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Mount Clemens, Mi, Us

Mooresville, Indiana, Us

Grow business of acrylics and polyester polymer product lines. Provide technical support to entire commercial team to provide an outstanding customer experience.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Us

Leader of global technology platforms for the ACE and General Metals coatings markets. Responsible for new technology development projects on a global level. Coordinated efforts across regions to leverage the transfer of existing products to new customers and markets. Key liaison between regional labs, global innovation center, global product and segment managers. * Owned the technology portfolio of products for the ACE and General Metals segments * Created global technology roadmaps in alignment with global segment leaders to execute a strategy for aggressive sales growth, profitability, and market share gain. * Provided monthly updates to the executive leadership team and global stakeholders on project progress * Scouted new technology via open innovation with suppliers, universities, and research companies

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Us

Leader of the Liquid Technology Lab consisting of 12+ chemists and technicians. Responsible for new technology, existing product modifications, customer support, and color development. Drove innovation, product differentiation, and customer-focused improvements by increasing project efficiency and improved execution. * Managed a budget of $2+ million achieving less than 4% technical cost of total revenue. * Coordinated urgent Raw Material supply continuity, cost savings, and complexity reduction efforts * Owned responsibility to promote diversity, identify, hire, develop, and retain key technical talent. * Accelerated new product development and customer support for a sustainable competitive advantage. * Supported operational excellence to improve manufacturing processes. * Created technology roadmaps in alignment with marketing, product management, and sales leadership to execute a strategy for aggressive sales growth, profitability, and market share gain. * Successfully launched Axalta’s first ever liquid basecoat technology in North America in the wheels segment. * Drove the development of an industry-leading SB 2K Urethane primer and topcoat technology platform.

Wickliffe, Ohio, Us

Responsible for managing the paint and coatings applications lab with a focus on new product development. Liaison between the synthesis group, customer support labs, marketing, and sales management. Prioritized key market-driven projects to accelerate innovation. * Leveraged customer and market expertise and formulation knowledge to launch new technology. >Waterborne Acrylic Polymer for Direct-to-Metal Topcoats >Low VOC Waterborne Acrylic Polymer for Direct-to-Metal applications. >Waterborne Polyamide PUD Polymer for metal and wood coatings markets. >PVDC Polymer improvement for strategic coatings customer. * Actively led efforts to improve understanding of corrosion control technology. * Supported an accountable culture to drive key business objectives. * Identified, hired, and developed key technical talent in the applications lab.

Pittsburgh, Pa, Us

Successfully led the Liquid Technology Laboratory consisting of 60+ chemists and technicians with over 200 active projects. Liaison between the new product development and customer support labs in Oak Creek with the coatings innovation center in Allison Park. Drove innovation, product differentiation, and customer-focused improvements by increasing project efficiency and improved execution.* Managed a budget of $7+ million achieving less than 5% technical cost of total revenue.* Led efforts to promote diversity, identify, hire, develop, and retain key technical talent.* Accelerated new product development and customer support for a sustainable competitive advantage.* Supported continuous improvement programs and resolved manufacturing concerns.* Collaborated with marketing, product management, manufacturing, supply chain, and sales leadership to execute a strategy for continued sales growth, profitability, and market share gain.* Managed Raw Material cost savings and complexity reduction initiatives worth $1+ million annually.* Successfully launched PPG's first ever liquid technology at a key OEM customer in the HDE market.* Drove the development of a high performance SB 2K Urethane DTM Monocoat technology platform.

Cleveland, Oh, Us

Expertly led the Heavy Equipment team consisting of 10 chemists and technicians with 40+ active projects. * Coordinated product development and customer support activities * Supported continuous improvement programs and resolved manufacturing concerns * Collaborated with marketing leadership to develop a strategy to create and sustain a competitive advantage in the Heavy Equipment market * Supported the Sales organization and built strong customer relationships to gain market share * Chairman of the Corrosion Community of Practice; coordinated the knowledge sharing activities across the entire Sherwin-Williams Company * Helped identify, develop, and retain key technical talent

Cleveland, Oh, Us

In this role, I coordinated the knowledge sharing activities of all operating divisions of Sherwin Williams, globally, in the area of corrosion science with a goal of driving innovation to the market at an accelerated pace and leading the coatings industry in the development of state of the art corrosion-resistant, high performance coatings.

Cleveland, Oh, Us

Efficiently developed new coatings and technology in the Innovation Lab and the Heavy Equipment Focus Lab. Enhanced existing technology to exceed customer expectations. Worked closely with the sales and marketing teams, and customers to grow sales revenue and increase market share. Supported scale-up of new products and processes with manufacturing. Provided training, mentoring, and supervised two chemists and one technician.. * Developed a WB 2K polyurethane topcoat for the Heavy Equipment Market worth $1+ million * Developed a Wet-on-Wet SB 2K epoxy primer for the OEM Heavy Equipment market with a $5 million potential * Developed a platform chrome-free wash primer technology based on Cerium Molybdate and another on Cerium Phosphate with multi-market, $5+ million potential- >Cross-divisional networking to synthesize an in-house anti-corrosive technology based on Cerium Molybdate or Cerium Phosphate- >Awarded two patents on the technology. “Primers Comprising Cerium Molybdate”, US Patent US 2011/0165330 A1 and “Primers Comprising Cerium Phosphate”, US Patent US 2011/0171388 A1 * Developed a SB 2K Polyurea DTM coating technology for the Heavy Equipment Market worth $1+ million- >Achieved results comparable to existing urethane primer / urethane topcoat system

Cleveland, Oh, Us

Developed a DTA Chrome-free SB 2K epoxy primer for the OEM Aerospace MarketDeveloped an OEM certifiable process for WB basecoat for the Automotive Refinish MarketDeveloped a superior chip-resistance coating system for the Automotive Refinish MarketDeveloped a WB 2K epoxy primer for the OEM fleet marketDeveloped a WB 1K primer for the automotive refinish marketDeveloped a SB 2K PU primer for the automotive refinish marketDeveloped a SB wash primer for the automotive refinish marketEnhanced and supported the launch of an internal pigment dispersant