Experience
- Bedoukian Research Inc., Danbury, Connecticut: Technical Services Director. October 94 – January, 2000.
- Marketing: participated in design of company web site; designed trade show booth exhibit; selected ad agency and worked with agencies on ad and catalog designs, promotions, and sales literature; decided on ad placements; company representative at trade shows and other trade association meetings; placement of company presence (product listings) in print, CD, and online
- Regulatory Compliance: developed and implemented Process Safety Management Program; developed and implemented air permitting and emissions tracking program; Responsible Care Coordinator; contractor and employee training; maintained awareness of Federal, state, and local regulatory requirements; addressed European risk and safety requirements
- Human Resources: developed draft of new employee manual; developed draft of new job descriptions; evaluated and selected software for managing HR information
- Document Management: developed and implemented procedures to track production information and process changes and analyze the data; developed other information management programs to provide access to various employees; prepared for and participated in customer audits; secretary at several team meetings
- General Operations: obtained Kosher certification for most flavor and fragrance products; maintained kosher certification status; Regular review/search of the Internet to gather information relevant to company operations; Costing of all production processes and proposed processes (to allow for quotes)
- Management: Intermediary for all departments (Production, R&D, Customer Service, Quality Control, Purchasing, Shipping, IT); Supervision of one full time assistant
- Ciba, Ardsley, New York: Environmental Computer Support Department Summer Intern. June - Sept. 1994.
- Collected information for company database covering environmental laws and regulations
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York: Executive Programs Student Assistant. August 1993 - May 1994.
- Postion held while attending business school; assisted professors with running of executive MBA classes
- ARCO Chemical Company, Newtown Square, Pennsylvania: Principle Research Chemist. July 1990 - July 1993.
- Leader of Quality Team comprised of representatives from Corporate and Plant Logistics, Engineering, Management, Regulatory, Business, and R&D personnel
- Technical training of sales representatives, marketing personnel, and distributors
- Gathering of competitor intelligence information
- Resolution of customer inquiries, representative at trade shows and trade association meetings, customer visits
- Evaluation of potential projects based on technical, economic and market potential
- Initiation of laboratory programs where appropriate and to support Business Center objectives
- Supervision of one full time technician
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Education
- Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS): Short Course on use of CAS databases, Spring 1999.
- Lion Technology Inc., Hartford, Connecticut: Environmental Regulations Course, May, 1998.
- PrimaTech, Inc., Houston, Texas: Process Hazard Analysis for Team Leaders, January 1997.
- Application Developers Training Co., Boston, Massachusetts: Introductory, Intermediate, and Advanced Programming in Microsoft Access, July, 1995.
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York: Management of Technology MBA (1 year completed), June 1994.
- The Chemical Management & Resources Association, Basic Chemical Marketing Research Short Course, July 1992.
- American Chemical Society Course on Polymer Chemistry, 1990.
- University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois: Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry, June 1990.
- University of Chicago: NIH Predoctoral Fellow, 1987-1990.
- Stanford University, Stanford, California: B.S. in Chemistry, June 1986.
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