Greater Houston
Career Objectives: Seeking a technology leadership position of substantial responsibility in specialty chemical industry with accountability to create a roadmap for business growth through innovation in technology, materials and problem solving. Highlights: Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering with 18 years of polymer experience (11 years of industry experience). 10 patents in the last 7 years.
leading US tech service, analytical lab, and RD in adhesive products for electronics, EV, and medical applications.
Deliver marketing and product support internally to channel distribution and externally to customers to generate additional business. Maintain Technical Data Sheets and other segment-specific information and literature, ensuring knowledge transfer to collaborators and sales channel partners. Create technical marketing materials for product promotion, attending industry events as necessary to represent and promote the Company and its products. Develop and deliver training seminars internally and externally for sales channel partners and industry events; partner with customers as Company technical liaison, developing and maintaining strong business relationships. Innovation Work globally across functions to identify and qualify unmet technical needs and support development of value propositions for new and existing products. Support R&D efforts to develop test programs by providing technical objectives and test methods, converting unmet needs into innovation proposals. Lead assigned innovation projects and communicate updates with leadership. Contribute to internal technical and technology meetings and forums as required. Technical Service Analyze Company product lines’ value and usage versus competition, identifying portfolio gaps and define segment roadmap based on innovation strategy. Establish application testing priorities and coordinate execution with internal and external service providers. Set priorities and build business cases, as needed, for establishing or acquiring application development capabilities. Maintain safe working environment in the laboratory. Participate in safety meetings, audits and behavioral based safety program.
Lead, staff and manage R&D teams across multiple parallel product development opportunities, to launch new commercially successful products and processes in rubber markets. Lead, staff and manage pilot teams: emulsions, anionic polymers, EPDMs. Lead, staff and manage analytical team. Ability to collaborate across multiple sites: Port Neche, TX, Orange TX, and Geismar, LA. managing yearly budget of >2.5 millions US dollars Play a lead role in technology transfer, scale-up and process characterization & validation by coordinating the transfer and providing technical assistance in the introduction of new products and processes into manufacturing operations. Provide sound scientific leadership, support, and coaching to R&D team through the initiation, planning, execution and monitoring their overall activities. Set up short- and long-term growth strategy across sub-departments within R&D, facilitating the efficient use of resources and aligning personal and project goals with company goals. Regularly interface with Vice President of Technology to ensure research operations reflect overall corporate vision/strategy. Ensure that all budgets, schedules, and performance requirements are met. Collaborate with stakeholders, functional team leaders/manager, and cross-functional staff to facilitate seamless project execution including conflict resolution and removal of obstacles to execution. Develop and implement investigations into new technologies and capabilities that advance research team and company objectives. Review and provide functional approval for project and quality system documentation Maintain positive and cooperative communications and collaboration with all levels of employees, customers, contractors, and vendors Develop unique, proprietary and patentable intellectual property that yields competitive advantage. Improve efficiency and optimization of existing research operation through implementation of stage-gate process infrastructure.
support all products for CASE customers with sales team. work together with R&D for now product development. work with pilot and pilot for scale-up.
• Provide technical support to customers for products on a global basis. • Lead new compound recipes, new polymers and test methods to support sales and profit growth. • Lead new polymer development by relating application and process recommendations to customers. Focus on Polybutadiene Rubber (PBR), Styrene Butadiene Styrene block copolymer (SBS), and Solution Butadiene Rubber SBR (sSBR) • Lead new compound recipes and make compound and process recommendations to customers. • Provide technical sales service for customers to support CASE, Wire and Cable, TPV, Molded Goods and other rubber, plastic and lubricant applications. Travel is approximately 50%. • Lead and implement test equipment and methods to support development efforts. • Produce and edit technical literature in electronic format. • Provide technical support for all the company’s products.
• Conceptualize and deliver innovation strategies, leading the global technical and development unit of adhesives, sealants, and coatings. • Directed the development and one to five-year pipeline planning, developed coherent global product strategies and aligned manufacturing footprint and technology roadmap across the corporation. • Provide technical leadership in applications development to support new & existing products with a primary focus on adhesives, sealants, and coatings • Interact with customers to communicate features of new & existing products. • Participate in cross-functional teams for evaluation and management of new product initiatives. • Communicate technical applications development status to commercial management. • Participate in problem solving teams regarding customer complaints • Support commercial inquiries or initiatives in new or existing markets