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Cottage Grove, Mn, Us

Cottage Grove, Mn, Us

Pittsburgh, Pa, Us

• Identified product technology gaps in PFAS replacement portfolio for post formable coatings in cookware and bakeware applications targeting $60MM in business growth. • Partnered with commercial and technical teams conducted market analysis, developed the business case and designed and executed Voice of Customer (VOC) delivering market focused segmentation based on regulatory and commercial readiness. • Led Intellectual Property (IP) team to landscape and define white space for PFAS replacement projects securing patents (WO24158724 A1, WO24040010 A1, WO23108068 A1) • Member of the PFAS common interest group monitoring the progress of PFAS legislation globally to ensure smooth transition of product replacements into the market.• Train the Trainer supporting the global roll out of Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA)

Pittsburgh, Pa, Us

• Successfully led technology transfer and scale up of five strategic resins into the internal global resin synthesis network.• Partnered with customer development teams to requalify new resin streams and identify and new applications to diversify footprint.• Championed vertical resin integration efforts to deliver formula cost reduction and capture over $2MM value in strategic growth market segments.• Created key word search tool to accelerate the identification and classification and assignment of patent for competitive landscaping and white space determination.• Identified a capability gap and developed proposal and executed to establish surface functional center of excellence to interconnect research functions and customer development labs.• Subject Matter Expert in silicone modified polymer synthesis and manufacture, chairing the action committee to bring in siloxane capability within resin synthesis, innovation development and operations.

Elverson, Pa, Us

• Devised and executed business strategy to transform HP Polymers product portfolio from low value commodity resin to high value speciality and high performance resin supplier.• Designed, managed and secured regional government funding for the implementation of $1.5MM polymer synthesis upgrade to manufacture speciality resins. • Led innovation development and scale up of high performance water reducible polyesters (Patent: WO21081285 A1), silicone polyester and polyamide-imide polymers. • Collaborated with in house experts to formulate and commercialize high performance surface functional coatings for kitchen & industrial bakeware, protective, industrial and automotive markets.• Partnered with global regulatory teams to register novel food contact polymers on global inventories.

Elverson, Pa, Us

• Led research projects to replace substances of very high concern in key formulations that maintained or improved end product application and performance characteristics.• Partnered with suppliers to develop new resins and additives to improve product performance to differentiate products to gain market share. • Protected key products by developing in-house offsets for critical raw materials that delivered formula cost reduction and improved formulated product performance.

Elverson, Pa, Us

• Led global development of “best-in-class” coatings for automotive sealing systems by collaborating with sales and business teams to analyse client requirements, identify industry trends and determine market need.• Established and managed an industry-leading Noise Vibration Harshness (NVH) lab to develop low noise coatings for automotive sealing systems, providing customer support, education and consultation services to increase market share.• Reformulated and optimized the performance of waterborne coating formulations through design of experiment (DOE) attaining 23% cost savings enabling the organization to remain competitive in raw material cost inflation cycle.

Elverson, Pa, Us

• Reformulated solventborne coatings optimizing performance which enabled our customers to enter new markets and resulted in the expansion of the business. • Fostered strong working relationships with production to refine and simplify manufacturing procedures which resulted in increased efficiency and improved quality.

London, Gb

• Developed of novel hybrid ionic liquid/Nafion® membranes for direct methanol fuel cells (DMFC).• Synthesized and evaluated a series of ionic liquids as potential electrolyte candidates for DMFCs

Midland, Michigan, Us

Year in industry • Defined, planned and delivered a series of novel hydrophobically modified styrene maleic anhydride copolymers for paper applications. • Independently pursued learning of conversational German allowing me to present the majority of my research dissertation in the native language of my colleagues.

Phd, Chemistry

Bsc, Chemistry And Management