Experience

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  The Chemquest Group, Inc.

  • United States
  • Chemical Manufacturing
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Director

    • Mar 2023 - Present
    • Akron, Ohio, United States

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  UARF

  • Akron, Ohio, United States

  • Senior Fellow

    • Dec 2022 - Present
    • Akron, Ohio, United States

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  Synthomer

  • United Kingdom
  • Chemical Manufacturing
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • VP Innovation Functional Solutions

    • Jul 2020 - Dec 2022

  • Technology Director CAST

    • Apr 2020 - Jul 2020

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  Omnova

  • United States
  • Plastics Manufacturing
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Technlogy Director Specialty Coatings and Ingredients

    • Apr 2017 - Apr 2020
    • Akron/Cleveland, Ohio Area

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  OMNOVA Solutions

  • United States
  • Plastics Manufacturing
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Innovation Leader Nonwovens and Construction

    • Jun 2013 - Aug 2015

  • DIrector Specialties Applications and New Product Development

    • Feb 2012 - Jun 2013

    Responsible for technical service to existing customers, application development and testing of new product ideas and portfolio development to support business growth in a broad range of applications on a global basis including nonwovens, textiles, tape saturants, release coatings, adhesives, floor polishes, and coatings.

  • Principal Scientist/Manager Specialty Applications & New Products

    • Nov 1997 - Feb 2012

    Prior positions held:Senior Scientist/Manager, Polymer Innovations May '01 to May '06Senior Scientist, Advanced Development, Nov. '97 to May '01Awarded OMNOVA Technical Team Award 2008, 2010Awarded OMNOVA Technical Innovations Award 2005, D. Diehl and C. McBain.Six Sigma Black Belt certifiedResponsible for technical development of new products and processes in Specialties, paperboard, paper, and carpet including the development of new characterization methodologies and testing in screening final product applications. Commercialized/Developed polymers from lab scale to manufacturing plant for Semi-Continuous & CSTR. Show less

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  ICI- GLIDDEN COMPANY

  • Strongsville, Ohio

  • Associate Scientist,

    • Oct 1988 - Oct 1997
    • Strongsville, Ohio

    Awarded Glidden Technical Achievement Award of the Year in 1997 Development of in-house specialty polymers for Kitchen and Bath paints. Development of in-house vinyl acrylics for exterior coatings as well as development of whole coating systems for applications in interior and exterior zero VOC coatings/ green coating technology efforts commercialized both in U.S. and Australia Awarded Glidden Technical Achievement Award of the Year in 1997 Development of in-house specialty polymers for Kitchen and Bath paints. Development of in-house vinyl acrylics for exterior coatings as well as development of whole coating systems for applications in interior and exterior zero VOC coatings/ green coating technology efforts commercialized both in U.S. and Australia