Description
Summary Self-starter with entrepreneurial skills, idea creation and business management experience. Experience in grant and investment funding. Fifteen years of experience in laboratory research of polymer science, rheology, additives, composites, engineered plastics, and clay science. Ten years of experience in manufacturing including training in ISO9000, Six Sigma, TPS. Eight years of experience with management of programs, personnel, resources and facilities. Material and chemical analysis using XRD, XRF, GC, HPLC, TGA, DMA, DSC, rheology, DLS, metallurgical methods, NMR, IR, UV/Vis, Raman spectroscopy. Microscopic techniques (optical, SEM, TEM, AFM). Polymer compounding including extrusion, batch mixing, injection molding, film processing. Design of experiment, process development, device/ tooling fabrication. Numerous software applications (MDS, Chemlab, Mathlab, ChemSW). Electronics and mechanical repair.