Senior Chemist/ Formulations Chemist/ Applications Chemist

JAMES J. LOIES

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EXPERIENCE

ILLINOIS HOCKEY OFFICIAL, SUBSTITUTE TEACHER AND PART-TIME CARPENTRY WORK OCTOBER 2010-CURRENT CONTRACTED TECHNICAL ADVISOR JULY 2009-AUGUST 2010 DAVIES IMPERIAL COATINGS HAMMOND, INDIANA Responsible for the research and development of numerous nitrocellulose based coatings. Directly responsible for generating $500,000+ in sales for company. Managed production and personnel on manufacturing of nitrocellulose coatings along with the quality control of the product. Conducted on site technical service for customer including optimizing the sprayability of coating to fit customer manufacturing line. Assisted in managing all laboratory projects and timelines along with laboratory personnel.TECHNICAL SALES SERVICE REP AND APPLICATIONS CHEMISTHEXION SPECIALTY CHEMICALSCARPENTERSVILLE, ILLINOIS OCTOBER 2006- OCTOBER 2008

Maintained and logged all telephone and website inquiries for all of North America for Hexion Specialty Chemicals. Processed requests for samples, all technical information and provided follow-up to customer base. Responsible for sales, logistical and all technical issues for a customer located on the East coast. Yearly sales approximately $3 million. Provided technical support for sales force and all distribution covering all of North America; travel whenever and wherever necessary. Responsibilities included visiting customer base, providing new technical information on our product lines by means of presentations. Distribution including MF Cachat, Ribelin, Quimica Rana, Univar, JF Shelton. Managed and maintained research and development projects for coatings involving latex, alkyd, oil-modified urethane, solution acrylic and polyester chemistries; customer driven projects. Observed strict laboratory safety procedures and kept safe working environment per EPA and ISO standards. Involved in constant communication with all levels of sales team and management on customer issues and existing product development; involved in MDM product management team focused on re-launching oil-modified urethane technology and products. Attended and worked all trade shows to help promote Hexion resins and network with new and existing customers and raw materials producers. Frequently asked to provide technical papers to regional coatings societies and coatings expos.LABORATORY MANAGER AND ASSISTANT PLANT MANAGER SEPTEMBER 2005- JULY 2006CARBIT PAINT COMPANYCHICAGO, ILLINOIS

Managed and conducted all new product development and cost optimization of existing product lines including latex, water-reducible and solventborne alkyd, waterborne acrylic emulsion, 2K urethane, and epoxy formulations. Held monthly project update meetings with sales and marketing department and plant manager. Maintained regular weekly and monthly project status reports. Managed laboratory, quality control and maintenance personnel. Provided technical service on-site at customers as needed. Performed duties of health and safety manager. Lead monthly safety presentations for all plant personnel to assist company in following Illinois State law. Co-managed floor operations and personnel in plant including production, filling, shipping and receiving. Occasionally processed daily production orders, handled raw material purchasing and lead daily production meetings.

SENIOR CHEMIST AND TECHNICAL SERVICE REPROHM AND HAAS COMPANY, INC., AUTOMOTIVE COATINGS DIVISIONLANSING, ILLINOIS MAY 1999 – JULY 2004AND JANUARY 1993 – OCTOBER 1996

Researched, formulated and developed waterborne basecoat for exterior use on flexible automotive plastics. Obtained North American OEM approvals of waterborne exterior basecoat for fascia from General Motors, Chrysler and Hyundai. Obtained European OEM approvals of waterborne basecoat for exterior and interior automotive plastics from BMW, OPEL, Chrysler, Audi, Volkswagen and Vauxhall. Part of sales team that was responsible for driving sales in Europe with numerous automotive manufacturers. Participated in sales meetings as well as all technical meetings involving the sales of water-based automotive paints. Ultimately concluding with the growth of our business from 0 euros to an annual sales of 6-8 million euros in three countries in three years time. Communicated daily with Rohm and Haas’ automotive coatings plant in Strullendorf, Germany and Lansing, IL; produced weekly and monthly written reports on status. Provided all technical service in Europe when needed to assist customers with on-line application and any issues relating to applying our systems. Knowledge of paint plant, robot application, static mixing, electrostatic spray, clean-room procedures, oven cycles, line inspections and repairs. Formulated and developed 2K waterborne clearcoat for use with waterborne basecoat on OEM BMW interior parts. Total yearly sales on BMW’s 100, 300, 500 series and Mini-cooper around 1-2 million euros per year. Worked closely with resin chemists to specifically design specialized urethanes and acrylics to replace generic resins in waterborne formulations. Developed improvements for solventborne one-component and two-component flexible basecoats and clearcoats, lowering the overall raw material cost allowing the final product to be more economically feasible for customers. Involved in team that developed and obtained approval for durable, solventborne, two-component truck bed coating for Ford, General Motors and Chrysler in North America. Overall yearly sales of this product around $5 million. Assisted in ISO 9000, ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and QS16949 certifications for plant.

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CHEMISTBONDO CORPORATION, AN RPM INTERNATIONAL INC. COMPANYATLANTA, GEORGIA NOVEMBER 1996 – MAY 1999

Involved in integrating newly acquired companies and converting their products for production. Formulated and developed new and existing automotive body fillers. Developed new products for the Laminex line of marine lightweight fillers. Average yearly sales of approximately $5 million. Developed urethane road sealant specifically designed for the State of Virginia Department of Transportation. Yearly sales estimated at $2 million. Formulated waterborne wood coatings and UV cured coatings for household use. Supervised daily production and quality control of batches and packaging of new products. Researched cost-optimizations for existing products. Supervise lab techs assisting in research and development projects

EDUCATION

ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY, NORMAL, ILLINOISB.A. CHEMISTRY, B.A. POLITICAL SCIENCE DECEMBER 1992

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS AND ACHIEVEMENTS

Member of CSCT and MFMA

Awarded patents in the United States and in Europe

3 year captain of college hockey team

AYSO soccer coach

IHOA ice hockey official