Expert Details
Executive Leadership Management, Employee Development, Executive Coaching, and Business Turnaround
ID: 723569
Texas, USA
As an entrepreneur his companies have achieved multi-million dollar revenues and witnessed exponential growth in a shortened time frame. His keen insight into developing efficient and profitable systems and processes can be directly accredited to his vast experience as an international businessman and world-traveler – understanding and breaking down cross-cultural boundaries and misconceptions in business practices. His latest company, Employer, focuses on training, consulting and coaching. Part of his purpose with Employer is to educate, empower, and mentor people to find their path of purpose and reach an attainable level of satisfaction.
A proponent of self-empowerment, Expert's book discusses in plain language a proven system and clear strategy to attain fulfillment and satisfaction, while unlocking the secret to overcoming obstacles. He has taken this a step further in reaching out to businesses and individuals by sharing his passion through speaking engagements and events. His seamless delivery, in part with his ability to touch the core of men’s and women’s ideals alike, offers an engaging atmosphere which helps foster encouragement and self-motivation. He focuses on four key principles that anyone can easily understand and use in real-world application. He thinks BIG. He challenges. Most importantly, he delivers.
He is considered by many as an expert in the field of Ion Chromatography. He has worked with this technology since 1980, nearly since its inception.
He is an accomplished applications development chemist and has developed applications in 17 different markets for the separation and detection of various anions, cations, amines, transition metals, carbohydrates, organic acids, and amino acids to name a few general categories. He has developed methods for speciation for selenium, chromium and arsenic using IC and IC/ICPMS. He has worked with applications for detection requirements below the part per trillion level and has worked with all types of matrices. He has developed separations utilizing IC to solve next to impossible problems having Big Ion / Little Ion presence in high purity matrices. He developed methods for sulfur speciation in a unique process and has worked on numerous separations long before these became more commonly known. He operated a successful specialty separations laboratory directly for this purpose.
He is accomplished in utilizing all IC operating and detection schemes including conductivity, suppressed conductivity, UV/Vis, Electrochemical, Pulsed Amperometric, Fluorescence and coupled technologies of IC/ICPMS and IC/MS interfacing. He has written numerous proprietary documents on Ion Chromatography, has published several documents on the subject, has presented numerous papers on various subjects within the Ion Chromatography field and has served on several international panels for Ion Chromatography discussions.
He has pushed the development of various IC column types and worked with the manufacturer to accomplish and test the various columns developed. He has pushed the development of various sample preparation techniques and tested real world the various sample preparation techniques.
His applications have been used by many companies, research organizations, and laboratories worldwide. He has worked in an advisory role to some of the top IC companies and IC vendor/suppliers in the world. He enjoys helping people choose the right instrumentation for thier application and helping them utilize the instrumentation to the fullest extent possible to accomplish their purposes.
Expert provided in-depth technical review of a company's products and processes making recommendations which led to a restructuring of the company technical portfolio, improvements in their manufacturing process and refocused their sales process and marketing portfolio. Expert developed the materials and facilitated the executive training for one of the largest environmental testing corporations in the world to improve team development, internal and external communications and strengthen executive leadership. Expert developed the quality control protocol and real-time application for a beverage after refining the instrumentation parameters and column chemistry for successful implementation. He developed new protocol for the analysis in various chemistries utilized by one of the largest Food and Beverage companies in the world. He provided the technical expertise to implement the methodology at several locations in North America. He provided the implementation documents for the successful implementation. Expert is a consultant with the US Dept of Labor to facilitate cross-functional training for various groups supported by the department. His contracts have been extended multiple times because of his successes in this area. Expert has developed soft skills training for one of if not the largest non-profit organization in the US for the purposes of training their membership new job skills. He and his team deliver the training under contract with the organization in multiple locations.
