Expert Details
Hygiene Science & Public Health: Hand Hygiene & Infection Prevention, Skin Care Science, Antimicrobial/Antiviral Product Development, Personal Care Product R&D
ID: 739172
Ohio, USA
Expert spent over two decades in progressively senior scientific and executive leadership roles at a major hygiene products company, culminating in service as Vice President of Hygiene Sciences and Public Health Advancements, where Expert planned and implemented strategic public health influencing relationships and clinical knowledge generation, engaging with government agencies, regulatory bodies, and media as the company's primary technical spokesperson. Prior to this, Expert led skin care science, new technology, and product development functions, serving as technical lead on multiple major global product launches. Earlier in Expert's career, Expert held senior R&D leadership roles at other major consumer products companies, leading development of personal care, air care, and laundry product lines to national launch, and began Expert's career as a research scientist developing patented bleach chemistry technologies.
Expert currently operates an independent scientific consulting practice, advising organizations on advanced science approaches to personal care, public health, infection prevention, and food safety challenges. Expert holds a Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from UCLA and a B.A. in Chemistry from Carleton College. Expert is an exceptionally prolific contributor to the scientific literature, with well over 100 peer-reviewed publications and conference presentations and over 60 granted patents, and maintains active membership across more than 25 professional societies spanning chemistry, dermatology, microbiology, infection control, and public health. Expert regularly advances research and science through collaboration with global thought leaders, recruiting cooperative funding, and publishing in peer-reviewed literature to optimize and leverage science for public health outcomes, guidance, and policy.
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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| Year: 1992 | Degree: PhD | Subject: Organic Chemistry | Institution: University of California, Los Angeles |
| Year: 1987 | Degree: BA | Subject: Chemistry | Institution: Carelton College |
Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
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| Years: 2023 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Founder/Principal Consultant | Department: |
Responsibilities:Provides consulting for growth-oriented organizations trying to solve problems with advanced science; typically with products and studies in the areas of personal care, skin science, public health, healthcare, infection prevention, hygiene, food safety &/or sustainability. Expert advises on technical approaches + project planning, presenting at conferences / publishing results &/or identifying key connections / potential collaborators with synergistic expertise. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2002 to 2023 | Employer: GOJO Industries, Inc. | Title: Hygiene Sciences and Public Health Advancments VP | Department: Research and Development |
Responsibilities:Vice President, Hygiene Sciences and Public Health Advancements (2014 – Present):Responsible for advanced study design, publication in peer-reviewed journals, presentation of results at technical conferences, editorial review of manuscripts, developing Academic KOL (Key Opinion Leaders) relationships, Public Health Organization relations and advancing products, policies and practices through evidence-based multidisciplinary science. Vice President, Skin Care Science and Product Development (2012 – 2013): 40 employees with 8 direct. Expanded responsibility to include formulation chemists and process engineering, responsible for all new product development, including supply chain readiness and launches. Vice President, Skin Care Science and New Technology (2009 – 2012): 30 employees with 6 direct. Responsible to lead skin, clinical, and microbiology science, analytical chemistry, drug stability, product development, new technology, global technical alliances, and new business. Director, Skin Care Science and Technology (2004 – 2009): 25 employees with 5 direct. Responsible to Identify and develop science and technology to advance and enable differentiation. Senior Scientist, Skin Care Science and Technology (2002 – 2004): 2 employees with 2 direct. Responsible for management of all skin care science clinical research studies (internally and with external CRO’s and outcome studies) and working with thought leaders. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1996 to 2002 | Employer: Dial (now Henkel) | Title: Director of Personal Care Product Development | Department: Research and Development |
Responsibilities:Leadership of all Personal Care Product Development Activities. Prior to that promotion managed all Air Freshener Product Development. Started at Dial as a Senior Scientist in Laundry Product Development.Director of Personal Care and Commercial Markets Product Development (2000 – 2002): $5M OPEX, $3M CAPEX, $500M Revenue Goal and 25 employees with 5 direct. Responsible for all product development efforts. Manager (1998 – 2000): 8 employees with 4 direct. Retail body care development. Manager of Air Care Product Development (1997 – 1998): $1.5M OPEX, $250k CAPEX, $100M Revenue Goal and 7 employees with 4 direct. Senior Scientist to Development Leader Laundry Product Development (1996 – 1997): 2 direct employees, new product development + cost savings. Product Innovation: Promoted by the GM for Personal Care business and tasked to create a hand soap with Triclosan as the active ingredient, to meet efficacy success criteria and future FDA OTC Monograph requirements. Partnered with Airspray and Deb on novel foaming pumps, supply chain to qualify new manufacturing, and marketing / sales to establish novel claims and data. Once the structure was in place, led award winning product launch, generating ~$10M in B2C new revenue the first year. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1992 to 1996 | Employer: Clorox Company | Title: Senior Scientist | Department: Research & Development |
Responsibilities:Laundry Product Development science leader on patents and key projects. |
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Career Accomplishments
| Associations / Societies |
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| Past and Current, Alphabetical Order: • American Chemical Society (ACS) • American Cleaning Institute (ACI) • American Contact Dermatitis Society (ACDS) • American Oil Chemists Society (AOCS) • American Public Health Association (APHA) • American Society for Microbiology (ASM) • Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) • ASTM International (Standard Test Methods) • Building Owners & Management Assoc. (BOMA) • Dermal Clinical Evaluation Society (DCES) • Global Biorisk Advisory Council (GBAC, ISSA division) • Household Consumer Products Assoc. (HCPA) • Healthcare Infection Society (HIS) • Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA) • International Association for Food Protection (IAFP) • International Sanitary Supply Assoc. (ISSA) • International Society for Bioengineering and the Skin (ISBS) • International Society for Stratum Corneum Research (ISSCR) • Leapfrog Group (Patient Safety) • Personal Care Products Council (PCPC) • Partnership for Food Safe Education (PFSE) • Society of Cosmetic Chemists (SCC) • Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) • Society of Investigative Dermatology (SID) |
| Licenses / Certifications |
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| • Protecting Human Research Participants Online Training and Certification (ongoing, as needed) • CDC Protection of Human Subjects Training (completed, as a listed CDC investigator) • CITI Course, Protection of Human Research Subjects — Brooke Army Medical Center • Quality Assurance and cGMP Training • Shaping Innovation Leaders executive training program — Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University |
| Publications and Patents Summary |
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| 129 peer-reviewed publications, book chapters, and conference proceedings, plus 129 additional oral/poster presentations at technical conferences and professional society meetings, spanning topics including hand hygiene efficacy and monitoring, skin science and dermal tolerability, antiviral/antimicrobial product formulation, norovirus and other pathogen inactivation, and food safety/hand hygiene in retail and foodservice settings. 70 granted patents related to antiviral methods, pre-surgical skin disinfection compositions, and bleach activator chemistry. Author of numerous blog articles, media interviews, and public relations features on hand hygiene and public health topics, and has been featured in national broadcast and print media. |
Fields of Expertise
hygiene, personal hygiene, public health, infection prevention, medical publication, scientific publication, disinfectant, disinfectant chemistry, disinfectant Food and Drug Administration regulation, sanitizer, sanitizer chemistry, antibacterial soap, antimicrobial soap, common soap, liquid soap, bar soap, consumer product, consumer packaged goods, consumer packaged goods industry, applied science, new product development, over-the-counter drug product development, new product development management, Technology support & new product developement, new product launch