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Mitchell H. Berger, Ph.D. Forest City, Iowa 50436
ac03sp@r.postjobfree.com
Chemist
30+ years’ success leading innovation for high-growth organizations Repeated success guiding manufacturing business with established and emerging technologies to achieve maximum operational impacts with minimum resource expenditures. Talent for launching programs related environmental impact in several different manufacturing plants. A strong ablility to forge solid relationships with strategic partners and build consensus across multiple organizational levels. Highlights of Expertise
Product Development
Technical Service
Quality Assurance
Business needs Identification
Product Mentoring
Analytical Testing
Instrument Calibration
Strong Team Leadership
Managing & Consulting
Academia
Career Experience
MHB Consulting., Toledo, Ohio
Consultant (1998 to 2004)
Served as a regulatory specialist with a concentrated expertise in the design and implication of process improvements for extensive medical and technical environment manufactures. Duties included sale and technical services within the lubricant compounder/blender community.
Spearhead a cutting-edge metalworking compound compatible with a closed loop manufacturing process that lead to complete conversion of three major manufacturing plants and resulted in elimination of multiple waste streams instead returning the treated waste streams were returned to the floor as usable material.
Henkel Surface Technologies (Novamax Technologies), Livonia, Missouri Technical Director – Metal Forming & Removal (1995 to 1998) Orchestrated the research, technical services and development of the multiple projects including Metalworking Division, Cold Forming Division and Metalworking Lubricants and Surface Treatment Business Teams. Ensured quality control for the entire plant.
Led the initial certification and recertification of the ISO process documentation. ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE
Research Director Master Chemical Corporation, Toledo, Ohio Product Development Manager Chem-Trend Incorporated, Howell, Missouri Director of Environment & Regulatory Affairs Sealed Air Corporation, Saddle Brook, NJ Project Scientist Union Carbide Corporation, Bound Brook, NJ Mitchell H. Berger, Ph.D. Page 2
Academic Experience
Waldorf University, Forest City, Iowa
Assistant Professor of Chemistry (2010 to Present) Lecturer and Laboratory Courses include General Chemistry I & II, Organic Chemistry I & II and Chemistry in Society
Served as Chairman of Faculty Senate
Assisted in the drafting of required assessment documentation for Higher Learning Commission. University of Great Falls, Great Falls, Montana
Associate Professor of Chemistry (2008 to 2010)
Lecturer and Laboratory Courses include General Chemistry I & II, Organic Chemistry I & II, Physical Chemistry, Quantitative Analysis and Classical & Modern Physics I. Fort Hays State University, Hays, Kansas
Instructor (2007 to 2008)
Lecturer and Laboratory Courses include General Chemistry I, Essentials of Organic Chemistry and Introduction to Chemistry Laboratory
Terra Community College, Fremont, Ohio
Adjunct Lecturer (2007)
Lecturer and Laboratory Courses include General Chemistry I & II, Organic Chemistry I & II, Physical Chemistry, Quantitative Analysis and Classical & Modern Physics I. Owens Community College, Toledo, Ohio
Adjunct Lecturer (2004 to 2007)
Lecturer and Laboratory Courses include General Chemistry I & II, Organic Chemistry I & II, Physical Chemistry, Quantitative Analysis and Classical & Modern Physics I. Education & Credentials
University of Rochester, Rochester, New York
DOCTOR OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
University of Rochester, Rochester, New York
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
City College of New York, New York, New York
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
Affiliations: Society of Tribologists & Lubrication Engineers (STLE); Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME); American Chemical (ACS)