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Houston, Texas, United States

• Managed compliance projects related to EVAL products in the US, Canada and South America.• Assisted the Global Regulatory team in regulatory approvals including FDA, TSCA, Health Canada, Mercosur/ANVISA.• Managed and updated the SDS of products in order to be in compliance with OSHA – GHS. • Managed customer’s requests as it relates to FDA, TSCA, Mercosur/ANVISA, Health Canada.

San Diego, Ca, United States

• Responsible for Authoring the Safety Data Sheets (SDS) of products for USA and EU, in compliance with the Global Harmonization System (GHS-purple book). • Manage and review regulatory data of raw materials and products, keep data updated. • Supported the selection of software for SDS Authoring.

The Woodlands, Texas, United States

Responsible for Authoring the Safety Data Sheets (SDS) of chemicals products approved to be used in the field in compliance with the Global Harmonization System (GHS-purple book). Classification of products for transportation in compliance with Dangerous Goods /DOT.

The Woodlands, Texas, United States

Responsible for Authoring the Safety Data Sheets (SDS) of products approved to be used in the field in compliance with the Global Harmonization System (GHS-purple book).Classification of products for transportation in compliance with Dangerous Goods /DOT.Managing the information and documents for delivery on time, and tracking the needs based on priorities.Discussion with suppliers the hazardous classification if discrepancies were found either by GHS or transportation.Support of field engineers in the process to get the approval of use of the products in the jobs, also with third partiesAssist to customers in their specific requirements of SDS and labels in compliance with the regulations.Support laboratory team in their internal requirements, customizing SDS & labels of experimental products.Expertise using software for authoring the Safety Data Sheets for chemicals; MSDSGen (3E) and GHS-Pro (UL), and BarTender (ICC) for shipment labels (DOT).

The Woodlands, Texas, United States

- Conversion from old format of Material Safety Data Sheet to new Safety Data Sheet in compliance with GHS and OSHA. - Responsible for Authoring the Safety Data Sheets (SDS) of products approved to be used in the field in compliance with the Global Harmonization System (GHS-purple book).- Classification of products for transportation in compliance with Dangerous Goods /DOT.

Houston, Texas Area

R&D:- Developed of pipe coatings products for Oil Industry, technical support to customers during the application in the field, lab tests performed under CSA methods. - Partnered with suppliers to develop new raw materials for Powder Coatings as needed, exchange of requirements.- Updated raw materials specifications for Quality Assurance (QA). Data reviewed and entered in system (SAP) on time.Six Sigma - Black Belt- Projects completed successfully with different type of deliverable; savings, SKU reduction, quality consistency improvement.- Savings achieved in Variable Margin Improvement by formula optimization of existing commercial products.- Large savings achieved in alternative raw materials- Reduced by 80% the inventory of obsolete raw materials, data analyzed: type of chemical, inventory cost.- Projects managed through DMAIC methodology, applying techniques like DFMEA, PFMEA, DOE, statistics, and control plan.SHE / Product stewardship;- Managed the HSE data in the system (SAP), of the new raw materials approved for use in commercial products.- Reviewed, kept informed on regulatory changes of raw materials which will impact the final product.- Led project to convert the old system of Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) to the global system of SDS-GHS.- Managed the regulatory data of raw materials; reviewed and kept informed on regulatory changes which will impact the final product, regulatory data reviewed under: TSCA, DSL, FDA, RoHS, REACH, SVHC.

Monterrey Area, Mexico

- Development of New technologies for Powder Coatings industry; New technologies were completed, since the conception in the lab; evaluating new raw materials, lab tests until the scale up to manufacturing, as well supporting the application of product with customer, if was needed, adjustment of formulation to be consistent in the commercial application.- As Six Sigma Green Belt; Led projects for the site and supported another belts. Projects completed with larger savings.Member of the team which implemented the ISO quality system at the site. Certification achieved on time.- Non-conformance received as responsible for the quality system QS / ISO-9000, in the elements Design of Products, (R&D dept) and calibrations of equipment’s used in all manufacturing site.

Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico

- Researched of polyester resins for different applications; fiberglass, synthetic marble and powder coatings.- Developed of phenolic resins for foundry, used in automotive industry.- Supervised the first production batches from lab to manufacturing during the scale-up of new developments.- Technical support provided to customers during the application of products developed.- Analyzed samples by Infrared Spectroscopy and Gas Chromatography; supported other chemists in their tests.