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Expert's career in packaging has involved all aspects of design, development, and qualification testing of product and package systems. Protective packaging enables products to survive the normal transportation and distribution handling hazards of shock, vibration, compression, humidity, and temperature. He is familiar with protective packaging in numerous industries, including the chemical, pharmaceutical, beverage, electronics, automotive, and medical device trades.

His experience in design and development of protective packaging in the chemical, pharmaceutical, beverage, and electronics industries has exposed him to all types of packaging materials, systems, and product and package system compatibility and evaluation. He has hands-on training with many materials, including glass, metal, plastic, paperboard, adhesives, foam cushioning, foil, corrugated, and wood packaging materials. He has also worked with tubes, bottles, closures, cans, boxes, crates, point of purchase displays, blister packaging, card packs, films, foam-in-place, pallets, strapping, and tapes.

Expert has kept up-to-date on current regulatory requirements for environmental packaging and has developed processes to establish and manage an environmental packaging program for companies. He has also contributed to the publication of two handbooks on the subject.


Expert successfully managed the corporate packaging and material handling function of a multinational $10 billion company for over eight years. His personal involvement, including travel to sites in 11 countries outside the U.S., exposed him to numerous worldwide packaging and handling requirements.


His cross-industry experience has resulted in the development of packaging and handling policies, standards, specifications, procedures, guidelines, and other packaging documentation required to successfully manage the packaging function, from the "bench engineer" level through the corporate level, on a worldwide basis.


Expert has experience testing product and package systems for evaluation and qualification, ranging from medical and pharmaceutical to electronics. He has also been involved with the writing of product and package testing standards for over fifteen years.


Among his responsibilities for over twenty years has been the development, publication, and management of consensus standards for package design, development, testing, and material handling.

Expert has had direct exposure and experience with truck, rail, ocean, and air transportation, as well as intermodal transporation. This exposure has given him the ability to measure and understand the transportation hazards of shock, vibration, compression, temperature, and humidity.


Involved with cost reduction throughout entire career.

QUALIFICATIONS
Over thirty years’ experience in shipment package design, development, and management of
Packaging, Material Handling, and Industrial Engineering operations.
• Extensive worldwide distribution operations experience.
• Broad base in product/package system testing.
• Proficiency in developing technical packaging documentation.
• Working knowledge of HAZMAT regulations and requirements.
• Understanding of environmental packaging design requirements.
• Significant contributions to quality and cost reduction/containment.
• 13 years experience with service parts packaging
• Recognized for innovation and problem solving/prevention.
• Extensive international travel and responsibility.
• Quoted in national packaging and transportation publications

Performed product/package system design and testing.Evaluated furniture packaging/transportation for cost containment and damage prevention. Performed product/package system design and testing for electronic components packaging. Evaluated packaging/transportation for cost containment.Audited packaging practices and recommended improvements.