Experience

Amiblu

• Austria
• Construction
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Development Director

  • Jan 2021 - Present

• Material Development & Support Manager

  • Sep 2017 - Present

  Leading a group of material scientists and chemists for development of glass-fibre reinforced pipes and related products, primarily for water and sewerage applications, including involvement from concept, material selection, production and product testing.R&D Manager for Amiblu's global project portfolio across the fields of product, engineering and process development for Amiblu's range of GRP and GRE piping products.



Flowtite Technology AS

• Norway
• Plastics Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Material Development & Support Manager/R&D Manager

  • Jun 2011 - Sep 2017

• Chemical Scientist

  • Jun 2006 - Jun 2011



Reichhold

• United States
• Chemical Manufacturing
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Manager - vinyl esters and specialities

  • Jun 2004 - Jun 2006

  Leading a group of chemists and technologists in product development, trouble shooting, customer and market support of vinyl ester and unsaturated polyester resins and products. Formulation of speciality gelcoats and bonding pastes for marine and wind-energy applications.Product development from laboratory formulations to scale-up and customers’ industrial trials with participation in research and development (European and global stage gate process) as project participant and project leader.

• Chemist

  • Feb 1999 - Jun 2004



Jotun

• Norway
• Chemical Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Chemist (antifouling coatings)

  • Feb 1998 - Feb 1999

  Development of novel free-radical polymerized acrylic resins for use as binders in anti-fouling coatings and paints. Participation in formulation work, including project based-work, of paints to optimize performance.Involvement in troubleshooting production issues. Development of novel free-radical polymerized acrylic resins for use as binders in anti-fouling coatings and paints. Participation in formulation work, including project based-work, of paints to optimize performance.Involvement in troubleshooting production issues.



SINTEF

• Norway
• Research
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Scientist

  • Feb 1994 - Feb 1998

  Involvement in company and state sponsored research programmes in polymer chemistry, coatings and composite industries. Areas of work included:• polyvinyl chloride and blends for improved mechanical properties• development of unsaturated polyesters for reduction in volatile organic content• development of composite systems for fibre-reinforced composite (LPG tanks)• advanced analysis of polymers with Raman, FT-IR, DSC, TGA, SEM and NMR• polyurethanes• polyolefins (crosslinking)



PolyPlus Battery Company

• United States
• Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Research intern (summer)

  • Jun 1991 - Sep 1991

  Summer internship working with polymer electrolytes for lithium batteries in collaboration with the University of Berkeley and the University of Manchester as part of my PhD thesis Summer internship working with polymer electrolytes for lithium batteries in collaboration with the University of Berkeley and the University of Manchester as part of my PhD thesis