Floor Sealant and Finishes Including Floor Cleaning Products and Dairy Sanitation Products (1275)
Expertise
Floor sealant and finishes, including formulation, selection, floor application and testing.
Cleaning and janitorial products for floors.
Dairy sanitation and cleaning materials for floors and surface, including iodophors and chlorine dioxide.
Organophosphonates for water treatment and related applications.
Experience
Independent Consultant, 2001 - Current
Westfalia- Surge, Inc., Chemical Division, Senior R&D Chemist 1994 - 2001
R&D and product development and formulation for dairy sanitation including iodophors, chlorine dioxide, fatty acid, and various cleaning formulations.
Tru-Test Manufacturing Company, Chemical Products Manager, 1988 - 1994
New product development, cost reduction, R&D, customer service, quality control, government regulations.
Advised production, marketing, and True Value stores to solve problems with existing products and with new product introductions.
Areas of expertise included: floor seals and finishes, detergents, and janitorial products.
Tested and introduced carpet extraction machines resulting in increasing sales of carpet cleaning chemicals
Magee Industries, Inc., Technical Director, 1979 - 1988
Product development and improvement including R&D, technical service, quality control, and government regulations compliance.
Areas of expertise included: floor seals and finishes, detergents, sanitizers, and water treatment chemicals.
Developed and reformulated floor seals, finishes and liquid detergents, including urethane/acrylic line of water based floor seals which eventually accounted for approximately 70% of company%u2019s gross profit.
Hodag Chemical Co., Project Leader, 1977 - 1979
Responsible for supervision and synthesis dealing with nonionic surfactants, ethoxylations, and esters.
Developed procedures for making and improving cleaning products.
Honors & Publications
Author or co-author of 4 publications and 5 patents regarding halogenation, chemistry of indoles, nomenclature, organic pigments, and dairy sanitation.
Education
MBA (Honors), Roosevelt University, Chicago, IL
Ph. D., Organic Chemistry University of Minnesota
B.S., Chemistry, University of Wisconsin