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Expert has over 25 years' experience in the pressure-sensitive tape business. His experience includes operations management, and he has held COO and Senior VP titles alike. His total manufacturing experience spans over 40 years.

Expert has devoted his career, respectively, to two of the industry's leading manufacturers. He has assumed responsibility for production, quality assurance, distribution, regulatory compliance, materials purchasing, scheduling, and engineering.

Expert has both domestic and international manufacturing experience. He has also held responsibilities in new product development and commercialization. He is highly knowledgeable in an array of adhesives, products, processes, backings and equipment. These materials are used to manufacture masking, film packaging, cloth, pipeline protection, and other types of tapes.

Expert has served on the Pressure Sensitive Tape Council's Board of Directors for over 15 years. He is familiar with leading companies, as well as top management, in the industry.

Expert's key skills include: process design and control, leadership, financial analysis and cost reduction,systemic continuous improvement, EHSC management, product data analysis, communications, quality system design and assurance, and new product commercialization.

Expert's process experiences include multiple types of adhesive mixing, as well as rubber compounding, slitting, automated packaging, multiple coating methodologies, calendaring, fiber opening, web handling, and processing.

Expert has significant experience in large and complex capital project management, including brownfield and greenfield plant startups. As a consultant, Expert can conduct assessments into organizational roles and interfaces; optimized quality systems; continuous improvement systems and their results; operator information flow vs. requirements; and the Responsible Tape Manufacturer process determined by PTSC. As a consultant, Expert is also capable of conducting System Design Enhancements. These can include quality assurance; quality measurement; production process control; applications of continuous improvement; organizational roles, definitions and key functions; information dissemination to production operators; production operator training and training priorities; and operator-driven problem identification and solutions implementation.