Expert Details
Chemistry and Household Chemicals, Clorox, Product Formulation & Development, Litigation
ID: 722899
California, USA
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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| Year: 1976 | Degree: PhD | Subject: Chemistry | Institution: Case Western Reserve University |
| Year: 1972 | Degree: MS | Subject: Physical Chemistry | Institution: Case Western Reserve University |
| Year: 1970 | Degree: BS | Subject: Chemistry/Mathematics | Institution: Hong Kong Baptist |
| Year: 1967 | Degree: Diploma | Subject: Industrial Chemistry | Institution: Hong Kong Polytechnic |
Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
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| Years: 2003 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Consultant | Department: |
Responsibilities:Consulting for Companies in the Household products, Institutional & Industrial, and Specialty Chemical Areas. Expertise includes formulation, claim support, technology searches, and new product introduction due-diligence. Focused areas include indoor air quality assessment, cleaning, laundry, personal care, stone care, wax and polishes, and indoor air quality products. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2001 to 2003 | Employer: Clorox | Title: Research Fellow | Department: Laundry & Home Care, Product Development |
Responsibilities:Managed a small group of scientists and technicians.Responsible for managing new product development in selected product categories. Interfaced both externally and internally in identifying consumer needs, defining market opportunities, developing strategies and worked with Marketing, Regulatory, Procurement, Legal, and vendors to identify products and technologies to meet project requirements. As a member of Research Council, ensures the integrity of technical solutions and help solve technical problems across various business units |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1999 to 2001 | Employer: Clorox | Title: Research Fellow | Department: Center of Functional Expertise |
Responsibilities:Managed a small group of scientists and technicians. Responsible for developing best practices of product development. Developed processes and criteria for excellence in design and implementation of product development practices. Benchmarked versus peer companies. Developed new technologies for targeted strategic business units and solved technical problems |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1997 to 1999 | Employer: Clorox | Title: Research Fellow | Department: Home Care Product Development |
Responsibilities:Available upon request. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1994 to 1997 | Employer: Clorox | Title: Research Associate | Department: Home Cleaning Product Development |
Responsibilities:Managed a small group of scientists and technicians.Responsible for development of new technologies and for identification of new product opportunities for Home Care businesses |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1993 to 1993 | Employer: Clorox International Company | Title: Technical Manager | Department: Asia/Pacific Region |
Responsibilities:Responsible for delivering technical orientations to suppliers, distributors, advertising agencies and potential joint venture partners. Visited government officials in China in areas of Hygiene, Anti-epidemic centers, and Pest Control Operators (Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou). Led discussion and negotiation of potential joint venture partnerships in China. Determined the sourcing of raw material from Hong Kong and China for products to be manufactured in China |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1989 to 1993 | Employer: Clorox | Title: Senior Research Associate | Department: New Cleaning and Specialty Products |
Responsibilities:Managed a small group of scientists and technicians. Responsible for developing technology programs, advanced formula development, environmental programs related to volatile organic compounds, bleach chemistry, colloids, and surfactant applications for household products. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1982 to 1989 | Employer: Clorox | Title: Project Leader | Department: New Cleaning and Specialty Products |
Responsibilities:Managed project teams and up to 12 scientists and technicians. Managed product development programs for fabric softener, laundry bleaches, liquid abrasive cleansers, and other hard surface cleaners. Led project teams in developing and introducing Alive Super concentrated fabric softeners (1984), Strike Heavy Duty Abrasive Cleanser in Test markets (185-1987), and took Soft Scrub with Bleach national (1989). Appointed Clorox Program Manager responsible for joint technical projects with Henkel in the areas of laundry additives, fabric softeners, abrasive cleansers and hard surface cleaners. |
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Career Accomplishments
| Associations / Societies |
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| Member: American Chemical Society Division Board member, Cleaning Product Division, Chair, Scientific Committee, Consumer Specialty Product Association (1999-2003); Member at large, Executive Board, Surfactant and Detergent Division, American Oil Chemist Society (since 2001); |
| Professional Appointments |
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| Reviewer for McCutchens’ Detergent & Emulsifier, and Functional Material Publication |
| Publications and Patents Summary |
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| Inventor and co-inventor for 50+ issued US patents |
Language Skills
| Language | Proficiency |
|---|---|
| English | Fluent |
| Chinese | Fluency in Cantonese, Putonghua, and Taiwanese dialects |
Fields of Expertise
chemical product development, chemistry, Clorox, household cleaning product, laundry, new consumer product development, new product design, new product development, new product development management, product formulation, research and development, research and development planning, household chemical product, laundry oxygen bleach, oxygen bleach, chemical compatibility, bathroom cleaner, rinsing, toilet bowl cleaner, powder laundry detergent, laundry detergent, liquid laundry detergent, product reliability improvement, product management, product testing, research and development collaboration, rapid product development, product improvement, design for cost, research and development organization, product delivery process, product development cycle time, fabric softener, hard surface cleaner, design for manufacturability, new product assessment, research and development management, product design, surface cleaning, product optimization, common soap, chemical compound, testing, industrial chemical, cleaning agent, cleaning, chemical analysis