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Consultant for the development of water base and urethane coating for the industrial and automotive refinish markets.

Provided expertise in high solids and water base coatings including coatings for polypropylene plastic, industrial equipment, storage tanks, drum liners, propane gas tanks, and fire extinguishers. Worked on various systems including epoxies, urethanes, and other industrial coatings.

As the chief developmental paint chemist for Morton Paint Division, responsible for developing new products for the automotive refinish market with an emphasis on water base and urethane technologies. Work closely with sales and customers to develop specific products for customer needs. Responsibilities include quality of the Morton product line, product information, product training of sales staff and product show information..

Products developed resulted in sales to the OEM automotive market. Worked with salesmen and customers to develop products for automotive and general industrial markets. These products included coatings for metals and plastics.

Developed products based on new technologies that resulted in D&L entering markets in wood coatings for furniture, fixtures, molding and doors. Worked on industrial coatings for wood, plastic, vinyl and metals. The markets included furniture, automotive and general metal products. These coatings included high solids, water reducible and two-pack systems, with an emphasis on water-borne coatings. Maintained contact with sales personnel and customers to develop new products and solve problems at customers' facilities.

Coatings development allowed Majestic to enter the plastic shutter market and become a major supplier to Kingsway Shutters. Worked on industrial coatings for metals and plastics. These included high solids and water-reducible coatings. Maintained contact with sales personnel and customers to develop new products and solve problems at customers' facilities.

Products were sold to OEM automotive suppliers. After the merger of sales regions, moved to Fort Wayne facility to help develop automotive specialty products. Worked on high solids and water-reducible coatings for metals and plastics. The systems included polyesters, acrylics and alkyds. Traveled to customers' facilities to assist sales.Took over lab staff from sales department and consolidated it into an R&D facility that developed a string of successful products for John Deere, Caterpillar and International Harvester. Valspar became the major supplier to International Harvester and a major supplier to John Deere. Promoted from Senior Chemist. Responsible for directing development of new product finishes for the farm and construction industry with emphasis on high solids and water borne systems. Supervised a staff of seven chemists and technicians with an operating budget of over $300,000. Extensive customer contact both in product development and account acquisition as well as problem solving. Coordinated efforts with sales and production to bring projects to fruition. Particularly successful with reorganization and goal setting.