Mark A. Bissell

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Pittsford, NY 14534

585-***-****

abmt3e@r.postjobfree.com

PROFILE Product Development Engineer experienced in plastics properties and

processing, experimental design, and material science. Assesses the

technical needs of new markets by combining customer and market

data with experimentation and analysis. Guides products from

concept through early sales as part of a cross-functional team.

PROFESSIONAL GENERAL MOTORS - Fuel Cell Activities, Honeoye Falls NY

EXPERIENCE 2007-2009

Senior Materials Engineer

First responder for material selection, qualification, and failure

analysis supporting air intake, fuel delivery, and coolant

subsystem components of the fuel cell power module. Consulted for

design teams and component suppliers on material choices.

Coordinated with material experts to resolve issues quickly.

Managed material analysis of component contaminants that could

degrade fuel cell performance. Goal was to replace electrochemical

testing with simpler wet chemistry techniques for material

screening.

Taught suppliers and automotive materials engineers the material

property needs of fuel cell components to spur ideas for new

material choices.

BEMIS Adhesive Films and Coatings, Shirley MA

1999 - 2006

Product Development Engineer

Principal technical expert for Technical Outerwear market focused

on seam tapes, textile adhesives, and bonded garment construction

techniques. Guided products from concept through product and

process development, product launch and product support.

Coordinated with Marketing, Manufacturing, and Quality to create

robust products. Engaged customers in hands-on technical

discussions.

Created a family of tapes for stitch free garment construction.

Value added products make garments with improved fit, function, and

new design capability. This new market generated over $1 million

sales in its first year.

Designed soft, premium seam tape and low cost seam tape that is

price competitive with Asian suppliers. An expanded product

offering allowed this market to grow from $6 million to $15 million

in the past 5 years.

Developed tapes for high end garments that filled a 20-year gap in

the product portfolio. This $2.5 million product line has the

potential to double in 5 years.

Formulated flexible nylon adhesive for athletic lettering film.

This strategic product was essential in securing a related $5

million product line.

Conducted production trials on manufacturing equipment.

CABOT Corporation, Billerica MA

1986 - 1999

Product Development Engineer (1996 - 1999)

Lead applications expert in an international product team

developing surface modified carbons for plastics. Translated

customer requirements into product properties and designed

appropriate testing. Reported results to customers and peers.

Managed laboratory technicians in their daily duties.

Developed surface modified carbon for rubber-modified polymers

that could be dispersed with no masterbatch step. The resulting

patent teaches a potential new family of products.

Profiled the conductivity of carbon compounds. Analysis revealed

the limits of existing products and a potential to use carbon

nanotubes in this market.

Plastics Research Technologist (1992 - 1996)

Investigated the effects of pigment morphology and dispersion in

polyolefins and engineering plastics. Designed experiments and

reported results to the technical community. Developed and

documented standard operating procedures.

Profiled the UV weathering of carbon in polyethylene. Resulted in

a new product, expanded sales tools, and improved understanding of

weathering.

Developed automated image analysis to evaluate dispersion quality

in plastics.

Ink & Coatings Research Technologist (1989 - 1992)

Formulated and tested inks and coatings for print and automotive

markets.

Tire Research Technologist (1986 - 1989)

Formulated and tested rubber compounds for tire and industrial

rubber markets.

TECHNICAL Plastics & Rubber Processing - Film extrusion, compounding,

SKILLS calendaring, film slitting in a manufacturing environment. Profile

and pellet extrusion, injection molding, compression molding in a

pilot scale environment. Familiarity with rotomolding,

thermoforming, compression molding, thermosets.

Plastics Testing - DSC, TGA, TMA, DMA, tensile, impact, rheology,

UV resistance, dispersion analysis, image analysis, colorimetry,

conductivity, microtomy, microscopy, powder handling, particle

morphology.

Ink and Coatings Testing - Dispersion and media mills, roll mill,

small printing press.

Materials - Engineering plastics, polyurethanes, copolyester,

functionalized polyolefins, PVC-VA adhesives, EVA, ABS,

polystyrene, natural rubber, SBR, carbon black, carbon nanotubes,

fumed silica, slip and antiblock agents, pigments.

EDUCATION University of Massachusetts at Lowell, Lowell MA

M.S. Plastics Engineering

University of Rochester, Rochester NY

B.S. Chemical Engineering

PROFESSIONAL Society of Plastics Engineers

SOCIETY

PATENT US # 6,472,471.

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