PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Experienced research & development director with
sixteen years managing the efforts of new product development, product cost
savings, product maintenance, technical service, technology sourcing,
process engineering & quality assurance. Strengths in organization,
planning & project control. Strong communicator of coatings technical
language into commercial or marketing language. Experience in industrial
coatings, trade sale & consumer paints & chemical specialty products.
EXPERIENCE
CONSULTANT AND EXPERT WITNESS 1994-Present
ROMAN ADHESIVES - Calumet City, IL 1997 - 1999
Vice President of Research & Development
Chief technical officer, responsible for new product development, product
improvements, quality assurance, technical services, process engineering.
PRA LABORATORIES - Eastern Michigan University 1995 - 1997
Executive Director
Full profit & loss responsibility & operational
management of a consortium of 26 paint/coatings & supplier companies.
Provide group & individual product R&D & testing in the areas of
industrial coatings, trade sales paints, emulsion polymers, solvent-based
resins & analytical services. Staff member at EMU.
- Increased membership from 23 to 26
- Instituted professional project management system
- Instituted formal system for a pay-for-performance approach, through
position descriptions. performance standards, salary administration system
and performance appraisal system.
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY - Evanston, IL 1994 - 1995
Consultant Private contractor for Northwestern's Basic Industrial
Research Laboratory, for PRA Laboratories, & for several small coatings
and chemical specialty companies. Consulting & product development
services.
RUST-OLEUM CORPORATION - Vernon Hills, IL 1976 - 1994
Technical Director 1985-1994
Provide for new product development needs as well as product maintenance and
manufacturing support; provide strategic R&D planning for corporate goals.
Direct a team of 20-40 professional chemists & technicians toward the
goals established by the consumer business group & the industrial
maintenance business group. Provide for corporate quality assurance &
process engineering services & managed technical service & package
engineering functions.
- Developed & introduced into production 16 new industrial maintenance
and consumer type do-it-yourself products over the five year period 1990-94,
resulting in revenues that were 20% of total sales.
- Designed & directed strategic program to assure that coatings products
were compliant with VOC air quality regulations, resulting in product
availability at all times.
- Increased sales of industrial maintenance coatings business by $8
million from 1987-1993 through the development of water-based new products
and high solids new products, using state-of-the-art technology.
- Designed & built new R&D center, which houses 30-40
professional chemists/technicians.
- Reduced cost of products sold by $3 million during the five year period
from 1990 to 1994, through reformulation & process changes.
- Designed product testing protocol for all new product introductions,
resulting in 30% reduction of complaints & recalls over period from 1990
through 1994.
- Reorganized multiple technical laboratories into single
technical department, with 40-50 professional & technical associates,
thereby reducing costs by $500,000 annually.
Manager, Manufacturing Technical Support - 1982 - 1985
Provided for the management of quality assurance, process engineering,
facility engineering & standard product maintenance for over 700 skus of
industrial & consumer paint products. Managed a staff of 20 chemists and
technicians & engineers.
Manager, Coatings R&D - 1978 - 1982
Managed specific new product development projects as requested by industrial
or consumer business groups. Supervised a staff of five formulation
chemists.
Group Leader, Resin Development - 1976 - 1978
Supervised staff of three resin chemists in synthesis of new & improved
resins for in-house use. Designed & built new resin manufacturing
facility.
CONTINENTAL CAN COMPANY - Chicago, IL 1971 - 1976
Senior Research Scientist
Developed & manufactured new polymers which are used for ultraviolet
curable inks & coatings. Developed processing techniques for UV-curable
coatings in the metal decorating field. Synthesized additives & polymers
for use in formulating interior & exterior can coatings.
EDUCATION
- Loyala University, Ph.D. Organic Chemistry, 1970
- University of Minnesota, MS Organic Chemistry, 1967
- University of Illinois, BS Chemistry, 1965
SPECIALIZED TRAINING & COURSES
Completed courses in Crosby Quality training & a variety of
management training courses including:
- Executive Effectiveness Training
- Focused Interviewing Techniques
- Management by Objectives
- Problem-Solving
- Finance for the Non-Financial Executive
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
- National Paint & Coatings Association
- Federation of Societies of Coatings Technology
- American Chemical Society
- American Society of Quality Control
- National Association of Corrosion Engineers
- Steel Structures Painting Council
- International Aerosol Congress
- Spray Paint Committee of NPCA
- Adhesives & Sealants Council
- Wallpaper Association
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
- Loyola University, Instructor of Organic Chemistry, 1978-79
- Roosevelt University, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, 1976-78
- Elmhurst College, Lecturer of Organic Chemistry, 1974-76
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Household Chemicals
- Industrial Chemicals
- Heavy Metals
- Lead-Based Paints
- Toxic Substances
- Hazardous Materials
- Hazardous Wastes
- Aerosols
- Paints/Coatings
- Inks
- Adhesives/Sealants
- Resins, Polymers & Plastics
- Airborne Contaminants
- Inhalation of Chemicals (`Huffing')
- Contact Dermatological Problems
- Sick Building Syndrome
- Chemical Specialty Products
- General Chemistry
- Product Liability Involving Chemicals
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