ALEXANDER BROWN

*** ********* ***** - **********, ** 19808

302-***-**** (C) 302-***-**** (H)

abm5hi@r.postjobfree.com

CERAMIC ENGINEER

Unique combination of technical and business and market experience.

Articulate and persuasive in explaining the benefits of advanced materials

technologies and how they add value, differentiate offerings and increase

customer retention. Highly motivated, enthusiastic and profit-oriented.

Contribute to economic growth through commercialization of R&D-generated

technologies and processes. Plan, organize and control product and program

activity from conceptual stages through entire product lifecycle. Identify

and capture new opportunities. Develop and maintain customer business

relationships with government and commercial markets. US Citizen.

. Took company from zero market share to 100% by negotiating SBIR

contracts with National Science Foundation (NSF), ensuring regulatory

compliance with Federal government and developing patents for new form

of matter.

. Identified and captured value added opportunities worth more than

$150M, including scanner heads for avionics and commercial printing

applications worth $10M, automotive engine-bed inserts for stiffness

worth $40M, aerospace gear oil pump components for aircraft worth $1M

and piston inserts for the European light-vehicle diesel market, valued

at $100M.

. Formed strategic alliance with German vendor to outsource ceramic work

that saved $10M in capital equipment costs.

. Obtained broad intellectual property protection for cutting-edge

technology by securing U.S. and international patents for the

manufacturing process and the resulting new form of matter.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

FLUIDINOVA S.A., Porto, Portugal, 2008-Present

Director of Global Business Development

University spin-off developing novel static mixing technology for

production of nanocrystalline hydroxyapatite. Markets include orthopedics,

dental implants and protein chromatography. Developed market strategies,

including direct marketing and licensing, to capture maximum profit from

the different markets. Cultivated personal relationships with customers to

ensure long-term business success. Reports to CEO.

CHESAPEAKE COMPOSITES CORPORATION, New Castle, DE, 1992-Present

Consultant - Sold business in 1/2007 and stayed on as consultant.

Founder and President

Directed start-up that develops bulk metal composite nanotechnology for

structural applications from initial concept and early-stage R&D through

manufacturing scale-up in Germany. Reviewed and estimated costs of new

products and enhanced products' ROI. Prepared forecasts, business plans and

market strategies. Performed commercial analysis of existing operations.

Researched markets, products and processes. Provided government account and

reports to NSF and U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). Reported to CEO and

Board of Directors. Held full profit and loss responsibility with 4 direct

and 4 indirect reports.

. Developed and maintained business relationships within commercial and

government markets, leveraging relationships to keep on top of upcoming

programs and acquisitions.

. Won 50% of bids and proposals worth $50K to $750K for multiple

competitive contracts from NSF and DOE.

. Ensured product quality and introduced future generations of existing

products worth more than $100M in projected revenues.

. Borrowed $25,000 from Delaware Innovation Fund and paid it back $51,000

in 15 months, 83% annual ROI.

LANXIDE CORPORATION, Newark, DE, 1989-1992

Project Manager

Defined product needs for start-up by surveying competitors and identifying

each competitor's niche. Developed metal-matrix composites for automotive

applications. Prepared technical presentations for meetings with

prospective strategic partners. Supervised team developing stronger

composites and economical processes. Managed 2 direct reports.

. Increased yield of thick cross section components 25% by implementing

procedures to identify and prevent defects during composite material

fabrication.

ALLIED SIGNAL INC., Morristown, NJ, 1983-1988

Program Manager, 1986-1988

Project Manager, 1983-1986

Directed Mechanical Behavior Laboratory at Corporate Materials R&D Center.

Managed scale-up of manufacturing of optic crystals using refractory metal

crucibles under $2M contract to DOE (LLNL). Provided cost analysis and

business strategy in bid process. Commercialized technology transfer, asset

and program management. Directed hardware and software teams in design and

development of products combining cutting edge electrical and mechanical

components. Worked with Engineering groups at Bendix and Garrett on

development projects. Managed 4 direct reports.

. Cut product development time 50% by establishing an automated

mechanical testing system.

. Won Navy contract worth $300K to develop elevated temperature aluminum

(sidewinder) missile fins by building relationships with prime

contractors.

UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON RESEARCH INSTITUTE, Dayton, OH, 1981-1983

Project Manager

Turned around lab and introduced automation driving process to become

industry showcase. Took lab contract away from competitor and ran it in-

house at Wright-Patterson AFB. Supervised staff of 20 evaluating high

temperature behavior of alloys used in airframes and engines. Tested and

modeled high frequency fatigue behavior of nickel based superalloy Inconel

718.

. Won multi-year contract worth $3M annually to staff and operate

Elevated Temperature Metals Laboratory at Air Force Research Laboratory

(AFRL). Contract is still in place today.

. Doubled laboratory throughput by championing automation for mechanical

testing, data acquisition and analysis. Initiated, planned, developed

and designed test methods, procedures, techniques and requirements.

Reviewed, analyzed, and improved materials, microstructures and testing

equipment.

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Materials Science, Department of Engineering, University of

Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

B.S., Ceramic Science, Department of Engineering, Rutgers University, New

Brunswick, NJ

TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE

. Room and elevated temperature yield strength, ultimate tensile strength

(UTS), impact strength, Vickers hardness, Rockwell hardness, high cycle

fatigue, low cycle fatigue and fracture toughness testing.

. Synthesis, sintering and characterization of nanoporous aluminum oxide

bodies.

. Experienced with laboratory, pilot plant and full sized spray drying.

