Project Manager Sales

Dr. Kevin T. Schell ---

803-***-**** (cell) Fort Mill, SC 29708 ********@*******.***

SUMMARY:

* PhD in Polymer Science

* Dual B.S. in Chemistry and Textile Chemistry

* Sr. R&D Product Development Chemist.

* 20 years industrial experience

* Inventor and specialty chemical formulator

* Material characterization skills with polymers and metals

* SEM, EDAX, FTIR, DSC, TGA, UV-Vis, AA, HPLC capabilities

* Scientific thinker and problem solver

* Technical communicator with excellent documentation and presentation skills

* Optimize Property/Performance relationships

* Quality driven with excellent safety record.

* Creative, resourceful, passionate and dedicated.

* Broad, Surface and Interface Technology exposure.

SELECTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

Leadership

Senior chemist and formulator for 4 new EDTA-free photo-resist strippers

Lead inventor on patent pending electroless nickel used by Seagate

Product Development

Invented flexible fire retardant coating; two waterproof black inks; three electroless nickel products and an electroless copper chemistry.

Technical Problem Solving

Root-cause failure analysis of plating problems using SEM, EDS, FTIR

Color matched ink jet inks for OEM replacements (HP, Canon and Epson)

Deployed field versatile, chemical assays for two gold plating baths

Improved adhesion of photodielectric to copper

Profit-Minded

Electroless nickel sales for Shipley’s EN product line exceeded $250,000 (1994)

Eliminated 4 steps from photo-film removal process and need for heated bath

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: ATOTECH USA 1999 – 2010

Senior Materials Scientist and Technology Specialist, 2010

Used advanced instrumentation, identified unknown mixtures & developed simpler field test methods.

Senior Project Chemist for World-Wide RMD Electroless Nickel, 2004 - 2009

Lead R&D scientist for developing electroless nickel chemistry for rigid memory disks (RMDs). Project manager for cleanroom installation. Developed new line of Pb and Cd-free electroless nickels. Performed pilot-line testing.

Project Chemist, 1999 - 2004

Responsible for all phases of formulating new, environmentally friendly photoresist strippers. Supported technical sales. Product support for BondFilm, Resist Assist and Adhere surface treatments.

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SCHELL ENTERPRISES, MA 1995 - 1999

Formulation Chemist for Avtec Industries, Hudson, MA

Developed a fire retardant product for the construction industry. Technology patented in 2005.

Senior Formulation Chemist for Integrity Products, Bedford, MA

Produced and developed the complete line of ink-jet ink refills for Hewlett Packard, Epson, Canon, Lexmark, Xerox and Apple printers. Evaluated new printing media for compatibility and performance properties with our inks.

Scientist/Consultant for Aspen Systems, Inc., Marlborough, MA

Evaluated a commercial manufacturing process for flame retardant, nylon fiber for a military application.

Professor/Science and Technology Department, Cambridge, MA

Taught General Chemistry I and II with lab and student advising responsibility.

SHIPLEY COMPANY, A Rohm and Haas Subsidiary, Marlboro, MA 1990 – 1995

Formulation Chemist, R&D Division

Formulated positive working electrodepositable photoresists and electroless copper and nickel chemistries. Optimized process and characterized physical properties and performance of negative working photoresist for high-density interconnect applications.

SUMMER INTERNSHIPS:

Celanese Fibers Marketing Co., Acetate Wovens Division, Charlotte, NC

E.I. DuPont De Nemours, Polymer Products Division, Wilmington, DE

Tennessee Eastman Co., Research Division, Fibers Division, Physical Testing Group, Kingsport, TN

EDUCATION:

* M.Sc. and Ph.D., Polymer Science and Engineering, UMass, Amherst, 1990

o Thesis work on low molecular weight liquid crystals

* Dual B.S. in Textile Chemistry and Chemistry, NCSU, Raleigh, 1982

o Thesis work on Springy Polypropylene

o summa cum laude graduate

PUBLICATIONS:

* (WO/2010/045559) Metal Plating Additive and Method for Plating Substrates and Products Therefrom

* Many confidential, internal reports for Atotech and Shipley regarding proprietary subjects

* US Patent, 6,930,138, Flame retardant and smoke suppressive additive powder for polymeric thermoplastics and thermoset resins

* Open paper on “Effect of heat treatment and phosphorous content of electroless nickel deposits”

* Three papers on nematic liquid crystals (Ph.D. thesis work)

AWARDS AND HONORS:

* Outstanding Young Men of America

* Phi Kappa Phi Honorary Society (inducted in Junior Year)

* Kodak Scholar (Four Years of College)

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES AND ORGANIZATIONS:

* American Chemical Society

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