GEORGE D. PALKO
Euclid, Ohio 44132
E-Mail:ac8qxe@r.postjobfree.com
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
MAGNUS INTERNATIONAL GROUP- (Painesville Township, Ohio)
Position: Lab Technologist
Responsibilities: Sample food industry raw materials from trucks and railcars. Conduct simple lab tests. Interact with vendors and internal customers about shipping logistics. Process bills of lading for inbound and outbound truck shipments. Maintain online files with incoming and outgoing product information. Manage shipment data in tracking system software
Length Employed: 12/15 through Present
GLOBAL SAFETY MANAGEMENT -(Cleveland,Ohio)
Position: Regulatory and SDS Specialist
Responsibilities: On line regulatory searches. Produce SDS using GSM proprietary software.
Length Employed: 11/14 to 6/15
NPA COATINGS, INC. (Cleveland, Ohio)
Position: Regulatory Compliance Chemist:
Responsibilities: Author Material Safety Data Sheets using “MSDGen” software and produce full disclosure EDS for automotive customers. Initiate analysis reports for NAFTA issues on products. Initiate compliance reports per EPA regulations. Head effort for implementation of MSDS authoring software.
Length Employed: 2/12 through 1/14
FERRO CORPORATION (Mayfield Heights, Ohio)
Position: EHS-Product Compliance Specialist
Responsibilities: Produce Material Safety Data Sheets using “WERCS” software system for Ferro products. Co-ordinate departmental meetings and distribute MSDS requests to authors.
Length Employed: 6/09 through 12/11
NEW SURFACE TECHNOLOGIES-(Bedford, Ohio)
Position: Chemist
Responsibilities: R&D, QC for metal finishing chemicals including plating brightners, chromates, cleaners, and phosphating compounds. Preparation and distribution of Technical Data Sheets, Material Safety Data Sheets, and Certificates of Analysis.
Length Employed: 10/04 through 12/08
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TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT
1) ECKART-AMERICA- (Painesville, Ohio)
Length Employed: 2/04 through 8/04.
2) L'OREAL CORPORATION – (Solon, Ohio)
Length Employed: 10/02 through 5/03
3) AVERY DENNISON (Fasson Roll Division)- (Concord, Ohio)
Length Employed: 7/02 through 10/02
4) PPG INDUSTRIES (Cleveland, Ohio)
Length Employed: 8/01 through 5/02
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY CONT’D
CHEMICAL METHODS INCORPORATED-(Cleveland, Ohio)
Position: Technical Service Engineer
Responsibilities: 1) Product Development of various products.
2) Technical Service-In house and in field.
3) Product Literature Preparation- MSDS, Data Sheets
Length Employed: 7/99 through 12/00
WORTHINGTON PRECISION METALS – (Mentor, Ohio)
Position: Fluids Engineer
Responsibilities: 1) Responsible for specification and application of all industrial fluids in plant.
2) Insure EPA and OSHA compliance.
3) Initiated preventative maintenance program for machine tools..
4) Headed up membrane program to reduce waste being hauled. Length Employed: 11/95 through 5/99
McGEAN-ROHCO, INC. – (Cleveland, Ohio)
Position: Technical Service Manager
Responsibilities: 1) Oversee Field Service Engineering Department..
2) Manage Service Laboratory.
3) Answer technical questions of customers, sales, and distributors.
Employed: 6/93 through 7/95
MAN-GILL CHEMICAL – (Euclid, Ohio)
Position: Field Service Engineer
Responsibilities; 1) Visit various customer shops for troubleshooting calls.
2) Ran customer projects requiring product recommendations.
3) Answered technical questions of customers and field personnel.
Employed: 11/85 through 6/93
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EMPLOYMENT HISTORY CONT’D
McGEAN-ROHCO, INC. – (Cleveland, Ohio)
Position: Technical Service Representative.
Position: Quality Control Chemist
Position: Technical Service Chemist - Electroplating Processes
Responsibilities: Analysis of customer plating baths and running of projects concerning product recommendation,
Employed: 2/79 through 11/85
EDUCATION
CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY B.S. Chemistry, A.C.S.S.A. (1976 - 1980),
Dean’s List, Varsity Baseball
LINCOLN-WEST HIGH SCHOOL Honor Roll, National Honor Society, Merit Roll, . Varsity Baseball
TECHNICAL COURSES COMPLETED
1."Plating and Surface Finishing - intensive training course.
2 "Metal Working Coolants" -.
3. "Waste Treatment Simplified".
4."Basic Metalworking Fluids.” .
5."Industrial Wastewater Pretreatment" -
6."Managing Multiple Projects, Objectives, and Deadlines" -
7 "Professional Selling Skills III" -
8. "ISO 9000 - Auditor" -.
9. “Microsoft Word” Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced .
10“Microsoft Excel” Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced. .
11 “Microsoft Project” -.
ENVIRONMENTAL COURSES COMPLETED
1) “Clean Air Act” - Dayton, Ohio,
2) “SARA Title III”- Dayton Ohio,
3) “Plans and Procedures for Accidental Releases”- Pittsburgh, Pa.
4) “Storm Water Training”- Syracuse, NY
5) “OSHA Hazard Communication Training for Trainers”- Lexington, Ky