Chemical Engineering Consultant: Petroleum Process Technologies and Specialty Catalysts (1436)
Expertise
Sales and marketing of petroleum process technologies and specialty catalysts for refineries.
Licensing and technology transfer of engineering services and petroleum process technology.
Chemical engineering and manufacturing experience with petroleum based products such as waxes, lubricants, chemical feed stocks, plastics and specialty chemicals.
Professional engineer specializing in product development, modeling and optimization with special concentration on polyurethane business issues.
Experience with capital project economics, financial modeling, forecasting and materials resource planning.
Basic and applied research, litigation and technology transfer.
Experience
Independent Consultant, PA, 2007 - Present
Business, engineering and manufacturing consultant providing technical training services to emerging and established manufacturing companies to boost efficiency and profitability.
Undisclosed Company, VP of Manufacturing, Allentown, PA, 2001 - 2007
Intimately involved in all aspects of this family owned polyurethane business, including manufacturing, business development, product development and production schedule optimization.
Financial forecasts, materials resource planning, security, legal contracts, litigation and intellectual property.
Mobil Oil Corporation, Princeton, NJ, 1988 - 2000
Licensing Manager
Responsible for sales and marketing of process technologies and specialty catalysts to refineries on four continents.
Negotiated licensing and engineering services contracts totaling forty five million dollars.
Team leader for negotiating a unique joint venture with Chevron (Mobil's only competitor) to merge the two technology sales and licensing organizations worldwide.
Planning Associate
Responsible for budget analysis, forecasting, financial modeling and evaluating project economics.
Developed a method to analyze the economics of any research project and applied this approach to over 200 research projects to reduce expenses and headcount by 30% during two company wide restructures.
Senior Research Engineer
Leader of a cross-functional team that designed, programmed, and installed a software package to monitor and optimize refinery operations.
Senior Staff Engineer
Developed new process strategies for upgrading low value petroleum at Mobil's central research laboratory.
Conducted fundamental research on catalytic processes, reaction kinetics and coke formation and deposition.
Honors & Publications
American Institute of Chemical Engineers
Adjunct Professor of Business and Computer Science at DeSales University
Adjunct Professor of Chemistry at Lehigh Carbon Community College
Appointed to the Upper Saucon Township Environmental Advisory Council
Course Director at the College of Petroleum & Energy Studies, Oxford, England
Chairman of the Mobil Research Federal Credit Union Supervisory Committee
Education
Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of Pennsylvania
M.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Pennsylvania
B.S., Chemical Engineering, Michigan State University
PE, Registered Professional Engineer in Pennsylvania