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Purchasing: Global and Strategic Sourcing of Goods and Services
Expert has 35 years of supplier negotiation experience. In his last assignment he was responsible for overseeing $2 billion in spending for indirect goods and services on a global basis for a major consumer goods company. In previous assignments, he…
Nanocomposites, Innovation Methods, and Award-Winning Developments
Expert has 30 years’ experience developing polymeric materials systems, manufacturing processes, products and validation test methods for automotive interior and exterior trim components. Teams he led won four Society of Plastics Engineers-Automotive Division International Awards for most innovative new materials…
Medical Packaging: Project Management, Design, Validation, Equipment
Expert is a certified packaging professional with over 20 years experience providing packaging engineering services to the biotechnology and medical device industries. These services include package and labeling development, packaging equipment selection and validation, and package materials and systems performance…
Corrosion and Metallurgical Failure Analysis
Expert notes that corrosion is a major problem that affects many industries. Expert has spent over forty years studying and solving corrosion problems in the construction, aerospace, defense, petroleum, utility and related industries. He was also the technical editor of…
Plant & Warehouse Layout; MRP, ERP, & WMS Selection & Implementation
Expert has more than 30 years of extensive experience in all areas of production in the electronics equipment manufacturing industry and the medical device manufacturing industry, including discrete and continuous flow, manufacturing cell, manual and automated, as well as process…
Polymer Fiber Based Materials; Patent Litigation
Expert is a Materials Science and Engineering professor with a primary focus in polymeric materials. The physics of fibers incorporates all aspects from fiber production through fiber-based materials utilization. For efficient production, the physics and chemistry of the starting material,…
Technology Commercialization, Business Development, Material Science, Photonics, Business Incubation
In 2006 expert was promoted to Director of Business Incubation at Boston University. He was responsible for incubating new technology companies originating from all disciplines at BU and other major research institutions in the region. In a period of four…
Fastening to Aluminum, Plastic, and Other Soft Material, Taptite® Applications, Torque, Boss, etc.
Expert has extensive experience with a variety of threaded fasteners. He has worked with design engineers to develop the proper selection of fasteners, to determine assembly strategies, and to diagnose assembly problems for a whole range of products. He has…
Environmental Management, EMS Training, Spandex Production, etc.
Expert is a member of the US Technical Advisory Group to the ISO Technical Committee 207, which developed ISO 14001 and other international environmental management standards. He is an RAB-certified Lead EMS Auditor. He is experienced with establishing business environmental…
Fuel Cell Manufacturing
Expert has been developing chemical process technology for industrial materials and chemical firms for over 14 years. He has developed several novel chemical processes, including those for synthesis of advanced ceramic powders, pigments, and a wide range of inorganic materials.…