Expert Details
Hygiene Sciences, Public Health Interventions and Infection Prevention
ID: 739172
Ohio, USA
Expertise in hand hygiene, surface disinfection, antimicrobial products / technologies, infection prevention, public health, outcome studies, and publishing in peer reviewed literature. Expert has been a technical leader of Research and Development, Product Development and Science / Innovation for some great organizations in the industry. His current company has given him the opportunity to develop human, methodological, and technological research capabilities that result in the validation and successful commercialization of meaningful, superior products. His achievements have advanced the science + knowledge, helping the scientific community, customers, thought leaders, and government entities in making data driven / evidence based choices.
His previous employer has become a science leader and influencer in the skin care and hygiene marketplace, as they have researched, created, and marketed products that have become the top choice in the market today as their interventions have become the standard in Personal Care, Public Health, and Wellness businesses. Science success in turn has fueled profitability, continued R&D projects, and a positive culture. They attract, recruit, and mentor technical teams, and establish the infrastructure that has repeatedly resulted in accelerated, differentiated results.
ACHIEVEMENT CATEGORIES DEMONSTRATED IN PAST PERFORMANCE / PROJECTS:
• Scientific Strategy
• Research and Development
• Product Innovation
• Product Validation
• KOL (Key Opinion Leader / Thought Leader) Development
• Strategic Influencer
• Publishing and Publishing Results
• Market Capture Strategy
• Media Relations
• Team Development
• New Product Development
• Strategic Alliances
• Global Expansion Strategy
• Crisis Management
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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| Year: 1992 | Degree: PhD | Subject: Organic Chemistry | Institution: UCLA (U. California at Los Angeles) |
| Year: 1987 | Degree: BA | Subject: Chemistry | Institution: Carelton College |
Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
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| Years: 2023 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Founder | Department: |
Responsibilities:Provides consulting for growth-oriented organizations trying to solve problems with advanced science; typically with products and studies in the areas of personal care, skin science, public health, healthcare, infection prevention, hygiene, food safety &/or sustainability. Expert advises on technical approaches + project planning, presenting at conferences / publishing results &/or identifying key connections / potential collaborators with synergistic expertise. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2002 to 2023 | Employer: GOJO Industries, Inc. | Title: Hygiene Sciences and Public Health Advancments VP | Department: Research and Development |
Responsibilities:Vice President, Hygiene Sciences and Public Health Advancements (2014 – Present):Responsible for advanced study design, publication in peer-reviewed journals, presentation of results at technical conferences, editorial review of manuscripts, developing Academic KOL (Key Opinion Leaders) relationships, Public Health Organization relations and advancing products, policies and practices through evidence-based multidisciplinary science. Vice President, Skin Care Science and Product Development (2012 – 2013): 40 employees with 8 direct. Expanded responsibility to include formulation chemists and process engineering, responsible for all new product development, including supply chain readiness and launches. Vice President, Skin Care Science and New Technology (2009 – 2012): 30 employees with 6 direct. Responsible to lead skin, clinical, and microbiology science, analytical chemistry, drug stability, product development, new technology, global technical alliances, and new business. Director, Skin Care Science and Technology (2004 – 2009): 25 employees with 5 direct. Responsible to Identify and develop science and technology to advance and enable differentiation. Senior Scientist, Skin Care Science and Technology (2002 – 2004): 2 employees with 2 direct. Responsible for management of all skin care science clinical research studies (internally and with external CRO’s and outcome studies) and working with thought leaders. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1996 to 2002 | Employer: Dial (now Henkel) | Title: Director of Personal Care Product Development | Department: Research and Development |
Responsibilities:Leadership of all Personal Care Product Development Activities. Prior to that promotion managed all Air Freshener Product Development. Started at Dial as a Senior Scientist in Laundry Product Development.Director of Personal Care and Commercial Markets Product Development (2000 – 2002): $5M OPEX, $3M CAPEX, $500M Revenue Goal and 25 employees with 5 direct. Responsible for all product development efforts. Manager (1998 – 2000): 8 employees with 4 direct. Retail body care development. Manager of Air Care Product Development (1997 – 1998): $1.5M OPEX, $250k CAPEX, $100M Revenue Goal and 7 employees with 4 direct. Senior Scientist to Development Leader Laundry Product Development (1996 – 1997): 2 direct employees, new product development + cost savings. Product Innovation: Promoted by the GM for Personal Care business and tasked to create a hand soap with Triclosan as the active ingredient, to meet efficacy success criteria and future FDA OTC Monograph requirements. Partnered with Airspray and Deb on novel foaming pumps, supply chain to qualify new manufacturing, and marketing / sales to establish novel claims and data. Once the structure was in place, led award winning product launch, generating ~$10M in B2C new revenue the first year. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1992 to 1996 | Employer: Clorox Company | Title: Senior Scientist | Department: Research & Development |
Responsibilities:Laundry Product Development science leader on patents and key projects. |
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Career Accomplishments
| Associations / Societies |
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| Past and Current, Alphabetical Order: American Chemical Society (ACS) American Cleaning Institute (ACI) American Contact Dermatitis Society (ACDS) American Oil Chemists Society (AOCS) American Public Health Association (APHA) American Society for Microbiology (ASM) Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) ASTM International (Standard Test Methods) Building Owners & Management Assoc. (BOMA) Dermal Clinical Evaluation Society (DCES) Global Biorisk Advisory Council (GBAC, ISSA division) Household Consumer Products Assoc. (HCPA) Healthcare Infection Society (HIS) Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA) International Association for Food Protection (IAFP) International Sanitary Supply Assoc. (ISSA) International Society for Bioengineering and the Skin (ISBS) International Society for Stratum Corneum Research (ISSCR) Leapfrog Group (Patient Safety) Personal Care Products Council (PCPC) Partnership for Food Safe Education (PFSE) Society of Cosmetic Chemists (SCC) Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) Society of Investigative Dermatology (SID) |
| Licenses / Certifications |
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| Protection of Human Research Subjects / Protecting Human Research Participants Online Training and Certification as needed for collaborative studies. |
| Publications and Patents Summary |
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| Patents: 70 Publications: 52 |
Fields of Expertise
hygiene, personal hygiene, public health, infection prevention, medical publication, scientific publication, disinfectant, disinfectant chemistry, disinfectant Food and Drug Administration regulation, sanitizer, sanitizer chemistry, antibacterial soap, antimicrobial soap, common soap, liquid soap, bar soap, consumer product, consumer packaged goods, consumer packaged goods industry, applied science, new product development, over-the-counter drug product development, new product development management, Technology support & new product developement, new product launch