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Expert is a globally recognized expert and industry leader on polyvinyl chloride with 35+ years of experience and an outstanding record of achievement in the Research & Development of vinyl polymers. She worked for BF Goodrich / Geon / PolyOne (same company) for 27 years. During her career, she conducted basic research on PVC, developed new compounds, worked with customers to launch new products, working with manufacturing to establish quality control and product specifications, worked closely with raw material suppliers evaluating and approving additives for use in PVC, worked with the industry organizations to establish industry standards. She started her career as an engineer, but she was frequently promoted to become the first female Senior R&D Fellow in the company's history. She developed expertise in formulating vinyl compounds, vinyl color concentrate, compounding, processing, weatherability, dimensional stability, long-term properties, new product development and launch, performance testing, quality control, industry standards, technical selling, writing, and public speaking.

She published over 65 technical papers on polyvinyl chloride, received unprecedented 9 best technical paper awards from the SPE Vinyl Division, is the first female Fellow Member in the 61-year history of SPE. She was a chairman of technical committees at Vinyl Window & Door Institute of the Society of Plastics Industry, Vinyl Siding Institute, and American Architectural Manufacturers Association from 1976 to 2003. She developed and worked with the industry on most of the test methods and performance standards used by the vinyl window, decking, fencing, and siding industry today. She issued 6 patents on PVC. She conducted numerous seminars and developed and conducted training programs on PVC. She successfully provides technical consulting on PVC to national and international clients in Canada, South America, Europe, and Asia.

List of her services includes rigid and flexible PVC formulating, composites technology, foamed compound formulations, color concentrate technology, cost reduction, compounding process development, extrusion processing, productivity improvements, extrusion, and product performance problem investigation and solving, technical training on PVC extrusion, weathering, testing; acting as an expert technical witness in legal cases.

Examples of accomplishments:
- Developed numerous PVC extrusion powder and pellet rigid and flexible compounds for various applications, including vinyl siding, windows, fencing, decking, custom profile weatherstripping, pond liners, films, sheet, etc.
Developed expertise on PVC processing morphology resulting in many publications and the ability to solve customer's problems and optimize compounding, extrusion, and co-extrusion process.
- Developed expertise on PVC degradation, stabilization, weathering, lubrication, impact modification, reinforcement, which resulted in many technical publications, issuance of patents, and most importantly, the ability to formulate for best performance at the lowest cost.
- Developed expertise on the dimensional stability of the exterior application products, resulting in the development of composites with superior field performance in these applications and technical publications.
- Conducted plant audits, identifying areas for improvement and problem-solving. Increased extrusion plant productivity by 40-50%, improved product quality, reduced compound cost realizing $1.5MM/year cost savings without sacrifice in performance
- Acted as an expert technical witness in legal cases, resulting in the client's win.
- Trained numerous technical personnel, including engineers, plant supervisors, operators, etc.

She has developed, scaled up to production, and commercialized the cost-efficient rigid PVC formulation for improved dimensional stability of vinyl siding. She has developed new ABS/wood foam composites and PVC / wood composites for profile extrusion. She has increased extrusion plant productivity by 40-50% through process optimization and technical training of plant personnel. She has been the expert technical witness in legal cases, which resulted in client wins. She investigated numerous product performance problems and extrusion process problems and successfully found and incorporated solutions.