Chris Van Wagoner Email & Phone Number

• www.OpenBoxChemistry.comEstablished and continue to lead a consulting company working with major to minor skin, hair, and body companies, defining strategic solutions to advance product design, active design, and.
• Manage supply chain issues and identify raw material alternatives for a major hair/body care corporation to ensure non-stop production due to material delays while capturing cost savings to increase profitability.
• Serve as an integral member of a major brand's Blue-Sky Development, helping to direct product concepts, marketing key points, formulations, and raw material placement.

Garland, TX, US

• Directed team members in developing, testing, and improving various formulas ranging from hair and body shampoos and conditioners to high-end cosmetics for companies from startups to Fortune 500 brands.
• Provided project management leadership for multiple clients and coordinated with sales teams on project planning and execution; drove collaboration between R&D and purchasing to negotiate cost savings, identify.
• Headed up development and oversaw the “Best Natural Deodorant” production as voted on by Cosmo Beauty Award 2021, Cosmopolitan Magazine.
• Led safety testing, OTC validation testing, preservative efficiency testing, and marketing/performance testing for all clients. Simultaneously served as Safety Director in 2021, overseeing safety improvements.
• Worked on multiple formulas that were recognized with various awards in different publications/online journals, including Allure 2021 award to Bloomeffects.

I am very excited to announce the rebirth of OpenBoxChemistry.com. This is my consulting company specializing in working with both major cosmetic and personal care houses as well as Indie brands to develop top-selling and performing cosmetic and personal care products. Starting in late January 2022 we will again be working with new customers as well as.

Serdex is a French based company dealing with exclusive actives based on GotoKola from Madagascar. They target both pharmaceutical & cosmetics applications including anti-irritation, psoriasis and anti-age.

Vesqueda is a Spanish company developing natural preservatives for the food and personal care industries.

Paris LA Defense Cedex, FR

ExpanScience is a Paris based actives company specializing in anti-age and skin care actives.

La Garenne-Colombes, Île-de-France, FR

Working with cosmetic and personal care manufacturers, copackers & marketing companies to present unique solutions using Seppic's excellent range of actives, emulsifiers, polymers, esters and preservatives.

• Founded and led a company to provide technical representation for several innovative cosmetics, personal care, fragrance, industrial, and oil-field chemical manufacturers, ranging from startups to multibillion-dollar.
• Built the company from the ground up, including hiring, developing, and training team members.
• Developed strong partnerships with experts that range from technical directors to research chemists.
• Cultivated and managed relationships with leadership at major cosmetic houses, industrial product manufacturers, and oil-field corporations across the Southwest US.
• Met directly with customers to understand and meet their unique needs while driving business development in direct collaboration with marketing and sales managers.
• Presented new technologies to customers and worked on developing creative platforms that met client needs.

Price Tech Group is independent broker of industrial and oil-field raw materials. They are also involved in odor neutralizer products for industrial and personal care products.

Fairfield, New Jersey, US

Impact Effect Pigments recently merged with Sandream Enterprises. This has built one of the largest effect pigment companies in the US. They have expertise with personal care and glamour effect pigments and colors. They are also involved in skin care actives and esters.

Denville, NJ, US

Thornley was a broker for a number of cosmetic raw material companies

Buchs, 5033, CH

Mibelle is one of the best skin care active companies specializing in plant stem cell technology. They have expertise in many types of actives for skin, sun & hair care.

South Pittsburg, TN, US

Colonial Chemicals is a specialty surfactant company developing unique and patented surfactants for the personal care, cosmetic, industrial and oil-field. Our main focus here was oil-field and industrial where we worked with major oil field companies to develop patented raw materials.