CAREER SUMMARY:

A six sigma black - belt trained Chemist/Engineer with broad R&D experience gained while working on a variety of product/process development projects in the biotechnology, natural products, specialty organic chemicals, coatings and pressure sensitive adhesives industries. Experience managing projects and technical personnel, evaluating new products, developing processes and providing technical assistance for customers, sales and marketing functions. Effectively investigated and resolved customer complaints and product/processing issues.

CAREER ACHIEVEMENTS:

Confidential, Bolingbrook, IL

Sr. Chemist/Process Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Research & Development: Developing new pressure sensitive adhesive (PSA) products and coating processes. New products and qualification of PSAs for new applications range from $10,000 up to $200,000 in sales.
• Utilizing six-sigma and statistical tools to analyze and understand PSA tape and gasket manufacturing processes.
• Developing and analyzing statistical data to determine standards and product specifications.
• Introducing 5S and QMS to the organization: Writing Quality Manual, associated procedures and process mapping.
• Costing models/structure development.
• Production supervision
• Responsible for initiating and coordinating product/process cost reduction programs worth over $100,000.
• Coordinating with other managers to maximize product reliability and minimize costs.
• Supporting operations and ERP managers in activities to ensure continuous control over raw, WIP and products.
• Auditing compliance and implementing corrective actions
• Responsible for monthly production reporting to the business, emissions reporting to the EPA
• Preparing PPAP submissions.
• Responsible for Confidential OSHA compliance: Writing Confidential policy, chemical hygiene plan and training.
• Providing regulatory support to production, Sales and Customer Service.
• Creating and developing various databases to capture, manage and generate production reports.

Confidential, Bolingbrook, IL

Synthetic Chemist

Responsibilities:

• Worked on projects to develop products/processes utilizing natural product chemistry.
• Synthesized, purified and characterized chemical intermediates and final products.
• Isolated intermediates and products by flash and fractional distillation.
• Utilized GC, FTIR and Karl Fischer instrumentation - providing analytical results to meet business needs.
• Provided timely answers to technical/business concerns.
• COV/DOE studies.
• Offered a permanent position, but elected to join Confidential in a QA/R&D managerial role.
• Offered several different opportunities, but was unable to relocate

Confidential, Bellwood, IL

Senior Chemist

Responsibilities:

• Managed the development of new writing system products.
• Hired, managed, mentored technicians and contract workers.
• Studied the factors that affect the flow of pigmented inks through capillary systems.
• Developed and expanded lab-scale pigment dispersion capabilities for the Writing Systems Group.
• Formulated new inks and developed writing systems.
• Provided manufacturing support.
• Conducted COV and DOE studies.
• Six-Sigma Black-Belt trained (4 weeks training) and worked on several Black-Belt projects

Confidential, Libertyville, IL

Chemist

Responsibilities:

• Managed daily production and successfully completed multiple high value product/process development projects.
• Consistently met customer specifications and delivery dates.
• Custom manufactured specialty organics and APIs for clients such as Pfizer and Sigma-Aldrich.
• Conducted multi-step synthesis of specialty organics in gram to multi-kilogram quantities.
• Synthesized, isolated, purified and characterized intermediates and final products.
• Synthesized specialty chemical products worth up to $5,000 per gram. Some kilogram products up to $90,000.
• GLP/GMP.
• Utilized TLC, HPLC and GC equipment.

Confidential, Gaithersburg, MD

Scientist

Responsibilities:

• Worked on the development of a DNA sequencing reaction purification system.
• Supervised, scheduled and executed laboratory experiments to evaluate the performance of developmental and competitor’s DNA sequencing reaction purification systems.
• Introduced a new raw material purification process, reducing costs and processing times.

Confidential

Post Graduate Researcher

Responsibilities:

• Conducted research to develop a proprietary process for producing an increasingly useful compound for global industrial formulating.
• Performed extensive technical literature survey to identify potential promoters for the cobalt-catalyzed reaction under development.
• Synthesized potential promoters and characterized them using GC, GC-MS and FTIR.
• Evaluated the performance of the potential promoters using high pressure test reactors.

Confidential

Controller of Site Safety

Responsibilities:

• Supervised and maintained safe systems of work for client contractors carrying out engineering work on railroad infrastructure.

Confidential

Process Development Chemist/Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Developed new applications for UV curable coatings using Fusion microwave powered lamp systems.
• Supported and participated in pilot plant trials - developing UV curing processes for adhesives, inks, and coatings in a variety of applications.
• Ran and maintained the applications laboratory.
• Provided technical services for customers, distributors and sales personnel.

Confidential

Technical Service & Development Chemist

Responsibilities:

• Product Champion for rheological additives.
• Supervised and mentored technicians and contract chemists.
• Trained other chemists in the techniques of additive dispersion and paint test methods
• Appraised and refined new product developments in cooperation with the R&D Specialties group.
• Evaluated the performance of developmental and competitor’s additives in a variety of heavy-duty solvent-based coatings.
• Developed new laboratory test methods.
• Provided the technical interface between Confidential and its customers, and guided customers in their usage of the Confidential range of rheological additives. Ensured customer satisfaction by effectively troubleshooting and identifying solutions to their coatings problems.
• Provided assistance to the organization for inquiries regarding the selection and processing of additives for various applications.