Jeffrey A. Nystrom

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Matthews, NC 28105

704-***-****

abl7z7@r.postjobfree.com

EMPLOYMENT:

SENIOR CHEMIST, QC, & PRODUCTION MANAGER, Industrial Test Systems, Inc., Rock Hill, SC

Full-time: August 25, 2008 to present

Responsibilities: Management of daily quality testing of raw materials, intermediates, and final

products. Attend sales shows and meeting as needed. Carry out development work on new and

existing products. Manage product assembly.

CHEMISTRY TEACHER, Weddington High School, Weddington, NC

Full-time: January 23, 2006 to June 15, 2008

Responsibilities: Teach High School Chemistry and labs to regular and Honors students.

CHEMICAL CONSULTANT, Optiva Inc., Mt.Holly, NC

Part-time: January 1, 2005 to May 31, 2005

Responsibilities: Continued activities described below in “Senior Process Chemist & N.C. Lab

Supervisor on an “as needed” basis during the shutdown and sale of Optiva Inc.; involved in

product stability studies; and introduction of existing and new production processes and

Analytical procedures to potential toll manufacturers for purchasers of Optiva, Inc. and its

intellectual properties.

SENIOR PRODUCTION CHEMIST & N.C. LAB SUPERVISOR, Optiva Inc., Mt. Holly, NC

Full-time: February 2, 2004 to December 27, 2004

Responsibilities: Coordinated synthetic and analytical laboratory, and safety activities on site;

introduced new dye synthetic processes to both our lab and toll manufacturers’ labs; coordinated

up scaling activities at both Pilot Plant and full-scale production levels with selected toll

manufacturers; carried out optimization studies to improve and make existing processes more cost

effective; and prepared up-scale laboratory batches for Optiva plant trials.

SENIOR PRODUCTION CHEMIST, Corporate Technology Group, Clariant Corporation, Charlotte, NC

Full-time: October 1998 to January 2004

Contract development & up-scaling work for Optiva Inc. (Sept. 1999 – Jan. 2004):

Responsibilities: Interacted with Optiva personnel to introduce purification and dye synthetic

processes in the Clariant’s laboratories, Pilot Plant, and Production; assisted in Analytical methods

development; and prepared intermediate batches for use in commercial testing by Optiva.

Specialty product development for textile & paper industry line (Oct. 1998 – August 1999):

Responsibilities: Formulated security products for the Paper industry as additives to security paper

products; scaled up for Pilot Plant production; and trouble shot existing products in Production.

FORMULATION CHEMIST, Textile Chemicals, Clariant Corp., Charlotte, NC

Full-time: February 1992 to October 1998

Responsibilities: Developed and proposed formulations for new wetting agents, detergents,

leveling agents, and finishes for the textile industry; trouble shot existing products; scaled

up new products from the laboratory into the Pilot Plant; acted as liaison between the

Textile Marketing and Corporate Analytical groups in solving customer related problems;

and certified ISO 9001 internal auditor.

QUALITY CONTROL MANAGER, Juno Tool & Plastics Corp., Rock Hill, SC

Full-time: September 17, 1990 to February 1, 1992

Responsibilities: Supervising QC in the plant; interaction with customers; training staff and

implementing statistical process control(SPC) in the plant.

MANUFACTURING ENGINEER, Juno Tool & Plastics Corp., Rock Hill, SC

Full-time: July 17, 1989 to September 16, 1990

Responsibilities: Coordinated the production of custom injection molded parts for Robert

Bosch Power Tool Corporation; Integrated the World Class Manufacturing philosophy into

production; developed statistical process program (SPC) for plant.

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF CHEMISTRY, Queens College, Charlotte, NC

Full-time: August 1982 to May 1989

Courses taught: Introduction to Chemistry I and II for science majors and for Nursing Majors,

Analytical Chemistry I and II, Physical Chemistry, Labs associated with the above seven courses;

Introduction to Computer Science I and II

Community work: Headed Arts and Science Council Drive at Queens College (1985 and 1986)

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES, Laboratory

of Environmental Chemistry, Special Instrumentation Group, Research Triangle Park, NC

Full-time: October 1979 through September 1981

Responsibilities: Used and maintenance a Finnigan 3300 Gas Chromatograph/Mass

Spectrometer used in the studies of gas phase negative ion chemistry; Used, developed,

and maintained a tandem double quadrupole Mass Spectrometer for studies of low

energy collision induced dissociation of gaseous ions and their application to analytical

chemistry.

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, University of North Carolina

at Chapel Hill.

Part-time: May 1979 to September 1979

Responsibilities: Interpreted of high resolution gas chromatography/mass spectrometry data for a

coal gasification project.

