Forest and Wood Products Consultant: Wood Adhesives, Resin Impregnated Cellulose, and Overlay Technologies

Consultant #1422

Consultant on phenolic resins and applications manufacturing composite wood products such as as plywood and oriented strand board.
Forest products industry experience, particularly related to wood adhesives, composite wood products, and resin impregnated cellulose.
Wood adhesives consultant for oriented strand board (OSB) hardboard and resin impregnated fiber.
Expert on resin overlay technologies and their industrial applications.
Phenol formaldehyde (PP) and urea formaldehyde resin chemistry and use in the forest products industry.
Developing corporate intellectual property assets.
Foreign languages: German, Hungarian, Norwegian, Russian, and Spanish

Independent Consultant 2007 - Present

Consultancy serving clients in Intellectual Property Management and Technology Management.
Project work related to patent ability analysis related to wood composite adhesives and paper impregnation technology support for a start up company.

Dynea Group, Hayward, WI, Global Intellectual Property Coordinator, 2005 - 2007

Responsible for global coordination of intellectual property development for the Dynea Group with special emphasis on scientists and outside counsel.
Implementation of a corporate system for finding, distributing and tracking relevant third party patent applications.
Supporting patent applications and opposition efforts with filing strategies and prior art searches.
Conducting intellectual property training seminars for technical employees in Europe and North America.

Dynea Paper Overlays, Hayward, WI, Global Technology Manager , 2002 - 2005

Responsible for global coordination of networking and communication to facilitate effective transfer of phenolic and amino impregnation technologies within the Dynea Paper Overlay's organization.

Dynea (Dyno) Overlays Inc., Hayward, WI, Technical Director, 1997 - 2001

Responsible for phenolic overlay product development for Engineered Wood Products and the Industrial and Furniture Components business units.
Coordination of product development with sales and production departments, resulting in the most profitable plant in the Dynea Group.

Dyno Industrier A.S., Norway, Senior Research Chemist, 1994 - 1997

Responsible for studies of phenol formaldehyde resin chemistry with emphasis in the areas of OSB, plywood and impregnated paper technologies.
Basic studies of process and polymerization chemistry of PF resins.
Responsible for PF product development for OSB, hardboard, and impregnated paper applications.
Coordination of product development and trouble shooting with production and sales departments.

Mississippi Forest Products Lab., Mississippi State, MS, Graduate Research Assistant, 1990 - 1992

Responsible for instrumental methods development (GPC), statistical data analysis and interpretation, and testing and evaluation of resin performance in wood composites.

Masonite Corporation Research Center, St. Charles, IL, Research Technician, 1986 - 1990

Responsible for: Synthesis, analysis, testing, and evaluation of modified phenolic resins as wood composite adhesives.
Laboratory production and testing of plywood, dry process, and wet process hardboard.