• Drove global strategy for PetCare packaging materials and equipment development to advance innovation, business growth, and progress towards D4R (Design for Recycling) commitments.• Led an international team of Packaging Material Scientists & Engineers in identifying packaging innovations, supporting global factories, and delivering new packaging equipment platforms to enable brand new product & package formats.

• Prepared, negotiated for, and managed multi-million dollar CAPEX investment strategy for 3 R&D sites, including alignment with all R&D functions for short and long term investment planning to enable R&D pipelines.• Functioned as PetCare Manufacturing Sustainability Pillar, developing the reduced carbon process technology pipeline and representing PetCare to Nestlé Corporate Engineering, R&D, and across categories.• Developed PetCare's R&D Site Net Zero pipeline & strategy for all R&D locations, and developed a network of site based Net Zero leads to collaborate and drive the pipelines locally.• Built a global team of sustainability pillars and tools/methods to assess the carbon impact of 300+ R&D projects.

• Led the Wet Engineering R&D team in execution of new technology development and deployment, product development support, operational improvement projects, pilot plant capital, as well as new industrial line design and start-up work.

• Leading multi-continent teams to achieve new product launches on accelerated timelines.• Advising and commissioning support on new capital builds and expansions.• Working with cross functional and cross cultural teams to deliver technical solutions for new product innovations.

• Worked with cross functional teams to provide technical solutions (both equipment and methods) for new product development as well as process and quality improvement.• Utilized six sigma concepts and Minitab to perform process capabilities and ANOVAs to validate and improve equipment and process performance.• Led system design and commissioning for pilot plant expansion to enable more efficient industrialization.• Designed and performing pilot plant trials to determine equipment scale-up capabilities, create new products, and make process improvements that can be applied at the factory scale.

• Rotated through all functional areas of an NPPC pet food production facility.• Operated extruders and other processing equipment, including start-ups, changeovers, trouble shooting, and hygienic operation.• Developed project scopes, bid out contracts, and managed projects up to $300K.• Led a DMAIC project to improve meal grinding system performance.

• Synthesized a Ferrous based anion sensing compound.• Utilized electro-chemical signalling properties to determine anion sensing ability and stability.• Assisted fellow lab mates with technical English writing for publication submittals.

• Extensive FTIR and ATR testing with library comparisons for QA and analysis.• Sample preparation for product deformulation and analysis.

• Worked on project funded by RI DOT to determine appropriate paint for corrosion prevention on outdoor metal structures.• Analyzed use of mechanical and hydraulic adhesion test devices on metal surfaces to determine paint adhesion.

• Performed quality control testing for specialty compounded polymers.• Testing performed: viscosity, brittle point, heat stability, and strain.