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Mccook, Il60525

Served as technical liaison for customers seeking formulated solutions in the paints, coatings, and adhesives industries. Provided application enhancements and interfaced with marketing teams. • Served as Subject Matter Expert for additives product recommendation for North America. • Initiated multiple new projects, monitoring from ideation to commercialization. • Worked with Sales Account Managers and Distributors for promoting new products for customers. • Met company goals and objectives for surface modifier additives sales and marketing. • Delivered technical presentations to customers on product performance and attributes. • Interfaced weekly with colleagues globally for product recommendations and to improve sales. • Trained Agents, Distributors, and Sales Account Managers for product recommendations and to utilize product sell sheets. • Developed Product Brochures, Product Sell Sheets, and Technical Data Sheets for global usage. Extensive travel with face-to-face customer meetings and technical presentations. • Served as the Regional Ethics Leader for the Chicago Site for 10 years.

Mccook, Il60525

Senior Lab Manager for new product development and commercialization for coatings. • Developed and commercialized several surface modifier products, including dispersions and emulsions that improved sales to over $10MM. • Served as the lead lab person for Surface Modifier recommendations and new product development for North American Market needs. Lubrizol, Sr. Research Chemist / Project Manager. • Interfaced with Market Managers and Product Managers to develop sales tools for newly developed products. • Managed new product development in surface modifiers, focusing on stable emulsions and dispersions for coatings application needs. • Development of additives in the UV Coatings area for abrasion resistance / wear, ensuring integrity / clarity of the cured film. • Formulated coatings for improved adhesion on a variety of plastic substrates. • Handled new product development, manufacturing assistance, and render help for commercialization in the Surface Modifier area for coatings. • Oversaw products that were sold for surface modifier application and targeted developing new products that met performance targets and greater profitability. • Formulated 2K urethane and 1K melamine coatings for industrial applications. Developed Aerosol Formulations for various applications. • Developed low VOC coatings for plastic applications; UV formulation and application expertise, Powder Coating additive recommendation, formulation, and application knowledge. • Conducted extensive benchmarking study of high performance acrylic products for Aerosol, 2K urethane, and 1K applications. • Performed synthesis, applications, marketing, and sales support for Lubrizol Dock Resins.

Carpentersville, Il

Carpentersville, IL 1996 - 2003 A global specialty chemical company that produces a broad range of advanced materials, additives and functional products, specialty chemicals, and fibers. Sr. R&D Chemist Senior Chemist for Synthesis and Application for Coatings. • Synthesized a variety of Alkyds, Polyesters, Acrylics, Silicone Modified Alkyds, Epoxies, Copolymers, Urethanes, Water Reducible, and Polyurethane dispersions. • Designed high performance exterior automotive coatings for adhesion to TPO substrates. • Formulated primers and clear coats, adjusted color and hiding in basecoats for automotive applications, as well as low VOC silicone modified alkyd coatings for marine applications. • Co-developed and commercialized acrylic latexes, and led commercialization effort from 0 to $7MM sales in 10 months. • Conducted extensive benchmarking studies on all competitor DTM Latexes. • Developed industrial coatings for baking applications. • Developed stable waterborne coatings for industrial applications and Alkyd / Latex blend Information for Industrial DTM. • Delivered technical presentations of product performance at major companies, including SW, ICI, Valspar, and BASF.

Carpentersville, Il

• Synthesized a variety of Alkyds, Polyesters, Acrylics, Silicone Modified Alkyds, Epoxies, Copolymers, Urethanes, Water Reducible, and Dispersions. • Successfully scaled up several commercial products. • Worked with Unsaturated Polyesters for a variety of end use applications.

Ms, Polymer Chemistry And Coatings Technology

Master Of Science (Ms), Physical Chemistry

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Chemistry