Chuck Allen

***** ****** *** **** *********, NC *8278

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Phone: 504-***-****

Director of Product Development

A seasoned and highly expert in research & development, technical service, product development or professional marketing or management in nonwovens or textile related area with advancement opportunities

Executive management professional. Experience with all nonwoven web forming platforms: spunbond melt blown, carding, air-laid, and wet-laid. Extensive expensive in all fabric forming methods: chemical bonding, thermal bonding, needle punching, spun lace, and stitch bonding. Developed fabric composites using fabrics representing of all nonwovens bonding methods and fibers, natural and synthetics. Helped develop and standardize test methods, ASTM, AATCC, ISO, and Nonwoven processes.

Skill Areas: Strategic & Operations Planning w Cost Savings w Business Development w Solution Selling w Presentations w Operationsw Process Improvement w Cross Function Team Leadership w Installed Stage Gate Process & Operated Under it and Refined it w Customer Service w Problem Solving w Leadership w Strong Interpersonal Skills w Analytical Skills w Client Relationship Management wTeam Management

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Barnhardt Manufacturing Company Charlotte, NC

May 2013 to March 2019

Director of Product Development:

Develop manufacturing processes to add functionality to bleached cotton fibers

Develop nonwoven fabrics utilizing cotton and blends of cotton fibers using other threads

Present new developments to potential customers - VOC

Wrote the required clinical evaluations for all ISO CE labeled medical and dental products.

Provide technical assistance within a company and with outside customers

Developed and received a patent for a Medical Bite Block issued December 4, 2018, patent number 10,143,816

Developed cotton fibers that could be used in lotions with a significant worldwide consumer products company. Product launched 2018

Scientist- Cotton Chemistry and Utilization Unit USDA New Orleans, LA

May 2010 to May 2013

Scientist:

Develop new nonwoven fabrics using cotton and other fibers, both natural and synthetic.

Investigate new preparation and finishing chemistries

Expand the market for cotton in nonwovens

Managed one engineer and Four technicians

Rapid Refill Ink Seneca, SC

Jan. 2006 to May 2010

Owner:

Began small business remanufacturing ink jet and laser toner cartridges for printers, copiers and fax machines

Supervise retail store and production

Outside sales to local businesses

Profit and Lose responsibility

BBA Nonwovens Simpsonville, SC

Jan. 2001 to Oct. 2005

Senior Development Scientist, Jan. 2001 – June, 2001

Technical Account Manager, June, 2001 to June 2003

Senior Market Development Manager, June, 2003 to Oct. 2005

Provide technical support to BBA bleachery and participate in a business team

Develop products and processes which meet strategic, commodity and financial needs

Coordinate work with BBA global R&D community

Provide customer support

Commercialized a new chemical process that brought in 4 million pounds of additional fiber business for the bleachery

Managed two chemists and two technicians

After June 2002- Continued with the R&D functions above and added:

Sole Account responsibility for all sales of 40 million dollars of business in the Natural Fiber Group for four years

Develop a strategic plan for the accounts

Direct the marketing and advertising for the Natural Fiber Group

Instruct and orient new personnel

Other accomplishments:

Gave up sales responsibility but added market development activity

Investigated evaluated, qualified, purchase, and installed fiber cleaning equipment to save $3.5 million of business and improve the product. Also found used equipment that saved $0.5 million.

Qualified new fiber finishes for needle punching, hydroentangling, and embossing operations.

INDA, The Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry Cary, NC

Jan. 1998– Dec. 2000

Director of Technical Affairs:

Direct all technical functions of the association

Test method maintenance and development

Publishing of the International Nonwovens Journal, a peer reviewed research magazine

Provide technical assistance to staff and members

Development of educational conferences and literature

Provide technical assistance to all INDA committees

Set technical budget and strategic plan

Managed the education and technical conferences including two program managers

PRIOR EMPLOYMENT DETAILS

COTTON INCORPORATED RALEIGH, NC

JAN. 1978– DEC. 1998

Associate Director, Nonwovens Research/ Implementation/Marketing

Directed and managed nonwoven research and marketing efforts ($867,000 annual budget)

Product development of nonwoven fabrics

Experience in needlepunching, hydroentangling, thermal bonding, chemical bonding and stitchbonding processes

Developed composite fabrics utilizing spunbond and meltblown fabrics

Designed, developed and guided research projects at major textile universities

Evaluated new chemical treatments and processes

Made oral and written presentations world wide

Experience in fiber processing and web forming systems and equipment

Experience in fiber and fabric testing and evaluation of results

Managed a sales/marketing person and aresearch technician

COTTON INCORPORATED RALEIGH, NC

JAN. 1998– DEC. 2000

Assistant Manager/ Plant Engineer:

Assisted in the development of a continuous bleaching system for cotton staple which was commercially adapted

Set up a development and quality control laboratory

Developed and implemented analytical test methods

Optimized scouring, bleaching and fiber finishing conditions and the chemicals used in these processes

Education

North Carolina State University

B.A., Chemistry,Summa Cum Laude

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