•Responsible for a technical portfolio of digital dispersion and inkjet ink products producing a $150M+ portfolio of reoccurring revenue. Sets strategic direction, drives the execution of product development and optimization, and bridges the hand-off towards global scale-up/outsourcing for worldwide customer usage within EFI industrial and graphic digital printing equipment. Proven track record in new product development, leading projects through conceptual, feasibility, development, pilot, full-scale manufacturing, and continuing support.•Responsible for global ink and coating technical sourcing program to ensure multiple qualified material sources while implementing over $6 million in bottom line savings over the last 4 years. •Directs operational quality control for EFI global manufacturing groups as well as outsourced ink products. Responsible for improvements to material/process quality, batch root cause/mitigation strategy, and overall continuous improvement programs. •Oversees and sets strategic direction for EFI's Chemical Analytical team, leading the way towards mitigation product issues, driving quality improvements with suppliers, and implementing cost reductions through product sourcing.•Motivated, hands-on director capable of directing multiple, complex teams, while connecting global to execute global functional to achieve corporate goals on-time and within budget.

•Technical manager responsible for the creation, expansion and maintenance of EFI’s industrial building material ink portfolio, driving $10M+ in annual revenue.•Core team member in justification, acquisition, implementation, and onboarding of manufacturing expansion, reaching a peak of 1.7 million kg of ink per year.•Oversaw the successful global manufacturing expansion of ink products through EU and APAC toll manufacturing.

• Company lead for root cause analysis and reliability improvement program for single pass inkjet printheads.• Implemented effective data collection, analytical exploration, data analysis, and best practices to improve head life from 0.5 to 4 years (Average), while reducing out of box failures rates from 33% to <2%.• Developed & implemented printhead investigation and recovery techniques leading to $1.25M in savings per year.• Acting liaison between printhead vendor, technical teams, and upper management to drive clear communication and achieve fast-tracked product improvement/optimization.• Oversaw the management, objective, and professional development for 10 technicians and chemists.

•Lead chemist in development, optimization and integration of color and white direct-to-container digital UV curable inkset. On-site, side-by-side collaboration with integration customer to implement a fully automated start-to-finish customized decoration system.•Responsible for the feasibility, development, implementation and scale-up ofmarket-leading LED-curable inkjet inks for the Jetrion Narrow-Web label products. Lead innovator for LED-curable white inks, bringing patented technology that rivaled incumbent analog printing products.

• Development of single pass UV curable inkjet inks for coding and marking markets. • Lead investigator in understanding/optimizing surface/coating/ink interactions for custom integration and new innovation projects.

In-depth chemical analysis of raw materials and finished products for the printing industry utilizing GC-MS, HPLC, FT-IR, ICP-AES, and elemental analysis. Development of analytical methods for reverse engineering competitive products, root cause analysis of issues, as well as providing teams with chemical fingerprints of raw materials.

Development, application, and pilot scale-up of solvent-based car refinish and water-based interior auto coatings. Awarded the 2002 intern of the year.