Paper/Packaging Specialist Developing New Product Design, Custom Coating, and Adhesives

Expertise

• Development of equipment, processes and products for packaging, converting, coating, equipment, paper industry, polymers, and adhesives.
• Product development, innovative new consumer product designs.
• New materials development including composite and biodegradable materials.
• Packaging development, food service packaging, corrugated packaging, paper industry and paper machinery.
• Barrier packaging, barrier materials: Oxygen, water, oil/grease and WVTR, (Water Vapor Transmission Rate).
• Coating formulation development and surface chemistry.
• Structural adhesives.
• Rheology, fluid dynamics.
• Intellectual property, ideation, invention, and innovation.
• Antistatic materials.
• Insulation, novel insulating materials and products.
• Drying process and heat transfer.
• Papermaking process, paper physics, (printing) and corrugated board.
• Non-standard materials testing, new testing method development.
• Wear resistance materials and tribology.
• Converting machinery
• Statistical experimental design, advanced statistical analyses and six sigma.
• Anti-counterfeiting.
• Printing properties evaluation.
• Electro-spinning.

Experience

Undisclosed Company, Principal Scientist, 1996 - 2014

• Responsible for new product development, development of packaging materials and packaging, specialty materials, coating formulations and rheology studies.
• Provided DOE with product performance optimizations, tribology studies, wear resistance and drying process improvements.

International Paper Company, Tuxedo, NY, Senior Scientist, 1990 - 1996

• Responsible for new product development, development of packaging materials and packaging, specialty materials, coating formulations, rheology studies, DOE, product performance optimization material testing development.

Bummash Corporation, St. Petersburg, Russia, 1989

• Product Line Manager for this paper machinery technology company working with corrugators, coaters, drying sections and calendars.

Accomplishments

• Developed novel structural adhesive registered under a trademark.
• Developed barrier materials and packaging for preserving quality and increasing shelf life of food and other products.
• Developed testing and operating procedures for composite polymer-paper materials to improve performance on converting machinery (coated board packages for Tropicana).
• Developed water resistant packages and materials for can carriers (Anheuser Busch, Coca-Cola).
• Developed many coating formulations (formulation optimization, rheological properties control).
• Pigmented text and cover grades Realm%uFFFF and Smooth Realm%uFFFF (Size press technology development); commercialized.
• Developed a package for McDonald's with specific insulation properties.
• Water-resistant materials for can carriers (Anheuser Busch, Coca-Cola, Coors), grease resistant board; commercialized.
• Specialty materials based on new concepts (conductive, wear resistant, decorative, anti-static, anti-counterfeiting).
• Implemented through drying technology for filtration materials.
• Improvements of extruder operations (polyethylene coating for liquid packaging board).
• Developed testing procedures for printing evaluation and selection of appropriate method of printing (offset, ink jet, flexo).
• Implemented product with improved formation of fiber web. Developed devices and processes for formation improvement.
• Developed new product concept: high-end pigmented ink jet paper compatible to coated paper (presented on TAPPI conference), commercialized.
• New coating method for paper and board based on nano-technology and electro-spinning.
• Rewetting/conditioning technology and dimensional stability improvement.
• New calendaring technology (improved strength and printing properties), commercialized.
• Implemented numerous types of patented equipment: Press drying system, control deflection rolls, calendars, guiding rolls, steam bars, web handling and air.

Honors & Publications

Languages

• Fluent Russian
• German - Conversation

Academic and Professional Affiliations

• TAPPI
• Institute of Paper Science and Technology - IPST, (Advisory Committee)
• Coating Advisory Subcommittee at IPST
• Minor in Chemical Engineering

Publications and Patents

• Over 30 publications in Russian journals.
• About 100 patents, Russian and USA

Education

• Ph.D. Chemical Technology, (Paper Machinery), Saint. Petersburg State Technological University, (Department of Plant Polymers), St. Petersburg, Russia
• M.S. Mechanical Engineering, Saint Petersburg State Technological University, (Department of Plant Polymers), St. Petersburg, Russia