Objective
Seeking a position to best utilize my skills in INK, COATING, and ADHESIVE formulation and play& leadership role to manage complex projects and technical team with significant value to company&

Qualification
Hands on laboratory to production ink, adhesive, PSA, coating development work; new product innovation; manage multi projects. Use complex polymeric systems, solvent-based, UV curable and water-based, resin polyol compounding, cross linking, block and de-block mechanism, focus on liquid surface and rheological properties. Proven problem solver, result-driven, and technical team management&

Experience

Confidential,& MANCHESTER, CT 6/2008-3/2011
Senior Research & Development Chemist
Worked for a company manufacturing thermally applied graphics label for automated applications on fabric, plastic, glass, and rubber surfaces.& Hands on& laboratory printing formulation development work including pigmented ink and adhesive; new product innovation. Managed& multi projects& from flexible soft feel wash / chemical resistant garment to hard scratch resistant plastic to rubber tire applications. Formulated and optimized solvent based ink. Aiming at green-echo environment, developed and optimized UV curable and water based ink. Resins involved polyurethane, acrylic, polystyrene and polyol. Achieved extended open time, friendly printing, no crater/ pinhole/ foam, and residual ink easy to clean. Experienced& pigment& grinding, hot sealable powder adhesive and resin, cross linking reaction, blocked isocyanate, de-blocking mechanism, rheology control, substrate selection, and release coating. Additives included nanoclay, cosolvent, amine, wax, filler, dispersant, humectant, wetting agent, defoamer, and thickening agent. Used& FTIR. First inventor of US Patent (pending) - novel Pigment and Adhesive 1K system - No adhesive haze in fine print; saved RM, energy, and time. Novel “Ink base” technique& improved printing quality& and simplified process significantly&

Confidential,& SPRINGFIELD, MA 1/2008-6/2008
Senior Research & Development Chemist
Worked for a company in Mil-Spec and General Industrials using polyurethane, polyol, acrylic, epoxy, and isocyanate.& Technologies include& resin compounding,stoichiometry,resin/pigment/ solvent compatibility, co-solvents, pigment grinding, filler wetting, anti-settling, thixotropy, spray coating, Ericsen Karl Fisher moist titration,& GC, IR& (check if wrong RM was added to the batch), salt spray, formula VOC calculation and product performance balancing& Development work involved& ambient, moisture cure, bake, 1K urethane, high gloss, no solvent, 500F 1’ cure, 2K epoxy for wood, floor, coil coatings,½ VOC/1200F heat resistant paint, corrosion inhibit primer, decoupage, color tint automation, and ASTM conformance& testing

Confidential,& BOSTON, MA 6/2007-12/2007
Primary Product Development Chemist
Worked for a company specialized in natural polymer and resin emulsionbased adhesives:& polyvinyl acetate homopolymer, hydrolyzed polyvinyl alcohol colloid, ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer; carboxylated functional terpolymer.& Development work involved& resin compounding with PVOH, corn syrup, starch, urea, plasticizer, tackifier, acrylic colloid dispersion, humectant, rheology control agent.& Formulation involved: match completive samples, improve existing products, create new products, eliminate unnecessary ingredients, optimize ingredient level, meet customer application needs, optimize sequence and time interval of ingredient addition& Testing:& viscosity, Mettler solids, ash, grease, gel strength, foaming, adhesion, competitive sample analysis& Customer visiting:& complaininvestigation (nozzle clogging, line jamming, foaming, coating defects), and developed new business aspects

Confidential,& Leeds, MA 8/1999 - 1/2007
Senior R&D Chemist and Technical Director

