Expert Details
Detergent Formulation for Laundry, Automatic Dish Wash, Multipurpose Cleaner, Cosmetics, and Personal Care
ID: 728889
United Kingdom
Expert's competencies in global project management, customer care and technical knowledge in polymer development, surfactant and formulation development are extensive. These key skills are based on 15 years' experience in colloid science and 12 years' experience in consumer goods products -- including the areas of institutional and industrial detergent products. He has an extensive knowledge of the global markets and the potential technologies involved. He has applied his technical and developmental expertise in the development of detergent products and floor polishes for all major global brand owners.
Areas of Expertise include: Viscosity control, Viscosity measurements, X ray diffraction, NMR, IR, Spin on coating, Application testing, Statistical design, Formulation development, Ingredient screening, Fragrance testing, Fragrance development, Gel formation, scale up, detergent builder technology, automatic dish wash tablet formulation, laundry detergent formulation, Opacifier technology, Phosphate free formulations, and evaluation and panel testing procedures.
He has served as an expert witness for hygiene and cleaning detergency technology. Expert has utilized state-of-the-art testing and deformulation lab facilities to reverse engineer Home care and cosmetic formulations. Expert has consulted in regulatory compliance of cosmetics and medical devices.
PVA-POD Development Expertise
The expert has extensive experience in the design and development of commercial Laundry and dish wash pods. This involves the development of multiple and single compartment pods including active ingredients compatible with different PVA materials. He is experienced in working with water soluble film technologies. Next to formulation he has conducted performance testing of PVA Laundry pods on cotton and polycotton, working to respective ASTM protocols, including stain removal and executing experimental designs for laundry and dish wash cycles for PVA pods for mayor international brands (Unilever/P&G/Henkel/McBride/DALLI/RB)
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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| Year: 2002 | Degree: Ph.D | Subject: Physical Chemistry | Institution: University of Salford, School of Science |
| Year: 1998 | Degree: MSc (Chemistry) | Subject: Preparation and Characterisation of Bi Al Iron Oxide Thin Films via Sol Gel Process | Institution: University of Wuerzburg / Fraunhofer Institut silicate research Wuerzburg Germany |
Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
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| Years: 2010 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: CEO | Department: |
Responsibilities:He founded and established the new Research and Development firm in the state-of-the-art lab facilities in Selby UK. He provides contract testing and R&D Expert Consultancy, providing product development, product trends, insights and technical innovation in detergent, hygiene, personal care technologies. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2008 to 2010 | Employer: Dow Advanced Materials/ Rohm & Haas | Title: | Department: R&D Branch France Sophia Antipolis |
Responsibilities:• Succesfully developed and maintained customer relationships and product portfolio.He tested polymeric dispersants and rheology modifiers (Henkel: Dishwash tablet ‘Terra’ and Laundry liquid ‘Persil’; Reckitt Benkiser: Dishwash Tablet ‘Quantum’ and water softener ‘Calgonit; Unilever: Dish- wash tablet ‘Sun MF’). He delivered solutions for water treatment. • Lead team to perform polymer evaluation in various commercial formulations. • Developed liquid Laundry systems improving primary detergency properties for Henkel. • Managed and developed a team to meet corporate objectives. • Regularly performed travel to European customers for technical and strategical meetings. • Frequently liaised with relevant Marketing and Account Managers to define technical needs. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2007 to 2008 | Employer: Reckitt Benckiser UK | Title: | Department: Polishes |
Responsibilities:• He established day to day relationships, communicating with regional SSG teams in Brazil (Poliflor Maximo Brilo and Pratic), South Africa (Mr Min), Germany and USA to meet regional regulatory, technical and supply constraints.• Optimisation of the wet wipes USA Old English Brand. • Applied Global Project Management to NPD/EPD targets. • Line management of senior technicians. • Created storage plans for incoming trial samples. • Worked within Categories with NR values between $45-200m. • Communication with Regulatory, Marketing and Supply to complete Project Targets. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2002 to 2007 | Employer: Clover Chemicals Ltd | Title: | Department: Industrial and Institutional Consumer Products |
Responsibilities:• Established and managed a new Research and Development Department for hygieneand cleaning products for Industrial and Institutional sector (Hotels, Hospitals, Laundries) • Development of hygiene products “Spray & Wipe”, “Bio-shield”, “Ultrafresh” and “Trio 100”. • Managed and developed an analytical and process team. • Developed, optimised and delivered new formulations to tight Deadlines. • Created and developed fragrance systems for Laundry & Multi Surface Cleaners. • Established R&D formulation database of 200 FMCG products. • Translated public relations and marketing literature (English-German). |
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International Experience
| Years | Country / Region | Summary |
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| Years: 1993 to 1998 | Country / Region: Germany | Summary: He successfully developed and prepared magneto optical data storage systems via sol-gel, which led to a national German project. |
| Years: 1998 to 2008 | Country / Region: United Kingdom | Summary: He worked as a development scientist, where he held various senior positions in the organisations Unilever, Clover Chemicals, Reckitt Benckiser. |
| Years: 2008 to 2010 | Country / Region: France | Summary: He worked as a Group Leader in Technical service at Rohm & Haas a subsidiary of Dow advanced Materials in Sophia Antipolis France. |
| Years: 2011 to Present | Country / Region: UK | Summary: He established his company to perform consultancy in the areas of water testing, detergent technology, research and development and online marketing. |
Career Accomplishments
| Associations / Societies |
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| Member of the American Chemical Society. Polymer division. |
| Professional Appointments |
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| Senior Chemist, Group Leader technical services |
| Awards / Recognition |
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| Finalist in the Greater Manchester Prize Colloquium Competition, Physical Chemistry |
| Medical / Professional |
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| Associate scientist for the Fraunhofer Society 1993-1998 |
Additional Experience
| Expert Witness Experience |
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| Expert successfully provided expert witness services for a very sensitive project on technical feasibility of a technology over a three-year period for a U.S. company. |
| Training / Seminars |
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| He has successfully completed the following training courses within his career: Global project management, Polymer development, Surfactant development, Hydroxy methyl cellulose technologies and development. |
| Vendor Selection |
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| He has extensive experience in sourcing ingredients for formulation and maintains a contact book for all relevant suppliers. |
| Marketing Experience |
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| He has knowledge of the global market of consumer products in the detergent and home care sector. |
| Other Relevant Experience |
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| Expert is culturally very adaptive and is flexible in communicating and presenting at all levels. |
Language Skills
| Language | Proficiency |
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| German | He has very high technical and non-technical proficiency in the German language. |
| French | He has a good conversational level of French and a good understanding of written text. |
Fields of Expertise
anionic detergent, anionic surfactant, automatic dishwashing machine detergent, biodegradable detergent, biodegradable surfactant, colloid and interface chemistry, cosmetic industry, cosmetic product, cosmetic product development, cosmetic product formulation, cosmetic product manufacturing, cosmetic raw material specification, cosmetic stability, detergent testing, dishwashing liquid detergent, fabric softener, floor, floor polish, hair product development, hair-care product, hair-care product formulation, hard water, home laundry equipment, household chemical product, household cleaning product, hydrotrope, hydroxyethyl cellulose, laundry detergent, liquid detergent, liquid soap, new product development, Pluronic, powder laundry detergent, powdered detergent, tablet manufacturing, water solubility, detergent, detergent builder, detergent formulation, detergent processing, detergent technology, floor polish formulation, gel formulation, product formulation, oxygen bleach, cleaning product, fine chemical