Paint and Related Materials Analytical Chemist (521)
Expertise
Paint and Polymer Analysis and Testing
Measurement of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) in Paints & Related Materials
Quality Management/Continuous Improvement
Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS)
Expert Witness
Laboratory Certification
Administrative Support
Project Management
Streamlining Laboratory Operations
Improving Laboratory Measurement Results
Managing and Standardizing Pharmaceutical Stability Testing
Expert witness support in legal cases including paint and polymers.
Laboratory certification.
Teach short courses in VOC in paint, and Practical Problem Solving, including polymer characterization
Pharmaceutical consulting
Experience
The DuPont Merck Pharmaceutical Co., Wilmington, DE
Associate Director
Organized and led a project to optimize, standardize and computerize stability management operations throughout DuPont Merck to streamline company development and manufacturing analytical operations and reduce operating costs by $3.5MM/yr.
E. I. DuPont de Nemours & Co., Wilmington, DE and Phila., PA
Senior Research Associate
Designed and implemented one of the first R&D Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) applications in DuPont,and organized the first corporate LIMS resource network.
These software systems are designed to streamline and automate the handling of information and data in a large service organization.
Led department-wide Measurement Quality Improvement project.
Upgraded department's Methods Management system.
Co-developed DuPont method management "best practice."
Authored and co-authored some of the VOC methods now mandated by EPA for paint.
Organized an international symposium on the analysis of paint and related materials and edited a book based on it.
Quality Manager
Worked with top management in Marketing, Manufacturing, R&D, Finance and International to identify and reduce $50-$100MM in costs associated with poor quality in a $2 billion department that manufactures paint and plastic products.
Reduced out-of-specification shipments 10 fold. Set up and managed systems to teach, measure and manage quality performance in marketing, manufacturing and R&D.
Research Supervisor
Managed large analytical and physical measurement group involving paints and polymers.
Doubled output and reduced turnaround times without increasing budget.
Staff Chemist
Provided technical support for 10 QC labs.
Developed one of the first standard tests for lead in paint.
Developed and implemented QC test package for antifreeze. Invented new kind of laundry bleach.
Research Chemist
First in DuPont to apply polarography, recording titrimetry, ion selective electrodes, thin layer chromatography, and atomic absorption spectroscopy to paint problems.
Honors & Publications
American Society for Testing Materials - D-1, Paints and related materials
American Society for Quality Control
American Chemical Society - Past Chairman of 5000 member Section
Education
Ph.D., Analytical Chemistry, University of Iowa
B.S., Chemistry, University of Kentucky