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Expert in Food R&D, Planning, Technology Transfer and R&D Management
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Expert has extensive experience managing R & D groups containing personnel with all levels of academic training up to and including Ph.D. who have had administrative responsibilities for both functional and line R & D support. He has reorganized and re-equipped a multi-functional food research center with an operating budget of $3.5 million and a capital budget of $1.5 million, rated by consultants as "the most productive food R & D center in the U.S." At the same time, he administered R & D programs at eight other locations throughout the U.S. and the world. He has written corporate R & D, quality assurance, and manufacturing policy and procedure manuals.
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Most of Expert's career has been spent in developing research programs for employers or clients consistent with corporate strategic plans. This has included planning an internal and external development portfolio to meet strategic objectives with the minimum cost and maximum return on investment. It has also included organizational development and recruitment of personnel where necessary to support the plan. Clients were major food processing and packaging companies as well as food ingredient suppliers.
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In the course of his career, Expert has identified and negotiated technology transfers ranging from intellectual property to tangible assets, including small businesses. This included technical evaluation, pricing, royalties, patent protection issues, drafting contracts and international letters of credit.
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Expert has participated for many years in the integration of new products, equipment, plants, or acquired businesses into an existing corporate structure. This required him to deal with independent inventors and entrepreneurs to ensure their commitment to and verification of contracted performance criteria and to provide support to existing operations through the start-up stages of new ventures.
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During nearly ten years with the Post Cereal Division of General Foods Corporation, Expert learned all of the formulation, processing, packaging, marketing, and distribution operations involved in producing ready-to-eat breakfast cereals. Products were based on corn, oats, rice, and wheat, Rice Puffs, Wheat Puffs, and Postum Cereal Beverage. Expert also performed competitive product and field performance surveys and at various times was responsible for troubleshooting, product and process improvement, new product development, and cost reduction programs for both RTE cereals and dry corn milling operations.
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Since he started his consulting practice, Expert has participated in organizing and staging conferences for high tech entrepreneurs designed to instruct them in how to commercialize inventions, and start-up and manage a business. The most recent, a National Innovation Workshop, was sponsored by the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the Department of Energy. He was a co-chair and moderator of a conference on new packaging developments, Pack Alimentaire '92. Expert has also initiated and managed personal development programs for technical people reporting to him.
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Expert has a record of successful new product development related to packaged foods and beverages; food ingredients; thermoplastics; plastic adhesives, inks, and coatings; foundry binder resins (urea formaldehyde/furfural alcohol resins); and basic and specialty chemicals. As a result, he is familiar with the development process from idea generation to market introduction of both consumer and industrial products in several industries. Most of Expert's experience is in food product development, specifically ready-to-eat cereals; dry, concentrated, hot, and cold beverages; confectionery; baked goods; aseptic, retorted, and hot-filled canned products; frozen foods; refrigerated foods; and snacks.
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Presently, Expert is Editor and Publisher of a semi-monthly newsletter dealing with strategic issues affecting the food industry. He is also U.S. Editor of a bi-monthly international magazine dealing with food industry technical and marketing news. For three years Expert was Publisher of a regional monthly magazine with a circulation of 11,000 which targeted members of technical professional societies in central New York. As a result, he has expertise in the design, production, and marketing of technical periodicals.
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Show Secondary and Basic Areas of Expertise | Localities:
Expert may consult nationally and internationally, and is also local to the following cities: Rochester, New York;
Syracuse, New York;
Schenectady, New York;
and Utica, New York.
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1977
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MBA
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General Management
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University of Chicago
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1972
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FRIC
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Chemistry
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Royal Institute of Chemistry, England
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1960
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GRIC
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Chemistry
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Royal Institute of Chemistry, England
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1953
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HNC
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Chemistry
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Dundee College of Technology, Scotland
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2001
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Ph.D.
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Marketing/Innovation Management
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Syracuse University
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Teaching Fellowship 1994-2000
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1986 to
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(Undisclosed University)
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President
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Expert provides consulting services to the food and packaging industries in strategic planning, new product development, and R&D management.
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1976 to 1986
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Borden, Inc.
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R&D
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Vice President
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He administered a Research Center with up to 80 employees and provided R&D services to 11 divisions and 150 plants worldwide in most areas of packaged foods.
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1972 to 1976
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Quaker Oats
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R&D
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Associate Director
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Expert provided R&D support services for four divisions: Frozen Food, Foodservice/Burry Biscuit, International, and New Foods.