. In depth knowledge of inorganic chemistry (ceramic).

. Rapidly solidified powdered metal (PM) development, compaction and

consolidation for dispersion strengthened alloys.

. Czochralski single crystal growth for optical products.

. X-ray crystal orientation for precise optical component alignment.

. Optical, TEM, SEM, Auger, XRD, Laue, TGA and DSC.

. Slurry formulation at laboratory, pilot plant and manufacturing scales.

. Expert at using computers to control and log data into searchable

database.

. Developed and applied computer models for material behavior

investigations.

. Established internet based process control and monitoring.

. Ceramic forming processes: pressure filtration, uniaxial and isostatic

pressing.

. Experimental methods include fatigue crack growth rate testing; methods

of characterizing damage growth under monotonic and cyclic loading,

local strain measurement and evaluation; use of SEM and TEM imaging;

testing in highly controlled environments; determination of effects of

mode mixtiy in damage growth; techniques for accelerated aging of

materials, and development of specialized techniques for model

validation.

. Working knowledge of induction, resistance and natural gas fired

furnaces.

. Developed multi-component aqueous and organic based dispersions using

surfactants.

. Strong understanding of dispersing agents and their application.

. Rheology, viscosity, Ph and surface area (BET).

. Ball and vibratory milling of oxide nanoparticles and spray drying of

dispersed slurry.

. Strong Project management skills including US government contract

management.

. Technical and budget proposal development, negotiation, execution and

contract close-out.

. Demonstrated technology transfer abilities.

. Developed project budgets and tracked actual incurred costs.

. Experience with wrought processes: extrusion, forging and rolling.

. Demonstrated ability to conceive, implement and complete engineering

projects and experiments on schedule and budget.

. Experience with instrumentation/sensor automation for process

monitoring.

. Proficient in Microsoft Office productivity software: Excel, Word,

PowerPoint and FrontPage.

. Excellent written and verbal English communications skills.

. Deep understanding of process - microstructure - properties

relationships.

. Hardware: Servo-hydraulic equipment, Position detectors, Displacement

motors and Weight measurement.

. Furnace control for Induction heaters and Resistance furnaces.

. Developed methodologies for predicting material behavior subjected to

extreme loads.

. Programming Languages: Visual Basic, Embedded VB, Fortran, Assembly

Language.

. Experienced with diffusion in solids including ceramics, metals and

alloys.

. Experience with integration of systems of data collection devices,

networks, and software applications.

. Knowledge of communications protocols including Ethernet, WIFI, RS232,

RS485, and USB.

. Experience with wired and wireless hubs, routers and other network

devices.

. Determined environmental effects, aging effects and thermal influences;

and developed fundamental constitutive relationships, and experimental

validation of analytical models and procedures.

. Expertise includes fatigue crack growth rate testing; methods of

characterizing crack growth under monotonic and cyclic loading; use of

SEM and other microscopic analysis and mechanical testing; and

development of specialized techniques for validation of models of crack

initiation and growth.

PATENTS AND PUBLICATIONS

US Patent 5,511,603: "Machinable metal-matrix composite and LMI process for

making same", 1996.

US Patent 5,701,542: "Machinable metal-matrix composite", 1997.

European Patent EP0869855: "Machinable metal-matrix composite and liquid

metal infiltration process for making same", 2005.

A. M. Redsten, E. M. Klier, A. M. Brown and D. C. Dunand, "Mechanical

Properties and Microstructure of Cast Oxide-Dispersion-Strengthened

Aluminum", Materials Science & Engineering A, 201,1-2,88-102 (1995).

D. J. Skinner, R. L. Bye, D. Raybould, A. M. Brown and M. S. Zedalis,

"Dispersion Strengthened Al-Fe-Si Alloys Containing V, Cr, Mn or Mo", p.

291, in Processing of Structural Metals Via Rapid Solidification, edited by

F. H. Froes and S. J. Savage, ASM, Metals Park, OH, 1987.

A. M. Brown, D. J. Skinner, D. Raybould, S. K. Das, R. L. Bye and C. M.

Adam, "Crack Growth and Fracture Properties of Rapidly Solidified Al-Fe-V-

Si Alloys", Proceedings of the International Conference on Aluminum Alloys:

Their Physical and Mechanical Properties, Vol. 2, p. 1029, edited by E. A.

Stark, Jr. and T. H. Sanders, Jr., EMAS, Ltd., Charlottesville, VA, 1986.

D. J. Skinner, R. L. Bye, D. Raybould and A. M. Brown, "Dispersion

Strengthened Al-Fe-V-Si Alloys", Scripta Metallurgica, 20 (1986) 867.

A. M. Brown and M.A. Stucke, "Major-Minor Cycle Crack-Propagation Behavior

of Inconel-718 at Elevated Temperature", Journal of Metals, 35, (1983) A38.

M. F. Ashby and A. M. Brown, "Flow in Polycrystals and the Scaling of

Mechanical Properties", Proceedings of the 1981 Riso Conference, p. 179,

edited by N. Hansen et al., Riso National Laboratory, Roskilde, Denmark,

1981.

M. F. Ashby and A. M. Brown, Materials Data Handbook, 1st edition,

Cambridge University Engineering Department, 1981.

A. M. Brown and M. F. Ashby, "Correlations for Diffusion Constants", Acta

Metallurgica, 28 (1980) 1085.

A. M. Brown and M. F. Ashby, "On the Power-Law Creep Equation", Scripta

Metallurgica, 14 (1980) 1297.

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