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· Strategic thinker: Senior management level presentations of market and financial analysis for new products. These products have widespread application in niche markets and account for more than $12,000,000 in annual revenue.· Strong leader, problem solver and team builder: Successfully managed several worldwide chemical projects to completion, co-ordinated the transfer of technology within and across the enterprise, and materially reduced operating costs through process optimization, improved supply chain management and enhanced relationships with raw material suppliers.· New Product Development: Complete design, build, and management of new R&D laboratories in Europe and USA. Developed proprietary formulas for more than 100 products and successfully scaled them from the lab to production.· Progressive Professional Development: Completed with honors two graduate degrees: Ph.D. in Chemistry and a MBA with concentration in Healthcare.Specialties: Chemistry of dyes for paper, polyester, nylon, acrylic, CDP or Nomex fibers, problem solving, particle size management, spray drying, liquid formulation, FT-NMR, HPLC, GLC, FTIR Particle Size Analyzers, Color Measurement Equipment, SEM, management of MSDS, raw material procurement, supply chain mgmt, customer service, costing system, maximization of capacity utilization, ERP, scientific literature and patent searching, statistical & epidemiological principles and practices, experimental design.

Listed skills include Chemistry, R&D, Product Development, Technology Transfer, and 16 others.