Expertise

• Polymers, plastics, coatings and paints laboratory facilities and testing.
• Thermosetting resins and molding compounds.
• Expertise on phenolic resins, urethane resins and coatings and epoxy resins.
• Polymer material failure analysis.
• Insulation binders, UF resins, furan resins, formaldehyde based resins, including phenol formaldehyde and urea formaldehyde.
• Oil field chemicals and oil and gas field proppants
• Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) preparation and environmental and safety consideration of materials.
• Metal casting processes, lost foam coatings, and foundry binders and coatings.
• Expert witness for trade secrets and litigation support.
• Patent technical analysis and patent searches.

Experience

Undisclosed Company, President, 1998 - Present

• A worldwide supplier of chemical technology with multi-discipline expertise. Providing consulting services to the chemical, plastics, foundry, oil fields, coatings, adhesives and related industries.
• Product specialization in: Adhesives, polymers, thermosetting plastics (amino, urea, phenolic), chemicals, bubble solutions, coatings, composites, detergents, forest products resins, foundry resins, foundry coatings, furan resins, friction materials, insulation binders, lost foam castings, molding compounds, plastics/polymers, phenolic resins, photo resist resins, oil field proppants, orthopedic bandages, release agents, refractory resins, shell molding, sand reclamation, thermosetting plastics/resins, urethanes and UF resins.
• Product development: New products and process, reformulation of products and new material applications.
• Laboratory services: Compounding, material analysis and performance testing.
• Problem solving: Material failure analysis, deformulation of compounds and materials.
• Plastic process improvement.
• Environmental Compliance: Green products/processes, emission studies and Material Safety Data Sheet.
• Legal assistance: In the areas of expert witness, patent analysis and litigation support.
• Market development: Technology assessments, literature searches and competitive information.

Borden Chemical, Inc., 1986 - 1998

• Vice President
• Technical Director

Acme Resin Corporation, 1978 - 1986

• Vice President
• Technical Director
• Lab Manager

CPC International, 1967 - 1969

• Polymer Group Leader

3M Company, 1964 - 1967

• Research Chemist

Honors & Publications

Academic and Professional Affiliations

• American Chemical Society
• American Foundry Society
• Society of Petroleum Engineers
• Association Consulting Chemists & Chemical Engineers
• Technical Management Association of Chicago

Publications and Patents

• 24 U.S. Patents
• 17 Technical Papers

Education

• Ph.D. Organic Chemistry - Michigan State University
• B.A. Chemistry - Olivet Nazarene University