-Developed 4 sunscreen products from marketing concept to scale-up for brands including Kiehl’s and Lancôme.-Worked with brand representatives to create formulas that match marketing concepts in sensory, efficacy, and cost.-Solved formulation stability and efficacy problems using experimental methods and scientific expertise.-Managed 9 projects working closely with support teams and scientific experts to successfully approve formulas.-Independently quantified laboratory machinery specifications to align with Operations and trained R&D division.

-Led quality assurance policy, procedure, and standard practice for the processing, engineering, and pilot teams.-Designed new processing and measurement methods to decrease shampoo production time by over 25%-Built an automatic equipment sizing and scheduling tool to eliminate operator error.-Increased production rate by 10% by reducing failure rate and safety incidents.-Designed efficient processes for scale-up and troubleshot skin and hair care formulations in upstream development.

-Invented new stability measurements for shampoos by designing a process that reduces measurement time by 85%.-Increased speed of projects by identifying stability failures in formulas in 8 days rather than 8 weeks.-Invented, tested, and patented product for high curl pattern hair consumers using organogel technology.“Hair Styling Compositions” Wilson et al. - US Patent Number 12,070,516 B2, filed 12/12/2022, granted 8/27/2024-Developed from conception to working prototype in 3 months.-Developed a new sulfate-free shampoo adopted by Garnier and EverPure that is 60% cheaper with parity performance results to competitive formulas.

-Designed, modeled, costed, and optimized process for the formation of benzyl acetate on behalf of CJB Industries-Designed, and modeled process for the formation of acrylic acid using Aspen HYSYS-Designed and implemented a decoupling control system for a multivariable continuous process-Analyzed metal oxide semiconductor circuits for quality assurance-Researched and recommended an optimized reactor setup for catalytic methanol synthesis-Performed technical, patent, and market research to design a defogging product using nano-cellulose

-Presented optimized catalyst cycle timings for Resid Hydrocracking Unit resulting in an estimated $2 million in savings-Analyzed data generated by PI software to determine optimal catalyst cycle timings and presented findings to Operations foreman for safety analysis -Created Excel tool that models average step time and unit upset duration to assist operators-Investigated, modeled in PetroSim, and provided cost-benefit analysis for a sponge oil absorber-Drafted and proposed new crude test run plan to Refinery Operations, reducing operating expenses by approximately $750,000 a month-Compiled chemical stream data in Excel for unit operations inventory to present to management

-Completed and normalized mass balances for client company to minimize fuel gas and steam waste-Fully automated and created a user friendly UI for mass balances in Excel and PI Processbook to simulate exception management scenarios -Modeled control valve in Petro-Sim to assess specific repair recommendations