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Expert in Food R&D, Planning, Technology Transfer and R&D Management

Expert 107775

Expert in Food R&D, Planning, Technology Transfer and R&D Management

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Career Accomplishments


Summary of Expertise:

Primary Expertise Areas: (links show more experts in each area)	Expertise Description:
research management expert	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.
corporate strategic planning expert strategic planning expert strategic research planning expert	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.
technology transfer expert	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.
technology adoption expert technology transition expert	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.
ready-to-eat cereal expert breakfast cereal industry expert cereal (food) expert cereal food manufacture expert	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.
technical skill training expert technical training expert training expert skill training expert	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.
new product development expert food product development expert new consumer product development expert	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.
technical writing expert	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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*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.

Education:

Year	Degree	Subject	Institution	Honors
1977	MBA	General Management	University of Chicago
1972	FRIC	Chemistry	Royal Institute of Chemistry, England
1960	GRIC	Chemistry	Royal Institute of Chemistry, England
1953	HNC	Chemistry	Dundee College of Technology, Scotland
2001	Ph.D.	Marketing/Innovation Management	Syracuse University	Teaching Fellowship 1994-2000

Work History:

Years	Employer	Department	Title	Responsibilities
1986 to	(Undisclosed)		President	Expert provides consulting services to the food and packaging industries in strategic planning, new product development, and R&D management.
1976 to 1986	Borden, Inc.	R&D	Vice President	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.
1972 to 1976	Quaker Oats	R&D	Associate Director	Expert provided R&D support services for four divisions: Frozen Food, Foodservice/Burry Biscuit, International, and New Foods.
1970 to 1972	Ralston Purina	New Foods R&D	Director	He provided R&D support to Frozen Foods, Turkey, and New Foods Enterprises divisions.
1961 to 1970	General Foods Corporation	Post Division	Section Head, R&D	Expert provided R&D support for Post Division cereals, hot and cold beverages, and new foods businesses.
2002 to	(Undisclosed University)	School of Business	Visiting Professor	He teaches undergraduate and MBA courses in Marketing.

Career Accomplishments:

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.

Licenses/Certifications

He has a Certificate in Law & Technology Management (Syracuse University 1998).

Professional Appointments

Expert is the U.S. Editor of International Food Marketing & Technology (Since 1985).

Publications:

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.

Selected Publications and Publishers
- Pack Alimentaire Proceedings
- Eastern Regional Institute of Food Technologists Symposium Proceedings
- UMI Dissertation Services
- PICMET '97: Portland International Conference on Management and Technology

Consulting Services:

Selected Consulting Examples:

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.
He has consulted Bush Brothers Company. He assisted in the generation of new product ideas consistent with core competencies.
Expert has consulted to Schottland Research. He conducted a search for food packaging acquisition candidates for Bowater Corp., a Schottland client.

As a member of the Intota consultant network, Expert is a specialist who provides technical consulting to corporate, legal and government clients. Expert provides professional consulting as a Food R&D Consultant, Planning Consultant, Technology Transfer Consultant and R&D Management Consultant. Expert may consult as an independent consultant or as a member of a consultancy, consulting company, or consulting firm. Consultants service will be covered by a consulting contract. Ask an expert initial screening questions and ask the experts services particulars, by simply submitting an expert request.

Expert Witness:

Intota experts can serve as expert witnesses or litigation consultants offering expert testimony, expert advice, litigation support, forensic services, and related expert witness services. Expert can serve as an expert witness or litigation consultant in intellectual property (patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright), product liability, and insurance matters. Expert may provide forensic expert witness testimony, litigation consulting services, forensic investigation, and forensic testing if appropriate in litigation areas as a Food R&D Expert Witness, Planning Expert Witness, Technology Transfer Expert Witness and R&D Management Expert Witness. Intota provides attorneys and legal professionals the opportunity to ask an expert initial screening questions and ask the experts services particulars by submitting an expert request.

International Experience:

Years	Country / Region	Summary
1956 to 1960	England	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.
1954 to 1956	Scotland	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.
1948 to 1954	Scotland	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.
1965 to	Western Europe, Latin America & Japan	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.

Language Skills:

Foreign Language		Description
French		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.
German		Expert knows some German and can converse haltingly but would need considerable work to be able to converse easily. He can read some German.

Market Research:

Expert's entire business career was involved with developing and bringing new products to market.

Expert serves as a resource to Intota Market Research Services for customized marketing research in industries or areas related to Food R&D, Planning, Technology Transfer and R&D Management. Experts are an invaluable source of overall industry insight as well as insight into specific companies and firms for custom business to business (b2b) and industrial market research. Intota uses analyst and consultant resources from Guideline whose Research Directors manage the research and analysis of the qualitative and quantitative data as well as report writing for the custom studies. The methods and tools used by Intota market research combine the insights of technical experts and industry insiders with secondary research to provide the custom b2b and industrial market research you need.

Additional Skills and Services:

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.

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.

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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