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Expert in All Areas of Cyanoacrylate Chemistry: Basic Research to Production
Available for your Consulting and Expert Witness Needs
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adhesive formulation expert |
Expert's principal expertise is in adhesive systems based on cyanoacrylate monomers. These areas involve thickeners, toughening agents, adhesion promoters, accelerators, copolymer systems for industrial and medical applications. Anaerobic adhesives used in threadlocking, metal bonding, rubber bonding, and various other substrates. |
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adhesive manufacturing expert |
Expert has total and complete knowledge of cyanoacrylate chemistry. This includes design, fabrication, and construction of a manufacturing operation to produce these materials. Recently completed one of these facilities for the production of a medical device formula for surgical and topical consumer uses. Capabilities to produce all known cyanoacrylate monomers from lab scale to production.
His expertise and industry recognition led to his most recent relocation to the Expert's Firm venture. Expert continues to focus in biomedical applications of cyanoacrylates and other adhesives. The efforts in his involvement at Spartan were such that the operation was maintained for 6 years with minimal investor contribution. Spartan was infused with venture funding and is now Adhezion Biomedical under new management. Three new marketed products have now come out as the result of Expert's 6 years of effort. |
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Localities:
Expert may consult nationally and internationally, and is also local to the following cities: Atlanta, Georgia; Athens, Georgia; Macon, Georgia; Roswell, Georgia; Marietta, Georgia; and Chattanooga, Tennessee.
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1984
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MS
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Polymer science
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U Conn
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1980
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MS
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Organic chemistry
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St Joseph College
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1976
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BS
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Chemistry
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U of Hartford
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2006 to
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(Undisclosed)
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VP, Material R&D
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He is currently responsible for activities in R&D, scaleup and manufacturing of medical devices
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2000 to 2006
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Spartan Medical
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President
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He was a co-founder of a medical device company responsible for activities in R&D, scaleup and manufacturing of medical adhesives.
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1990 to
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(Undisclosed)
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President
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He is the current principal in the overall operations of a small company that manufactures and performs research in cyanoacrylate adhesives.
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1976 to 1986
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Loctite Corp/Henkel
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Director of Engineering
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He was responsible for research, development and engineering of adhesives for medical, industrial, and military applications.
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1969 to 1976
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Monsanto Chemical Co.
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R&D
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Research Technician
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He was responsible for laboratory synthesis of emulsion polymers and suspesnion polymers with followup characterization via extrusions, injection molding and physical testing.
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Associations/Societies
American Chemical Society
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Publications and Patents
He has a number of issued patents and also has 3 patents pending on cyanoacrylate technology.
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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 an All Areas of Cyanoacrylate Chemistry Consultant: Basic Research to Production 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.
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Expert in analytical methodolgies involving failure of a product attributed to adhesive performance. He has provided expert opinion on failure cause to legal professionals and participated as an expert witness in a state court.
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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 an All Areas of Cyanoacrylate Chemistry Expert Witness: Basic Research to Production Expert Witness.
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All Areas of Cyanoacrylate Chemistry: Basic Research to Production.
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| Additional Skills and Services: |
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Supplier and Vendor Location and Selection He was instrumental in sourcing raw materials for the production of the cyanoacrylates due to his prior activities at AZ Laboratories. The principal ingredient was sourced at one half the cost form other known vendors and the patented process components were also identified and sourced through his contacts from AZ.
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Other Skills and Services
Total experience in all aspects of producing cyanoacrylate adhesives. As the co-founder of Spartan Medical Products, LLC, he contributed the production facilities of his other cyanoacrylate operation to focus on the synthesis of long chain cyanoacrylte monomers, principally octyl cyanoacrylate. The relocation of the facility incorporated new methodologies to improve and refine the synthetic capabilities to infuse cost reductions and production efficiency. He was the principal contributor to the patents, technology, construction and all the refinements at the Spartan entity. These skills include, vacuum system design, reactor design/modification, condensor design, refrigeration cooling systems. He has hands-on capabilities with toolroom machinery, TIG and MIG welding, and EPA refrigeration certification . He was the driving force in the infrastructure development, maintenance and modifications as necessitated due to limited funding in the Spartan venture.
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