Over the past 20 years, Elé has become distinguished in the global marketplace as a world class supplier of specialty chemical products in agriculture, metalworking and lubricants, polyurethane, personal care, pulp and paper, household, industrial & institutional (HI&I), and C.A.S.E.

My services include short term consulting to longer term projects. www.dqoconsulting.com Do you need product evaluation from a third party agency for certification? I can provide planning and support for your new or updated products, particularly those in the building industry. With a creative and systematic style, I can be engaged in problem solving and product development in the broader chemical industry with a focus on leading teams to timely commercial success. My most recent focus has been developing urethane formulations, and alternatives to isocyanates, and products using those formulations from elastomers to rigid foams. Prior to my urethane experience, I spent a dozen years in free radical chemistry - both emulsion and mass ABS systems.

A new global phenolics leader, Bakelite Synthetics, was formed on May 1, 2021 with the sale of Hexion’s Phenolic Specialty Resin, Hexamine and European-based Forest Products Resins businesses to Black Diamond and Investindustrial.

* DFSS Six Sigma Black Belt (Design for Six Sigma) by The Dow Chemical Company, 2017* Dow Building Solutions, Midland, MI (11 years) – R&D and TS&D, Technical Team Lead HP SPF, Manufacturing RCI, Building Codes, New Product Team Leader (e.g. $1.5MM budget to commercialize new product in <1 year), Spray Polyurethane Foam Subject Matter Expert, Fire Resistance SME in DBS, formulation chemist and project lead for EMEA GREAT STUFF™ one component foams, Technical project manager in a balanced matrix organization for low GWP and low density High Pressure Spray Foam Development projects* Engineering Plastics, LaPorte, TX (5.5 years) – Thermoplastic Polyurethanes R&D, TS&D focused on film and sheet but also developed and commercialized products for Wire and Cable, pneumatic tubing, etc. (e.g., developed and commercialized new gasket material for Caterpillar), Product Responsible Person, Production Support and Market Development Plant supervisor* Engineering Plastics, Midland, MI (12 years) – R&D Emulsion and Mass ABS Process Research, supported grass roots construction of emulation ABS MFG plant through education and demonstrating the effect of impurities on product quality, implementation of separation equipment to reduced HHABS scrap and QM’s, polymer chemist on the Reactive Chemicals Committee for Michigan Operations, Department Safety Coordinator and Manufacturing Support in Designed Thermoplastics Research* Corporate R&D, Midland, MI (5 years) – High temperature polymer synthesis in Organic Specialties Laboratory