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Expert in Executive Management, Finance, Nanotechnology, Polymers, Thin films, Display devices, RFID
Available for your Consulting and Expert Witness Needs
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Summary of Expertise:
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Most of Expert's career has been involved in advanced materials product innivation. He has 24 patents issued in this area and many more pending. Successful products have been released in the electronics, energy conservation, post harvest food preservation, golf clubs, animal neutraceuticals, stealth aeorspace materials, and time released fertilizers.
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Expert has been involved in Nanotechnology for over 20 years. He has pioneered some of the first commercial products in this area with the production of energy saving this films deposited onto polymer rolls for packaging and aerospace, and most recently in the photonics and biotechnology fileds in high speed optical modulators and protein micro arrays.
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Expert has been involved in new product development for 25 years and has over 10 successful commercial products that were developed and marketed on a national and international basis.
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Expert was instrumental in identifying and managing high performance technical teams to develop products in advanced materials and medical informatics software services on time and under budget in multiple markets and industries.
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Expert has a PhD degree in polymer science and many of the successful products developed in the past 20 years have been polymer composite materials, or multi-layer structures for a variety of industries. Expert also has been an expert witness in one of the largest class action polymer lawsuits in the history of the United States and all his clients had settlements in their favor.
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Show Only Primary Areas of Expert Consulting
Secondary Expertise
advanced material, amorphous polymer, commercialization, device product development, fiber-optic component product development, food research and development, Generally Recognized As Safe, health care claims substantiation research, health care management, information science, joint venture, legal patenting, material product development, medical informatics, medical record, micro electrical-mechanical system, microfabrication, nanoparticle, nanopowder, nanostructure, nanostructured material, nanotechnology regulation, new product assessment, new product design, new technology business value measurement, polyethylene extrusion, polymer blend, polymer blending, polymer compounding, polymer extrusion, product management, product manufacturing, rapid product development, snack food product development, stage gate process, thermoplastic extrusion, thermoplastics compounding, transcription
Basic Expertise
biomedical product development, fluorocarbon polymer film, Food and Drug Administration regulation, food biotechnology, food product development, food product nutrient enrichment, health care marketing, health care system, integrated product development, marketing, medical polymer extrusion, microbial control product development, new consumer product development, nylon extrusion, planning, plant biotechnology, plastic product development, plastic profile extrusion, polyester extrusion, polyethylene terephthalate extrusion, polymer coextrusion, polymer compatibility, polypropylene extrusion, polyvinyl chloride compounding, product design, product development cycle time, product improvement, rubber compounding | Localities:
Expert may consult nationally and internationally, and is also local to the following cities: Houston, Texas;
Pasadena, Texas;
Beaumont, Texas;
College Station, Texas;
Baytown, Texas;
Bryan, Texas;
Sugar Land, Texas;
Port Arthur, Texas;
Galveston, Texas;
and Missouri City, Texas.
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Honors |
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1980
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PhD
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Polymer Science
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Penn State University
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First in my class
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1977
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MS
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Solid State Science
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Penn State University
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First in My Class
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1976
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BS
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Chemistry
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Penn State
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Cum Laude
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2007 to
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(Undisclosed)
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Vice President & GM
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Vice president and GM Opcuity films. Responsibilities included new product development of nanotechnology and microtechnology based roll to roll production processes.
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1992 to 2002
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Planet Polymer Technologies
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Chairman CEO
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P&L responsibility for the company that designed and developed environmentally friendly polymer based products for agriculture and personal hyigene
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1996 to 2001
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Alife Medical Inc
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Chairman and CEO
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P&L responsibility for the company. The company designed and developed a novel automated medical record billing platform based on an artificial intelligence concept known as natural language processing.
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1988 to 1995
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Alpha Scribe Express Inc
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President CEO
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P&L responsibility for the company. Company developed novel automated transcription process to create electronic medical records.
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1986 to 1988
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Material Sciences Corporation
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Thin Films DIvision
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Vice President New Product Development
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New prodcut development and research for the thin films division of Material Sciences Corp a $60 million dollar division. Areas of expertise were food packaging, solar control, energy efficiency, and aerospace.
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1982 to 1988
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Deposition Technologies Inc
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Vice President Marketing
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Market and Sales development for thin film based nanomaterials for the energy control, aerospace, and food packaging markets.
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Awards/Recognition
Distinguished Alumni Fellow College of Earth And Mineral Sciences and the College of Science, Penn State University
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Publications and Patents Summary
He has 24 issues patents in fields such as LCD displays, MEMS, animal neutraceuticals, electronic packaging, energy conservation, and 10 publications in polymer physics and protein micro arrays.
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Expert Witness in one of the largest class action cases in the United States regarding failure of polybutylene pipe in home water systems. His client won all cases.
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Hired by Agway corporation to develop technology and sell post harvest food preservation division. Successfully completed transaction to BASF corporation.
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Hired by Ryer Industries to be temporary CTO for metal injection molding business.
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Expert Witness Experience Summary:
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Expert witniess 8 times in polymer product failure cases. All clients had judgements in their favor.
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He has been involved in rolling out over 10 successful products in multiple industries.
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Other Skills and Services
He has led leams that executed 2 successful Initial Public Offerings.
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