Specialty Plastic and Mineral Products Technology and Marketing Expert

Technical Consultant #2164

Leading plastic materials expert creating revolutionary new materials for global companies.
Top mineral fillers and specialty fillers expert.
Serial innovator, in top 0.01%, with 6 open innovation prizes.
Problem solving, breakthrough materials and training for Fortune 100 companies.
Award-winning presenter on plastics and innovation.

Expert Witness Experience

Patent dispute over methods to make high strength polyethylene fiber (Dyneema etc.).
Patent dispute case that settled out of court.
Multiple class action cases involving implantable polypropylene mesh (Marlex type).
One defendant settled out of court.

Undisclosed Company, President, 2009 - Present

Consultant to the Fortune 100 companies pertaining to plastics, additives and materials.
Problem solving, new business generation, training and advisory roles.
New step-change materials created and brought to market.
World-class innovator with 6 open innovation wins and 14 granted patents.

LKAB Minerals, Technical Director, 2013 - 2015

Technical sales and marketing, creating new applications.
Increased sales and gross profit 10 to 20 percent per year.
Launched and led a major two global marketing initiatives (NPV-Net Present Value over $10 million).
Technical adviser giving support and training for the global unit.

Applied Minerals Inc., Chief Technical Officer, 2011 - 2113

New uses of halloysite nanotubes in plastics, coatings, adhesives and cosmetics.
Developed several new grades and significantly improved productivity of over 90%.
Technical marketing to hundreds of customers world-wide.
Market Cap increased from $80 million USD to over 140 million in under 2 years.

Hybrid Plastics, Chief Scientist U.S.A., 2007 - 2009

Marketing of POSS additives for thermoplastics, thermosets and elastomers.
Identification of customer needs, crafting solutions and bringing them to market.
Solved a major production problem in first month on the job.
Introduced multi-sourcing of raw materials reducing production cost of three main products by 30%
Award winning new flow aid and dispersant products resulted in record sales.

BASF, Germany Manager, Global Product Development, 2003 - 2007

Marketing and Research and Development of specialty styrenic plastics.
Solved a major production quality problem for ABS, ASA and MABS that had confounded BASF for 30 years (resulting in several patents).
Developed a totally new smart, transparency changing thermoplastic in just eight days from customer request.
Advisor to Renewable Polymers Team, Nano Taskforce, BASF Venture Capital, the German polymer institute (IKV) and mentor to younger co-workers.

Electrolux Frigidaire, Sweden and Italy, Senior Project Manager, 1999 - 2003

Managed a pan-European project portfolio leading a team of 5 sub project managers (B.Sc and Ph.D staff) plus co-ordination of university collaborations.
Optimization of calcium carbonate filled polypropylene formulation brought estimated cost reduction of over 1 million Euros per year.
Topics included easy-clean surfaces, water run-off control, Lotus Effect, thermochromic devices, scratch resistant surfaces, antioxidants, materials selection and optimization.
Over 30 invention disclosures including a revolutionary scratch-resistant polypropylene technology.

Institute for Surface Chemistry, Polymeric Materials Group, (YKI) Sweden, 1995 - 1999

Directed multinational projects and teams funded by companies including Borealis, Akzo Nobel, Castrol, Omya and Ciba (now BASF).
Major topics included polymers, composites, dispersants and antioxidants.
Technical consulting plus some management consultancy to resolve a dispute at a major corporation.
Created project concepts and raised funding to support a group of 8 reports.

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