Intellex Acquires Expert by Big Village

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Expert Details

Personal Care, Active Ingredient Selection for Product Development, Write Protocols for Testing

ID: 723295 Michigan, USA

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Expert has over 25 years of experience with cosmetic products. She can provide information on new ingredients and efficacy for the personal care products. She can advise on the claims, efficacy of the current ingredients in cosmetics and personal care products. She has experience writing protocols to test ingredients. She can identify outside labs for testing the ingredients, analyze data and interpret for marketing claims. Expert provides technical expertise, guides R&D staff to conduct clinical testing, and teaches how to use equipment.

Expert has identified active ingredients for US and international product development. She can provide claim substantiation for the cosmetic products. She has conducted clinical and in-vitro testing and anti-aging research projects. She can help marketing to write advertisements and claims on the products, as well as search and identify new technologies for the future product development. Expert has written scientific papers, presented scientific work, and authored patents.

CORE COMPETENCIES:
- Identify experts in the Universities, Research Institutes, initiate and lead research projects in collaboration as needed by the company.
- Consult and direct product claims and substantiation testing plans for skincare, color and hair care products. communicate to R&D cross functional groups
o Help to Identify, select and qualify contract clinical labs
o Help to design the appropriate studies and write study protocols
o Help and direct Write the reports and provide claim support
o Help and direct to write claims supporting letters to network (TV, magazines)
o Help to write claims supporting letters and documents for product registration
- Communicate with key R&D and marketing leaders – Product claims, product positioning
- Worked with product development to design new global anti-aging, sunless tanning, skin whitening/lightening products, moisturizers, shampoo, conditioner and styling products.
- Managed new biophysical method development and claims substantiation group.
- Extensive experience in safety and regulatory aspects of hair and skin care products.
- Provide scientific and technical expertise to marketing, product development and creative writing leaders and other cross functional groups.
- Help to prepare illustrations and diagrams of products to aid in producing written materials about product performance and positioning.
- Provide technology outreach through industrial joint development, licensing, and academic collaborations leading to commercial implementation.
- Technical presentation in scientific conferences, publication in scientific journals.
- Supervisory and management experience.

Education

Year Degree Subject Institution
Year: 1980 Degree: Ph.D. Subject: Microbiology Institution: M. S. University of Baroda, Vadodara, India
Year: 1978 Degree: M.Sc. Subject: Microbiology Institution: M.S. University of Baroda, Vadodara, India

Work History

Years Employer Title Department
Years: 2017 to 2020 Employer: Retired - Amway, Ada, MI Title: Senior principal research scientist Department: R&D
Responsibilities:
Provide and technical and managerial support to a new group Manager of the Advanced Imaging and Measurement. Conducted two major research projects on "Indian Beauty & Imaging” and “Beauty solutions for Hispanics”, obtained R&D innovation funding. Conducted four clinical studies in the USA on Hispanic population ( 400 subjects/study) and three clinical studies ( 500 subjects/study) in India. Initiated collaboration with dermatologist and scientis Jean Krutmann and ExpertTamara Schikowski at IUF Leibniz Institute for Environmental Medicine, Düsseldorf, Germany to study the effect of pollution in Indian populations. Also collaborated with Scientists from Tallin on artificial intelligenc. Image analysis on face and hands of all the Hispanics and Indian subjects.
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 2010 to 2017 Employer: Amway co. Title: Manager Department: Advanced Imaging & Measurement Group, R&D
Responsibilities:
Managing the group of 7 scientists, & budget. Provide technical direction, initiating research projects related to anti-aging and skin pigmentation, non invasive biophysical methods. Collaborative work with Univ of Michigan, Univ of IL, Dermatology and scientists. Group also conducts/ coordinates internal & external studies to support product claims. Approve product claims.
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1995 to 2005 Employer: Mary Kay Inc, Dallas, TX Title: Associate Principal Scientist Department: R&D
Responsibilities:
Conducted internal and external clinical studies to support product claims. Collaborated with Product Development, Marketing, Regulatory, Safety, and Legal on U.S. and international products. Managed academic research collaborations, led supplier joint development initiatives, and provided new technologies
within and outside of the industry. Worked closely with Product Development to implement new technologies in product formulations and with Marketing to drive commercialization of lead technologies. Representative accomplishments included:
- Provided technical information, scientific rational, and diagrams to aid in writing of claims and advertisements of products.
- Wrote protocols, conducted clinical testing, analyzed data and wrote reports.
- Coordinated clinical study with contract labs.
- Searched new technologies and interacted with scientists of other companies and universities, providing ideas for new product development.
- Published scientific papers in various journals and presented work at local and international conferences.
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1990 to 1995 Employer: Department of Dermatology, University of Michigan Title: Lecturer, Investigator. Department: Dermatology
Responsibilities:
Initiated new projects, Worked on skin cancer research and retinoic acid project. wrote grants, Established an independent lab, supervised technicians. Published and presented scientific work.

