Composite Armor Products and Military Business Expert (1333)
Expertise
Military and police force armor development.
Composite products and material systems technology, development, production and use for military and police armor.
Marketing of new advanced materials, particularly for armor applications.
Development and commercialization of new armor materials and composite armor design.
Management of new materials start up companies.
Advanced ceramics, reinforced metals, performance fibers and composite materials.
Marketing to the military.
Experience
Consultant to Materials and Armor Businesses 2002 - Present
Simula, Inc. Phoenix, AZ, Armor Products Manager 1998 - 2001
Transformed small business segment of Simula to major revenue and profit center for the company.
Experienced in marketing armor products and armor systems to the military and to police agencies.
Familiar with the technology of ballistic impact and armor strategies to defeat the threat.
Lanxide Armor Products, Inc., Newark, DE President & CEO 1988 - 1998
Started and built Lanxide Armor Products to profitability and $7 million annual sales.
E.I. DuPont de Nemours, Wilmington, DE 1965 -1985
Segment Manager for Armor Systems and Government Relations, Aerospace Defense, Composites Division, Textile Fibers Department.
Process and Industrial Hygiene Instruments, Instrument Systems, Specialty Products Division, F&FP Department.
National Sales Manager, Market Development Manager Thermal Analyzers, Analytical Instruments Division, Photo Products Department.
Technical Marketing Supervisor, Industrial Fibers Division, Textile Fibers Division.
Technical Marketing Specialist "Kevlar" Special Products, Industrial Fibers Division, Textile Fibers Division.
Senior Research Engineer, Research Engineer Pioneering Research Division, Textile Fibers Department
Education
Ph.D., M.S., Chemical Engineering, Lehigh University,
B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Maryland