GRADUATE TEACHING ASSISTANT/RESEARCH ASSISTANT, Department of

Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Full-time: August 1976 to May 1979

Responsibilities: Instructed undergraduate chemistry labs and assisted professors with grading

exams.

LABORATORY TECHNICIAN, Reynolds Tobacco Research Laboratories, Winston-Salem, NC

Full-time: May 1976 to August 1976

Responsibility: Synthesized potential organic flavor additives for cigarettes.

UNDERGRADUATE TEACHING ASSISTANT, Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State

University at Raleigh

Part-time: 1974-75 and 1975-76 academic years

Responsibilities: Instructed two undergraduate freshman chemistry lab sections, proctored, and

graded examinations.

EDUCATION

GRADUATE: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1976-82

Degree Received: Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry, 1983

Activities: Member of Alpha Chi Sigma Chemistry Frat

UNDERGRADUATE: North Carolina State University at Raleigh

Enrolled: August 1972 through May 1976

Degree Received: Bachelor of Science in Chemistry

Activities & Honors: Dean’s list (every semester)

Chemistry Honor Society

1976 ACS "Outstanding Undergraduate Analytical Chemist"

Honors research: "Radiolysis of 1,2-Difluoroethane”

OTHER: “Chemical Engineering for Nonengineers”, ACS Short Course, Houston, Texas, July 1999.

"Basic Textiles" and “Dyeing & Finishing Fundamentals”, North Carolina State University, 1992.

"Lubricants & Additives", Clemson University, 1992.

"Software Training” - Harvard Graphics, Work Perfect, Microsoft Word and Excel, Lotus 1-2-3, Lotus Notes, X-Stat, and CARD Experimental Design software.

“ISO 9000 Internal Auditor” Training

Technicomp's "Statistical Process Control II - Master's Series" certification (September 13, 1990).

National Science Foundation Summer Research Program (1988)

- Spent 10 weeks at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill working for Jim Jorgensen. Work involved the development of a two dimensional HPLC system. Studied simple proteins mixtures.

Institute for Retraining in Computer Science at Clarkson University in Potsdam, New York –

summers of 1985-86. (For further information on this program, see end of this document).

“Lead Supervisor Initial Training Course”, Greenville Technical College, November 6-11, 2008.

Additional course work at Queens College:

Statistical Inference (Math 306)

Applied Linear Regression (Math 308)

Introduction to Probability and Math. Statistics - Audited

Data Base Management - Audited

PRESENTATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS:

J.A. Nystrom, "Radiolysis of 1,2-Difluoroethane." ACS Meeting in Miniature, Spring 1976. North Carolina State University at Raleigh, North Carolina.

J.A. Nystrom, "Analytical Applications in Oceanography." Seminar, January 1978. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Chemistry.

J.A. Nystrom, "Collisional Activation Mass Spectrometry." Seminar, December 1978. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Chemistry.

J.A. Nystrom, Y. Tondeur, J.R. Hass, and M.M. Bursey, "Methane Enhanced Negative Ionization of

Selected S-Triazine Herbicides." presented at the Twenty-eighth Annual Conference on Mass

Spectrometry and Allied Topics, New York, New York, May 25-30, 1980. Paper MPMP13.

J.A. Nystrom, D.J. Harvan, R.D. Voyksner, W.L. Grady, R.L. Cerny, J. Yinon, M.M. Bursey, M.W. Siegel,

and J.R. Hass, "Comparison of Low and High Energy Collision Induced Dissociation Fragmentation of

Selected Methyl Ketones." presented at the Twenty-Ninth Annual Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics, Minneapolis, Minnesota, May 24-29, 1981. pp. 125-6.

J.A. Nystrom, M.M. Bursey, J.R. Hass, "Comparison of Low and High Energy Collision Induced

Decomposition of Selected Methyl Ketones." Analytical Letters, 14(A12), 985-993 (1981).

J.A. Nystrom, Ph.D. Dissertation "Low Energy MS/MS Studies Using a Tandem Quadrupole Equipped

With a Field-Induced Collision Cell," 1983, 294 pages.

J.A. Nystrom, M.M. Bursey, J.R. Hass, "Conversion of Kinetic Energy in the 2-Pentanone Molecular Ions at

Threshold in Low-Energy Collisions with Helium Target Atoms." Int. J. Mass Spectrom. Ion Phy., 55, 263-

274 (1983/1984).

M.M. Bursey, J.A. Nystrom, J.R. Hass, "Survey of Reaction Types in Low-Energy Collisional Activation of

Protonated Methyl Alkyl Ketones." Analytica Chemica Acta, 159, 265-274 (1984).

M.M. Bursey, J.A. Nystrom, J.R. Hass, "Survey of Reactions of Protonated Acetate Esters Induced on Low-

Energy Collisions with Helium and Nitrogen." ibid., 275-282 (1984).

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