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1970 to 1972
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Ralston Purina
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New Foods R&D
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Director
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He provided R&D support to Frozen Foods, Turkey, and New Foods Enterprises divisions.
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1961 to 1970
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General Foods Corporation
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Post Division
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Section Head, R&D
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Expert provided R&D support for Post Division cereals, hot and cold beverages, and new foods businesses.
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2002 to
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(Undisclosed University)
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School of Business
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Visiting Professor
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He teaches undergraduate and MBA courses in Marketing.
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Associations/Societies
Expert is a member of the Academy of Management, the American Chemical Society, the American Marketing Association, the Institute of Food Technologists, the Institute of Food Science & Technology, and the Royal Society of Chemistry.
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Licenses/Certifications
He has a Certificate in Law & Technology Management (Syracuse University 1998).
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Professional Appointments
Expert is the U.S. Editor of International Food Marketing & Technology (Since 1985).
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Publications and Patents Summary
His Ph.D. dissertation was on Organizational Learning & NPD Success. He has written numerous articles in trade journals on new food developments.
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Selected Publications and Publishers
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- Pack Alimentaire Proceedings
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- Eastern Regional Institute of Food Technologists Symposium Proceedings
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- UMI Dissertation Services
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- PICMET '97: Portland International Conference on Management and Technology
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Expert has done on-site consulting with Hercules, Inc. within the Food Ingredients Division. He assisted in analysis of the current business product line, organization and objectives and helped define strategic direction which resulted in a joint ventiure with Mallinckrodt Inc. This also led to subsequrent profitable spin-off of their food ingredient business.
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He has consulted Bush Brothers Company. He assisted in the generation of new product ideas consistent with core competencies.
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Expert has consulted to Schottland Research. He conducted a search for food packaging acquisition candidates for Bowater Corp., a Schottland client.
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Recent Client Requests:
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Expert expert In Food Canning for consulting on Marketing Canned Meat.
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Breakfast cereal expert for consulting on Breakfast Cereal.
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Expert in food research and development for consulting on R&D benchmarking of CPG F&B organizations.
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Food contract manufacturing expert for consulting on Nutritional Food Contract Manufacturing/Packaging.
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1956 to 1960
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England
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For Woodall-Duckham Construction Company in London, Expert assisted in the design and operation of high temperature petroleum cracker for pilot plant production of natural gas from light flash petroleum distillate. He also conducted various bench-top studies to do with catalytic reforming of natural gas, and design of coke oven batteries.
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1954 to 1956
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Scotland
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For McGregor & Company in Dundee, he designed a process for internal lamination of PVC to fire hose; designed equipment and a method for repairing pin-hole leaks in fire hose; and also formulated a system for external coating of fire hose with waterproofing and fire-retardant agents.
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1948 to 1954
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Scotland
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For B.X. Plastics, Ltd. in Dundee, Expert developed a range of inks for printing most types of thermoplastic films, including PVC, PVDC, polyethylene and polypropylene.
He also assisted in the development of formulations for most types of thermoplastic materials.
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1965 to
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Western Europe, Latin America & Japan
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Note that in addition to living in the UK, Expert is a member of UK professional societies and while managing international R&D for Borden, General Foods, and Quaker Oats, he interacted on a continuing basis with colleagues in most countries in Western Europe and Latin America. His appointment as U.S. Editor of Food Marketing & Technology is through the Dr. Harnisch Company of Nurnberg, Germany.
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French
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Expert is extremely rusty in French but can read it fairly easily. He can speak some French but in order to converse, he would need several weeks immersion in the culture.
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German
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Expert knows some German and can converse haltingly but would need considerable work to be able to converse easily. He can read some German.
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Expert's entire business career was involved with developing and bringing new products to market.
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| Additional Skills and Services: |
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Training/Seminars
Expert has developed seminars in general management principles for high-tech small businesses. He has also prepared and delivered presentations on new product development for small food businesses. In addition, he has given several presentations at technical symposia.
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Supplier and Vendor Location and Selection He has experience locating vendors of food processing, packaging, and process control equipment, market research services, chemical and microbiological analytical services. He has access to resources including personal contacts, and trade and professional society directories.
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Other Skills and Services
In his new career as an educator, he teaches marketing principles, marketing research methods, international marketing, advertising and promotion, and marketing management.
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