Education
Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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Year: 2008 | Degree: Non-accredited | Subject: Technology Management | Institution: Online |
Year: 2007 | Degree: Certified Trainer | Subject: Employee Development and Executive Coaching | Institution: 360 Solutions LLC |
Year: 2006 | Degree: AInstIB (Earned Designation) | Subject: Business Advisory | Institution: Institute for Independent Business Resident Business School |
Year: 1977 | Degree: BS | Subject: Analytical Chemistry | Institution: Univ of Houston sponsored by the US Dept of Labor |
Work History
Years | Employer | Title | Department |
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Years: 2006 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: President | Department: |
Responsibilities:Private consulting and training firm specializing in business and executive advisory in areas of growth, development, identification and implementation, executive coaching and shaping business to profitability. Develop customized training courses to meet specific need. Expert is the author of a personal leadership book and a guest speaker on the subject of purpose.Opened a new division focused on scientific product representation in multi-state territory. Product sales, product marketing, technical service and support technology for biotech and chromatography in cross-functional markets. • Leadership and Business Coach to Corporate Executives and Small Business Owners. • Lead, train and develop corporate teams on Purpose, Communications and Performance. |
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Years | Employer | Title | Department |
Years: 1991 to 2006 | Employer: Metrohm-Peak Inc. | Title: President/Chief Executive Officer | Department: |
Responsibilities:He was responsible for establishing the original company, partnering the company with Metrohm AG in 2000, then leading the company through the startup phases. He built the sales, marketing, customer support group, applications and analytical laboratories for the company. He developed many of the applications and procedures in use by the company today. |
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Years | Employer | Title | Department |
Years: 1984 to 1990 | Employer: Dionex Corp. | Title: Techical Sales / Technical Service Representative | Department: Southwest Region |
Responsibilities:He began his association with the company in the technical service group and progressed into the technical sales group. He was responsible for managing a sales territory for the company, won company and customer awards for customer service. |
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Years | Employer | Title | Department |
Years: 1974 to 1984 | Employer: Exxon Research and Engineering | Title: Technologist | Department: Synthetic Fuels |
Responsibilities:He began his technical career with Exxon in the Petroleum Testing Lab progressing into Crude Oil Testing, Distillation operations and finally in the Synthetic Fuels group. His focus from 1978 was on Ion Chromatography methods development and application implementation. |
International Experience
Years | Country / Region | Summary |
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Years: 2004 to 2004 | Country / Region: Switzerland | Summary: He provided the recommendation and evaluation for a new technical product successfully introduced at Pittsburgh Conference. |
Years: 2003 to 2004 | Country / Region: Mexico | Summary: Traveled frequently to implement and support new product and procedure installation for a major beverage company in Mexico City. |
Years: 2005 to 2006 | Country / Region: Canada | Summary: Frequent visits to Canada to support implementation of new IC procedures. |
Career Accomplishments
Associations / Societies |
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360 Solutions Training Association; IIB; ACS |
Licenses / Certifications |
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Certified Trainer Certified Facilitator Accredited Professional Business Advisor |
Publications and Patents Summary |
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Expert is a published author of a full-length self-empowerment book released in the last decade. Expert has published articles in trade journals and authored numerous technical papers on Ion Chromatography and other technologies. |
Additional Experience
Expert Witness Experience |
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He is an expert in Ion Chromatography procedures, analytical methods for IC and instrument capabilities. He has successfully supported multiple cases involving IC as the prefered analytical tool with his knowledge of the technologies. |
Training / Seminars |
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He has developed, delivered and facilitated multiple seminars, workshops and training sessions on Purpose, Leadership, Communications, Soft Skills, Persuasion, Sales, Time Management, Diversity, Goal Setting, Customer Service, Developing High Performance Teams and more. He has presented technical seminars on Ion Chromatography and IC related technologies. He has written the operations manuals for multiple IC systems from analytical to process, presented the training courses on multiple IC instruments, software and application platforms and been the guest speaker for multiple seminars on IC in Mexico, Puerto Rico, Canada, Belgium, Switzerland, and the USA. |
Vendor Selection |
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Expert is an expert on locating vendors and suppliers for specific technologies as well as developing and acquiring training materials for specific projects. |
Marketing Experience |
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Expert has developed and defined training materials to meet the needs of multiple clients for Employee Development and Corporate Management. He has developed, evaluated and implemented over 40 products and specialized services in the North American technology market. His expertise and knowledge of extensive applications has been utilized by several key market leaders. |
Other Relevant Experience |
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Expert is a professional in Technology Management, has received multiple certifications on Professional Business Advisory, Training and Facilitating and most recently in Grant Writing. He is a published author, a speaker on the subject of Purpose and Vision and coaches key executives on how to be better leaders. |
Fields of Expertise
business management, cross-functional team, employee training, executive coaching, executive management, leadership development, leadership training, management, mentoring, team building, ion chromatography, cross-functional team, employee training, executive coaching, executive management, leadership development, leadership training, management, mentoring, team building, meeting facilitation, professional writing, nonprofit management, biotechnology management, grant writing, SBIR grant writing, report writing, proposal writing, speech writing, human resources, management guidance, technical writing