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Expert Details

Chemistry and Household Chemicals, Clorox, Product Formulation & Development, Litigation

ID: 722899 California, USA

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Expert has over 30 years of experience in chemistry and household products. He has responsible for product development and new technologies in areas of fabric softener, laundry additives, toilet bowl cleaners, bar soaps, and water-soluble polymer technology. His expertise includes formulation, claim support, technology searches, and new product introduction due-diligence. His focused areas of consulting include indoor air quality assessment, cleaning, laundry, personal care, stone care, wax and polishes, and indoor air quality products.

Education

Year Degree Subject Institution
Year: 1976 Degree: PhD Subject: Chemistry Institution: Case Western Reserve University
Year: 1972 Degree: MS Subject: Physical Chemistry Institution: Case Western Reserve University
Year: 1970 Degree: BS Subject: Chemistry/Mathematics Institution: Hong Kong Baptist
Year: 1967 Degree: Diploma Subject: Industrial Chemistry Institution: Hong Kong Polytechnic

Work History

Years Employer Title Department
Years: 2003 to Present Employer: Undisclosed Title: Consultant Department:
Responsibilities:
Consulting for Companies in the Household products, Institutional & Industrial, and Specialty Chemical Areas. Expertise includes formulation, claim support, technology searches, and new product introduction due-diligence. Focused areas include indoor air quality assessment, cleaning, laundry, personal care, stone care, wax and polishes, and indoor air quality products.
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 2001 to 2003 Employer: Clorox Title: Research Fellow Department: Laundry & Home Care, Product Development
Responsibilities:
Managed a small group of scientists and technicians.
Responsible for managing new product development in selected product categories. Interfaced both externally and internally in identifying consumer needs, defining market opportunities, developing strategies and worked with Marketing, Regulatory, Procurement, Legal, and vendors to identify products and technologies to meet project requirements. As a member of Research Council, ensures the integrity of technical solutions and help solve technical problems across various business units
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1999 to 2001 Employer: Clorox Title: Research Fellow Department: Center of Functional Expertise
Responsibilities:
Managed a small group of scientists and technicians. Responsible for developing best practices of product development. Developed processes and criteria for excellence in design and implementation of product development practices. Benchmarked versus peer companies. Developed new technologies for targeted strategic business units and solved technical problems
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1997 to 1999 Employer: Clorox Title: Research Fellow Department: Home Care Product Development
Responsibilities:
Available upon request.
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1994 to 1997 Employer: Clorox Title: Research Associate Department: Home Cleaning Product Development
Responsibilities:
Managed a small group of scientists and technicians.
Responsible for development of new technologies and for identification of new product opportunities for Home Care businesses
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1993 to 1993 Employer: Clorox International Company Title: Technical Manager Department: Asia/Pacific Region
Responsibilities:
Responsible for delivering technical orientations to suppliers, distributors, advertising agencies and potential joint venture partners. Visited government officials in China in areas of Hygiene, Anti-epidemic centers, and Pest Control Operators (Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou). Led discussion and negotiation of potential joint venture partnerships in China. Determined the sourcing of raw material from Hong Kong and China for products to be manufactured in China
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1989 to 1993 Employer: Clorox Title: Senior Research Associate Department: New Cleaning and Specialty Products
Responsibilities:
Managed a small group of scientists and technicians. Responsible for developing technology programs, advanced formula development, environmental programs related to volatile organic compounds, bleach chemistry, colloids, and surfactant applications for household products.
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1982 to 1989 Employer: Clorox Title: Project Leader Department: New Cleaning and Specialty Products
Responsibilities:
Managed project teams and up to 12 scientists and technicians. Managed product development programs for fabric softener, laundry bleaches, liquid abrasive cleansers, and other hard surface cleaners. Led project teams in developing and introducing Alive Super concentrated fabric softeners (1984), Strike Heavy Duty Abrasive Cleanser in Test markets (185-1987), and took Soft Scrub with Bleach national (1989). Appointed Clorox Program Manager responsible for joint technical projects with Henkel in the areas of laundry additives, fabric softeners, abrasive cleansers and hard surface cleaners.

Career Accomplishments

Associations / Societies
Member: American Chemical Society Division Board member, Cleaning Product Division,
Chair, Scientific Committee, Consumer Specialty Product Association (1999-2003);
Member at large, Executive Board, Surfactant and Detergent Division, American Oil Chemist Society (since 2001);
Professional Appointments
Reviewer for McCutchens’ Detergent & Emulsifier, and Functional Material Publication
Publications and Patents Summary
Inventor and co-inventor for 50+ issued US patents

Language Skills

Language Proficiency
English Fluent
Chinese Fluency in Cantonese, Putonghua, and Taiwanese dialects

Fields of Expertise

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