Polyurethane Expert in Formulations, Product Development, and Manufacturing of Adhesives, Coatings, Elastomers and Foams

Expertise

• Polyurethane formulations, polyurethane research and development, environmental-safety, MSDS, adhesives, coatings, elastomers, sealants, and thermoplastics.
• Polyurethane products: Foams, ridged foams, structural composites, furniture, bedding, carpet underlayment, bonded foam, viscoelastic foam, footwear, adhesives, coatings, elastomers, sealants and TPU.
• Reduced VOC's (Volatile Organic Compounds) from carpet underlayment and bonding foam.
• Energy absorbing polyurethane foams: Isocyanate reactive internal mold release compounds, bonded foam carpet pad adhesives.
• Manufacture of raw materials for polyurethane foam, and manufacturing of isocyanate and polyol products.
• Flammability of polyurethane foams in furniture.
• Emissions from bonded foam carpet pad.
• Design automotive seating, headrest and armrest.
• Polyurethane bio renewable resources cost and scrap reductions.
• Polyurethane equipment: Process efficiency improvements, system blending, pour and direct injection and tool design.
• Polyurethane production: Feasibility studies, flexible foams, molded and slabstock.

Experience

Independent Consultant, Technical Consultant serving the Polyurethanes industry, 2003 - Present

Huntsman/ICI Polyurethanes, Auburn Hills MI, Furnishings Group and Latin American Operations.

• Technical Manager

ICI Polyurethanes, Sterling Heights, MI

• Technical Manager for the Furnishing Groups.
• Technical Manager for the Adhesives Coatings Elastomers Group.
• Technical Manager for the Automotive Group.
• Group Manager, Iberia and Barcelona, Spain.
• General Manager, Vizille, France.

Atlas Chemical SpA, Ternate, Italy,

• Technical Manager

ICI Polyurethanes Manchester, U.K.

• Experimental Officer
• Technical Officer

Rubicon Inc., Naugatuck, CT

• Technical Service Engineer

Loughborough University, U.K.

• Research, Thesis "Stabilization of Polyurethane Elastomers."

Honors & Publications

Credentials

• Technology training
• Polymer chemistry and physics
• Chemical storage and handling
• Work experience in over 50 countries
• Extensive Latin American knowledge

Languages

• Fluent English, French, Spanish, Portuguese
• Excellent German and Italian

Awards

• Lifetime Achievement Award presented by The Polyurethane Foam Association at the Washington, D.C.

Publications and Patents

• Author of over 18; books, articles, lectures and conferences regarding polyurethane.

Education

• M.S. Macromolecular Chemistry, Loughborough University, Leicestershire, U.K.
• B.S. Chemical Engineering of Polymers, John Dalton College, Manchester, U.K.
• B.S. Chemistry, Hopwood Hall University, Rochdale, U.K.