Directed technical staff & medical students (interns) for skin cancer research project within Department of Dermatology. Representative accomplishments included:
- Taught Connective Tissue Biochemistry and Molecular Biology techniques.
- Primary Investigator – Skin Cancer Research/Tumor invasion
- Co - Investigator – Retinoic acid project funded by Johnson & Johnson
- Collaborated with surgeons on several research projects, including effects of chemical peel and dermabrasion on connective tissues of the skin, effect of retinoic acid on the skin aging, role of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) on tumor invasion, and nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome.
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 2006 to 2010 Employer: Alberto Culver, Chicago, IL Title: Managed the claims group Department: Claims substantiation group, R&D
Responsibilities:
Directed the group to substantiate skin care and hair care product claims. Reviewed and Approved global label claims, TV ad and other product claims related material. Evaluated new technologies.

Managed and led the Global claims substantiation group. Direct the group to develop new methods to support hair care, skin care and color products claims. Assisted in the development and implementation of in vivo and in vitro assays to asses the products and ingredients efficacy. Designed protocols to conduct efficacy testing in house and with contract labs. Provided guidance to marketing and product development to write product claims. Provided claims support for hair and skincare products, helped new technology group to evaluate the technology. Reviewed and approved global label claims and TV advertisements on haircare, skincare and color products. Helped product development to test the product performance. Worked with legal to defend product claims and challenges from the competitors and government organizations.

Career Accomplishments

Associations / Societies
The Society of Investigative Dermatology; .
The Society of Cosmetic Chemists; Chaired scientific sessions at the annual meetings.
National Society of Cosmetic Chemists; Chair and Co-chair of Committee of Scientific Affairs
Collin County Community Biotechnology Advisory Committee; Plano, Texas
Professional Appointments
National Society of Cosmetic Chemists; Chair and Co-chair of Committee of Scientific Affairs; 19XX – 20XX
Collin County Community Biotechnology Advisory Committee; Plano, Texas; 19XX- present.
Teach clinical testing for cosmetic products class at University of Toledo
Advisory board member at the University of Toledo.
Awards / Recognition
Gold medal and award for the Ph.D. thesis work by Government of India.
Fellowship from the Government of France - INSERM, Paris, France
Fellowship from the Government of USA - National Cancer Institute, USA.
Research Fellowship; Department of Pathology and Howard Hughes Medical Institute; University of Michigan; Ann Arbor, Michigan;
Award form Dermatology Founadtion
Publications and Patents Summary
7 Patents
27 Publications

Additional Experience

Expert Witness Experience
Worked with legal closely on claims related litigation.
Training / Seminars
Developed Claims process, product claims related training presentation.
Vendor Selection
Interacting with several vendors, evaluate ingredients, test data, recommend/consult PD
Marketing Experience
Personal care products - skin care, color and hair care.
Interaction with PD, marketing,.
Other Relevant Experience
In vitro, in Vivo testing designing for product testing, claims substantiation. Regulatory, safety background. Strong research background.

Language Skills

Language Proficiency
Hindi, Gujarati

Fields of Expertise

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