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Expert worked for three years as the Director of RD&E for the chemical products division of Waters Inc. In addition to the direction of the research in chromatographic media he was co-inventor of 7 patents for water-wettable extraction media and was a co-recipient of the R&D 100 Award for this material. Expert worked for Kimberly-Clark in the Absorbent Technology group for 5 years. He began in the group as an associate research fellow and finished as a research manager. During his tenure there he received 5 patents directly related to absorbent structures which utilized creative solutions to problems in fluid transport. During this tenure he also was an integral member of the Absorbent Technology Patent Strategy Steering Committee. He was responsible for development, testing, implementation and budgets for absorbency related projects for all product groups for a group of 19 scientists (9 PhD).

Expert has spent in excess of twenty years working on problems relating to surface, interface and colloid science. During his time as a consultant he has worked on projects that have involved fouling of glass surfaces, development of program for modifying the surface energy of materials to make an array of materials with a gradient of surface energetics, adhesion/release problems to metal surfaces, surfactant selection for reaction optimization, and surface modifications of polymeric materials. As VP of R&D and CTO for Nextec Applications Inc he worked on control fiber encapsulation with silicone and fluorochemistries to control water penetration and absorption. As the Director of RD&E for the chemical products division of Waters Inc. he drove and participated in research which related to interactions of liquids, biofluids and mixtures with surfaces and separation of materials which resulted in co-inventorship on U.S. 7 patents and an R&D 100 award. At Kimberly Clark he worked on surface properties of materials resulting in inventorship in 10 U.S. patents relating to biofluid movement, absorption, surface modification, control of surface energy. During his tenure at Kimberly-Clark he prepared numerous reports and delivered many presentations on the measurement of contact angles and surface energy. At Albany International Research Company he worked on surface phenomena as related to materials with special emphasis on the paper making process resulting in on U.S. Patent for soil removal as a function of surface energetics. During this tenure he developed an instrument for measuring the dynamic contact angle of oil under water on a fiber surface and was awarded a trade secret award.

Expert has spent his career working with and teaching about polymeric materials. As VP of R&D and CTO at Nextec Applications Inc. he worked with synthetic and natural textile fibers and modifications of these fibers using silicone, fluoropolymers and polyurethanes. During his tenure as Director of RD&E of chemical products at Waters Inc. he worked on inorganic materials like silica and alumina as well as revolutionary separations media based on block copolymers. During his tenure at Kimberly-Clark he worked on nonwoven materials including polyolefins, rayon, and polyester, this work centered on the properties, modification and testing of these materials. During this same time period he taught a polymer chemistry course at University of Wisconsin Green Bay. He also worked at the Army Materials and Mechanics Research Center (AMMRC) examining the synthesis and characterization of block copolymeric materials for reduced hysteretic heat build up. These studies focused mainly on polyurethanes and polycarbonates.

During his career Expert has received 18 issued U.S. patents in different industries. He was a co-recipient of the R&D 100 award. He also was the co-recipient of the USCD connect award once as a winner and once as a finalist. All of these awards were in the field of chemical and product innovation. Some of these achievements solved existing problems, some were improvements on existing materials and some were developments of materials that opened new markets. During his career he has contributed innovative solutions as an individual contributor and also built organizations that revitalized existing technologies and that validated and commercialized fledgling technologies.

During his career Expert has given more than eight presentations on testing at national and international meetings as well as in excess of 100 presentations on testing to companies and groups within companies. He has published 6 journal papers on materials testing and developed many robust, reproducible and predictive tests for companies and industries. He has been requested to prepare both oral presentations and written documents to define applicability, utility and value of tests as well as data interpretation and legitimacy of extrapolation of data.

Developed research program including sample preparation, test methods, and evaluation techniques for new material applications of a fibrous material.
Determined the cause of soiling/fouling problem in a product prior to full scale commercialization. Reformulated chemistry of product to correct problem.
Developed specification for product to be commercialized. Development entailed overseeeing testing, statistical data evaluation, generating consensus with producer and end user.
Prepared and presented technical evaluation of technology for fund raising, resulting in funding for venture.Prepared and presented technical arguments in patent infringement suit resulting in settling of the case out of court.