• Worked for a company within arts/craft/hobby industry.& Lead team& developing new inks based on nitrocellulose, acrylic, polyvinyl ether, alkyd, shellac, PVA, PVC, and PVP. Developed solvent-based, aqueous, and& UV CURABLE& coatings, pressure sensitive adhesives, and pen inks. Worked with marketing group/customers, managed multi projects included silk screen printable metallic sparkling ink, glow-in-dark ink, glitter ink, temperature sensitive color change ink, 3D puff ink using micro spherical polymer, and aqueous flood coating adhesive. Formulated aqueous dry bond pad adhesive, eliminated malodorous volatile organic solvent. Optimized MELAMINE-based protective coating. Developed no odor dry erase marker. With modified polyester acrylate oligomer, created 200-micron thick rubbery template for glass sand blast etching, with desired toughness, surface hardness, tensile strength, elongation, and Tg ($6MM market value). With limited information, reformulated 44 color paint, switched European raw materials to the US; received British customer full approval. Using comprehensive math simplified 12 Koh-I-Noor PF ink formulas into one common base, saved cost by 50% ($1.2 MM), time by 95%. With no information given, recreated 28 color fountain pen inks in tight time frame. With predispersions, replaced tedious ball-milling process for& carbon black& and TiO2, saved 90% time and energy. With dialdehyde and EPOXY resin, cross-linked positively charged POLYURETHANE, created water-proof, scratch-resistant, slide-off, transferable& INKJET MEDIA, and received 3 US patents (6,432,501, 6,461,422, and 6,623,817) as the First Inventor. QAQC. Used rigid statistical design of experiment, data analysis, response surface methodology. Responsibilities also included VOC daily log, monthly and annual reporting to DEP, ERP; MSDS management, DOT, OSHA training, industrial hygiene regulatory compliance, Duke toxicologist review and testing, ACMI (Art and Craft Material Institution) labeling communication

Confidential, Holyoke, MA 8/1998 - 4/1999&
Senior Project Chemist and Technical Director
Worked for a company in coating and converting paper/board/plastic/aluminum foil for packaging industry. Managed team developing& CUSTOMER SPECIALTY INK& formulas for air knife and gravure coating with functional and decorative features, e.g., high-definition, fast dry, FDA, antistatic, conductive, block / rub / abrasion / scuff / alcohol / humidity / chemical / stain / light fading / heat resistance, and slippery, flexible, and easy to clean. Conducted INSTRON PSTC and TAPPI test and qualified RM batches. Discovered novel conditions to enable use of pigment at 80% cost less (saved company $1MM). Eliminated aluminum foil coating defects by using novel surfactant combination through a computerized experiment design (DOE).&

Confidential, Clark, NJ 8/1997 - 6/1998
Senior Product / Process Development Chemist
Worked for a company that manufactured graphic art film/plate and sold to printing industry. Developed coating formulas with polymer, matting agent, defoamer, surfactant, and cross linker.& SCALED UP& lab formulas to the pilot size. Lead to increase speed in IDT plate by 5-step and MCE kettle hold stability by 50%

Confidential, International Paper, Binghamton, NY 9/1996 - 6/1997
Senior Project Development Chemist
Worked for a company manufactured graphic art film.& Characterized& crystal physicalproperties.& Reduced raw material cost& significantly by modifying existing recipes&

Confidential, Rochester, NY & St. Paul, MN 10/1989 - 8/1996
Advanced Product / Process Development Chemist
Worked for 3M Printing & Publishing Systems Division manufactured graphic art films for printing industry. Used& DESIGN& OF EXPERIMENT DOE /Data Analysis, carried out experimental trials; identified key variables, optimized processes. Lab skills include Electrolytic Particle Size Analyzer. Reduced process variation in Onyx printing plates by 50% per pH unit change, by 33% in speed by introducing Single Jet Nucleation procedure which improved batch consistence. Launched 2nd generation IR Onyx for& field test and commercialized& in 3-month time frame ($5MM market). For better olephilic/olephobic differential, improved press roll-up, toning, and press wear. Reduced formaldehyde air emission by 90% through micro gravure tandem coating technique. Saved time/equipment utilization by 50% via implementing one-step Syloid homogenization. Participated ISO 9001 and six sigma quality control tool environment programs. My initiative, creation, innovation and problem solving skills earned four 3M Records of Invention&

Education
M.S. in Imaging Science (Physical Chemistry)&
M.S. in Photochemistry&
B.S. in Chemistry (Polymer)