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Dallas/Fort Worth Area

ConsultantEntrepreneur New Product Developer

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

• Developed a new colorimetric field-test allowing quick determinations of product quality without sending samples for analysis on a $300K instrument• Invented an entirely new chemical route for making CycleWood’s chief product using a non-hazardous, non-VOC reagent , resulting in significant cost reduction and an environmentally friendly process-- patent(s)-pending (USPTO published app. No. 20150259369)• Invented a novel, highly-efficient , cost-reducing continuous process to replace an existing cumbersome, multistep batch process-- patent(s)-pending (USPTO published app. No. 20150259369) • Obtained $850K in NSF grant funding by writing effective technical proposals• Collaborated with a team of three chemists and three chemical engineers • Supervised personnel and projects• Coordinated with sales and marketing on new product ideas and product improvement

Dayton, Ohio Area

Multi-Scale Composites and Polymers Division, Advanced Polymers GroupConducted Contract Research and Managed Projects including but not limited to: High-Tech Composite Materials and Resin Systems Functionalized Nanoparticles Carbon Fibers Pilot Plant Processes and Reactors Coating Systems Hydrogen Storage Materials for Fuel Cells

Bachelor’S Degree

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Organic Chemistry