Experience

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  Exponent, Inc

  • Greater New York City Area

  • Principal

    • Apr 2016 - Present
    • Greater New York City Area

    Gene is a Principal at Exponent which has a staff of approximately 900, located in 20 offices throughout the United States and 5 international offices. Exponent combines unparalleled technical expertise with the ability, when necessary, to focus this knowledge in extremely short time frames. Our...

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  Rider Technologies

  • Eldred, New York

  • President, Rider Technologies

    • Sep 2013 - Mar 2016
    • Eldred, New York

    Gene started Rider Technologies in 2013 to serve the consumer goods industry. Rider Technologies offers consulting services, innovative technologies and proven processes which support consumer goods supply networks globally. Rider Tec’s range of services are designed to help consumer goods manu...

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  Intertek

  • United Kingdom
  • International Trade and Development
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • President, Intertek Consumer Goods North Ameria

    • Jun 2005 - Jun 2013

    Gene Rider is the past President of Intertek Consumer Goods North America, the world’s leading provider of quality and safety solutions to the consumer goods market. Mr. Rider supported the development of the first Consumer Goods Laboratory in Hong Kong in 1974 and directed the start-up of the first commercial laboratory in China in 1989 which he managed for the past twenty five years. From June 2005 to June 2013 Mr. Rider lead all aspects of Intertek’s Consumer Goods Business Line in North America.

  • President, RAM Consulting

    • Mar 1988 - Jun 2013

    Mr. Rider is the past President and Founder of Intertek’s Risk Assessment & Management (RAM) global business line. Working closely with the medical and scientific community to develop innovative technologies for assessing the risks posed by consumer products, he has achieved influential status as the leading force in injury prevention, with special focus on adolescent exposure. The technologies developed under his management have been shared with the U.S. CPSC and, even more importantly, have been applied to help consumer products companies effectively integrate safety into their product designs and business processes. His 2009 ground breaking publication "Framework Model of Product Risk Assessment" in The International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion established a widely accepted framework for risk assessment used by global regulatory agencies and industry.

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  AAFA

  • Member of the Board

    • 2009 - 2013
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  United States Testing Company / SGS

  • Vice President

    • Jul 1970 - Mar 1988

    Mr. Rider was Vice President at United States Testing Company (acquired by SGS in 1983) from 1970 to 1988 where he managed US Testing’s Environmental and Health Sciences Divisions. While at US Testing Mr. Rider was nominated to participate in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) ...