Product Development Service Representative

QUALIFICATIONS SUMMARY

Senior Chemist - Extensive leadership in product development, technical service, and design of experiments to increase productivity and efficiency in the area of lubricants, adhesives, and mold releasants. Team player with strong interpersonal, written/oral communication, and co-worker/customer relation skills. Consistently commended for job enthusiasm. Creative in resolving problems. Co-inventor of 3 U.S. patents in adhesive and lubricant technology.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

LUBRICATION CONSULTING, 2013-2015

(Providing information to help improve business, products, and customer satisfaction.)

STRUB SCHMIERTECHNIK, Reiden, AG 2008-2013

($15M company, manufactures lubricants, engine oils, and cleaners for industrial use)

Product Development Manager

Creatively developed new products and modified existing products for market.

Improvements of metalworking performance and staining reduction on aluminum for several of the key products.

Developed new products for new business.

Provided new technology, problem solving, and support for international business.

Implemented quality improvements without increasing raw material costs.

Wrote datasheets and translated documents into English

Created data charts for easy comparison of production lots.

TOWER OIL & TECHNOLOGY, Chicago, IL 2007-2008

($7M company, manufactures lubricants and cleaners for the metalworking industry)

Development Chemist

Created several new products and improved existing products for market.

Developed new and unique products that have started a new product line of lubricants.

Formulated new cleaner that improved customer’s process. Eliminated old product that had quality issues.

Completed work on full line of heavy, medium, and light duty soluble oil coolants.

Improved data manipulation techniques of twist compression test data for better analysis and report writing.

BRIGHTON LABORATORIES, Howell, MI 1999-2006

($4M company, manufactures lubricants and cleaners for the metalworking industry)

Technical Director

Managed new product development, technical service requests, and quality control of raw materials and finished goods. Implemented electronic data systems.

Improved several current products by increasing stability, corrosion protection and foaming properties, while reducing raw material costs.

Led ISO certification program.

CARRIER CORPORATION, Syracuse, NY 1998 - 1999

($3B manufacturer of air conditioning and related products)

Senior Staff Engineer

Evaluated lubricants that would reduce or eliminate VOCs and would not interfere with other post production operations or requirements. Wrote project plans to document proposed timelines.

Analyzed a wide variety of water-based lubricants for coiling cleaning elimination and VOC reduction. Conducted/verified tests, and wrote comprehensive evaluations. Supported the manufacturing departments in production trails

Created comprehensive project plans meeting critical timelines to implement new lubricants which eliminated VOC emissions and post production cleaning.

Implemented an enhanced data entry system resulting in on-going lab results being entered more timely and centralizing results in one document.

CASTROL INDUSTRIAL NORTH AMERICA, Downers Grove, IL 1997 - 1998

($1B company, manufacturers of industrial lubricants)

Senior Development Chemist

Recruited into a newly created position to lead metalforming research, development, technical services, and marketing. Supervised an R&D technician.

Developed a new and innovative dry film lubricant that outperformed all competitive lubricants in the marketplace. An application on a customer's metalforming press improved production by 75%.

Surveyed existing/potential customers and field tested new and modified products, which ultimately increased the company's business in metalforming lubricants.

Due to increased efforts in product development and field work, increased metalforming sales by 20% annually.

FUCHS LUBRICANTS, Harvey, IL 1996 - 1997

($1B industrial lubricant company)

Senior Chemist

Responsible for research and product development of new and existing lubricants. Performed batch modifications for non-conforming material.

Modified existing dry film lubricant formula that improved drawability, surface quality, production speed, and cleanliness.

Recaptured a significant amount of lost business by modifying emulsion properties of lubricant.

IRMCO, Evanston, IL 1991 - 1996

($4M manufacturer of water-based metalforming lubricants)

Laboratory Director

Managed the day-to-day activities of the laboratory operations and administration. Supervised a staff of 2 scientists and 1 technician. Maintained formula database, laboratory protocols, quality controls, and technical service requests. Regularly used statistical methods in product development to produce timely products.

Developed a hot melt dry film which was applied by commercially available equipment. The application of the lubricant required less process equipment, floor space, and increased press performance. Patent was issued for the lubricant.

Based on customer's needs/requirements, recommended existing products and developed new lubricants resulting in improved efficiency of the equipment.

3M, St. Paul, MN 1981 - 1991

($15B industrial manufacturer)

International Technical Service Representative 1989 - 1991

Responsible for technical support of all electrical tapes, resins, and heat-shrink tubing. Daily interaction with customers and international subsidiaries to recommend products and resolve complaints.

Chemist 1981 - 1989

Improved performance of products which led to increased sales by creating and modifying formulas. Interfaced/networked with several divisions which increased shared knowledge and minimized duplication of same product development efforts. Co-inventor of two adhesive patents.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science Degree in Chemistry

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

TECHNICAL TRAINING

Chemical Engineering for Chemists - Stevens U, Sheet Metal Forming - U Wisc

Design of Experiments (DOE) - MIT, Statistical Analysis - MIT

COMPUTER SKILLS

Proficient in the use of PC hardware/software programs:

Word, WordPerfect, Excel, Lotus, Access

(Statistical software - Statgraphics, Minitab) (Programming - Quick Basic)

LANGUAGE SKILLS

English - Well Schooled Native Speaker and Writer

German – Skilled Speaker and Writer

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