units to develop new products, solve technical and reliability problems, and launch new technical.
• Conceived, developed, and marketed Westex ShieldCXP™, the category defining FR+Chemical Splash resistant fabric (Winner of R&D 100 Award) generating significant revenue and average of 80% y-o-y growth since launch
• Invented and/or co-invented new enabling technologies for ~50% of new product portfolio for $200MM business
• Launched process improvements yielding savings of 15-20% margin points in FR finishing process
• Expertise in flame retardant (FR) science and textile finishing processes, including new chemistry development, applications and formulations, process improvement, range design, analytical testing, phosphorus.

Spartanburg, South Carolina, US

Santa Barbara, CA, US

Advisor: Craig HawkerDeveloped novel polymer nanotechnologies with applications in directed self-assembly for application in next generation semiconductor manufacturing.Led two research teams devoted to (1) the investigation of self-assembling block copolymer nanostructures, (2) the investigation of ionically-driven supramolecular hydrogels and (3) the.

Evanston, IL, US

Advisor: Nobel Laureate Sir Fraser StoddartDeveloped and investigated efficient synthetic protocols to prepare donor-acceptor mechanically interlocked molecules. Studied redox-based molecular switching in such systems. Developed heterogeneous catalytic process for surface functionalization. General interests: molecular self-assembly, stimuli-responsive.

Developed block copolymers and synthetic techniques for directed self-assembly to enable bottom's up lithographic processing in semiconductor manufacture.Developed novel end-group transformations of RAFT derived polymers to install unique end group functionality post-polymerization. Utilized these synthetic techniques to create well-defined block.

Los Angeles, CA, US

Research abroad. Synthesized novel stabilized nitroxide radical compounds for kinetic studies. Lived and worked in Germany with language emersion.

Mba, Management Of Technology

Phd, Chemistry

Masters, Chemistry

Bs, Chemistry