Industrial Polymers Marketing and Business Development Consultant

Technical Consultant #2171

Industrial polymers - ethylene copolymers quality assessments, market strategy, new technology introduction, resource allocation and maximization.
Advocate for innovators, successfully maneuvering them through stage-gated milestone process to help drive projects to commercialization in the polymer market.
Six Sigma Black Belt practices and ability to understand and drive innovation.
Industrial research and development management of polymers and composites, contract manufacturing of surface materials and global marketing of Industrial polymers in construction transportation and industrial goods.
Industrial polymers global markets, construction, transportation and industrial goods commodities.
Metrics and improvements in manufacturing, research and development, including product quality, yields and new product development of polymers.

Undisclosed Company, 1997 - Present

New Business Development Manager - Industrial Biosciences, 2012 - Present

Responsible to build New Business Strategies for Bio-actives in Personal Care Market. Identified growth strategies for transformational research programs and managed growth projects with global partners for new business over $100 million. Managed $5 million growth budget.
Created Investment profile for an innovation pipeline worth over $200 million for bio-actives in personal care.
Identified merger and aquision candidates and developed new business development models for new business development ventures and options.
Organized and planned pre-negotiation strategy for commercial collaboration development programs with large consumer packaged goods companies.

Global Market Manager - Packaging and Industrial Polymers, 2007 - 2012

Managed and led the industrial polymers within ethylene copolymers business.
Led global markets of construction, transportation and industrial goods, collectively, a $650 million U.S. industrial polymers business comprising commodity and specialty polymer products.
Lead the strategy development and cross-regional-functional core team for the Industrial polymer markets.
Managed the development pipeline.
Awarded Critical 50 Focused Growth Award for Tailored Materials Program.

Research and Development Manager - Packaging and Industrial Polymers, 2005 - 2007

Managed the research and team at DuPont Experimental Station. Included 53 personnel including principle investigators, research technicians, patent liaisons and High Pressure Unit (HPU) personnel, the 24/7 research operations of a high pressure pilot plant.
Held direct budget accountability and managed Intellectual property.
Coordinated Technology resources for Modified Polymers, business portfolio.
Managed New Idea generation and technology pipeline process for ethylene copolymers business.
Directed research and resources for ethylene copolymers business with global market managers depending on strategic marketing plans.
Technology lead and member of the ethylene copolymers global business team providing technology input to strategic business plans.
Led the top line growth Six Sigma Black Belt in surfaces.
Executed global contract manufacturing project for Zodiaq® business.
Led Simplicity™ sourcing project from Asia Pacific for Home Depot launch.

Technical Manager, Zodiaq,2000 - 2003

Staffed and managed from acquisition integration, Zodiaq technical group supporting manufacturing technology and new product research and development.
Accountable for developing technical improvement metrics for manufacturing research and development, including product quality, yields and new product development.

Group Leader - Corian Experimental Station, Wilmington, DE, 1997 - 2000

Air Products & Chemicals, Inc, Allentown, PA

Senior Research Chemist, Polymer Synthesis Group, Science & Technology Center, 1994 - 1997

Project Leader: Acrylics and vinyl ester polymerizations in supercritical and liquid CO2.
Developed and operated supercritical CO2 reactors and phase behavior apparatus to understand polymerization parameters in Supercritical CO2 polymerizations.
Acted as University liaison with specific strategic relationships with UNC Chapel Hill, University of Pittsburg and University of Texas for supercirical CO2 technologies.

NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, 1991 - 1994

Research Associate, Polymeric Materials Branch

Responsible for the processing and material property characterization of NASA's Polyimide carbon fiber composites, candidates for the NASA High Speed Civil Transport Program.
Operated and developed processing models for carbon fiber-polyimide pre-preg manufacture.

The College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA, Applied Sciences, Professor, 1991 - 1994

Developed and taught graduate level classes in the Applied Science Program. Introduction to High Performance Polymer Composites.

Imperial Chemical Industries PLC Wilton, Cleveland U.K., Research Chemist, 1985 - 1991

Synthesized engineering thermoplastics as matrix resins for carbon fiber composites.
Invented and synthesized and scaled-up to commercialization engineering thermoplastics toughness modifiers for thermosetting epoxy resin and carbon fiber composites.
Products commercialized for military and commercial aerospace. F22, Boeing and Airbus.
Current business grown to over $250 million U.S. now Fiberite 977 series of carbon fiber prepreg.

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Patents

Numerous patents in powder coatings, surfactants, acrylic-stone, resins and polymers.

Ph.D. Chemistry, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, Blacksburg, VA
B.Sc. Chemistry (Honors), The University of Essex, Colchester, England