Customer Service Sql Server

LARRY DECHENT

**** *. ****** **.

Richmond, VA **229

Phone: 804-***-****

abkug9@r.postjobfree.com

SCIENTIST

Good writing and computer skills to handle any necessary paperwork and a

love for animals.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Sampson Coatings

Senior R&D Chemist

2007 - 2010

. Developed SQL Server database tables to auto-generate technical documents

such as MSDS, PDS, AQDS and Certificates of Concentration. (ASP.NET / C#)

. Developed business logic to audit new formulations for meeting internal

company standards, customer requests and regulatory compliance. (ASP.NET

/ C# / SQL Server)

. Wrote a program to provide real-time feedback (formulation calculations,

compliance) as the operator added components to a new formulation.

(ASP.NET / C# / SQL Server)

. Wrote a program to search text of regulatory documents for CAS numbers

and match them to formulations to confirm compliance. (ASP.NET / C# / SQL

Server)

. Built a new web site: www.sampsoncoatings.com. (HTML / CSS / Javascript)

. Wrote technical documents and edited older versions for use on the web

site.

. Monitored testing instrument performance over time using statistical

methods.

Troy Corporation

1998 - 2006

Senior Chemist, Technical Service, Additives

. Managed customer service projects from sales rep contact to writing final

report, reducing the management / laboratory contact time per project.

. Screened experimental products and raw materials, resulting in new

products in five classes of additives (rheology, wetting, dispersing,

biocide, and antiskin).

. Coordinated the laboratory tests for the Homeshield project, wrote the

final report, and provided customer-specific Power Point presentations to

marketing.

. Trained new employees in sales and management, providing them with the

technical knowledge of product line, marketing advantages of products,

and lab testing capabilities.

. Provided technical expertise for the Pre-Manufacturing Notification (PMN)

registration of a new dispersant.

LARRY DECHENT

Phone: 804-***-****

. Provided photographs and computer modeled media for use at international

trade shows. (Adobe Photoshop / Bryce 5 / POV)

. Developed compact disc program used for promoting additives product line,

including translation into Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian and

German. Facilitated translation of additives training program into

Russian.

. Wrote product information summaries and other technical documents for the

webpage design team and provided 3D rendered models for use as graphics.

. Received training to assist with the company's ISO-9001 program.

University of Southern Mississippi

1996-1998

Postdoctoral Fellow- Polymers and Coatings

. Managed a two year grant for synthesis of natural oil products for

coatings, resulting in high impact and solvent resistance properties.

. Assisted with laboratory training programs for chemists entering the

coatings industry.

. Formulated coatings to adhere to plastic for Dow Chemical resulting in a

patent.

. Provided technical writing for grant proposals.

University of Missouri - Rolla

1991-1996

Graduate Student Chemistry and Polymers

. Manufactured glass fiber / polymer matrix composites for aircraft and

chemical reactor windows, increasing mechanical properties (e.g. tensile

strength increase of 50%) while maintaining optical transparency.

. Improved the adhesion of coatings to plastic with an adhesion promoter,

providing sufficient adhesive strength to change the mode of failure;

increased peel strengths from 5 to 1000 g cm-1.

. Presented work to technical conferences (American Chemical Society,

Federation of Societies for Coatings Technologies, Adhesion Society,

Gordon Conference).

EDUCATION

PhD, Chemistry, Missouri University of Science and Technology

BS, Chemistry, Truman State University

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