Experience

Colloids Ltd

• United Kingdom
• Plastics Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Head of Business Development & Commercial Sales - Ireland

  • Jan 2023 - Present

  Head of Business Development & Commercial Sales representing Colloids, PMB and P.W. Hall in supplying superior colour and additive masterbatch solutions to the polymer industry throughout Ireland. Head of Business Development & Commercial Sales representing Colloids, PMB and P.W. Hall in supplying superior colour and additive masterbatch solutions to the polymer industry throughout Ireland.



3A Composites Transport & Industry

• Germany
• Wholesale Building Materials
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Technical Manager - Colour Division

  • Aug 2014 - Jan 2023

  Head of masterbatch development for the 3A group including Athlone Extrusions. Responsible for 3A Composites colour & additive masterbatch solutions for the sheet extrusion industry across Europe. Integral part of the R&D team responsible for the development, design & implementation of new co-extruded sheet solutions for the automotive, sanitary, packaging & furniture industries. Responsible for all new colour and additive masterbatch development including cost-saving projects, product enhancements, pigment selection & validation, yield improvements and development projects. Responsible for technical support & troubleshooting to the production & quality departments along with business development and sales support at key customers & major OEM’s Expert problem solver in polymer processing and materials issues across multiple departments (Production, Quality, Engineering & Commercial Sales). Experienced in managing teams of research professionals in new product development. Possesses extensive network of professional contacts including suppliers, manufacturers and academics. Proven expertise in:  New product design & development  Global business development  Colour & Additive Masterbatch development  Project management  Polymer processing (Extrusion/ Moulding)  Thermal, physical / chemical analysis  Applied chemistry / spectroscopy  New technology assessment



DeltaQ

• Ireland
• Plastics Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Technical Manager

  • Apr 2010 - Jul 2014

  Lead a technical team conducting new product development & research. Employed technical knowledge, materials chemistry and analytical techniques to develop custom colour & additive masterbatch for the polymer industry. Resolved customer operational issues affecting product launches and market established products. Lead a technical team conducting new product development & research. Employed technical knowledge, materials chemistry and analytical techniques to develop custom colour & additive masterbatch for the polymer industry. Resolved customer operational issues affecting product launches and market established products.



Athlone Institute of Technology (Materials Research Institute (MRI)

• Athlone

• Principal Investigator and Research Engineer.

  • Jan 2009 - Apr 2010

  The MRI conducts interdisciplinary research focused on materials science and technology and delivery of contract development and testing services to industry. Its facilities are dedicated to materials synthesis; processing, manufacture, analysis and testing. Member of a diverse research group providing the contract mechanical testing and polymer processing services offered by A.I.T to the Irish polymer industry. The projects varied in duration and cost from one day testing to long-term development studies servicing a range of industrial and academic partners



EASYFIX

• Ireland
• Farming
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior R&D Engineer – Product Development

  • 2008 - 2009

  Researched and developed two new products incorporating recycled rubber that the company could incorporate into their current product range. Researched and developed two new products incorporating recycled rubber that the company could incorporate into their current product range.



Flexi-Tile

• Markethill, Co. Armagh

• Senior Research Engineer – Product Development

  • 2007 - 2008

  Developed a new material (recycled rubber crumb and recycled thermoplastic blend) that is now utilized in the company’s new range of floor tiles distributed and sold throughout the U.S. This new material was also developed to replace various rubber products in the agricultural industry providing significant raw material and cost savings. Developed a new material (recycled rubber crumb and recycled thermoplastic blend) that is now utilized in the company’s new range of floor tiles distributed and sold throughout the U.S. This new material was also developed to replace various rubber products in the agricultural industry providing significant raw material and cost savings.



Technological University of the Shannon, Athlone Campus

• Ireland
• Higher Education
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Lecturer (School of Engineering)

  • 2006 - 2007

  Lecturing 3rd and 4th year Manufacturing Systems, Quantitative Methods, Business Environmental Systems, Industrial Management and Engineering Mathematics. Work included preparing and correcting final year exams and supervising final year student projects. Required to sit on the examinations board and was responsible for new course content. Responsible for delivering laboratory demonstrations and training undergraduates on various polymer processing and testing machines. Lecturing 3rd and 4th year Manufacturing Systems, Quantitative Methods, Business Environmental Systems, Industrial Management and Engineering Mathematics. Work included preparing and correcting final year exams and supervising final year student projects. Required to sit on the examinations board and was responsible for new course content. Responsible for delivering laboratory demonstrations and training undergraduates on various polymer processing and testing machines.