EDUCATION & TRAINING
- University of Rochester - Optical Design Engineer
(1975)
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Mathematics major)
CERTIFICATIONS
- Certified Quality Engineer - 6 Sigma
- ISO Trained Auditor
TECHNICAL TRAINING
- Optics
- Color
- Color Science
- Design of Experiments and
- Quality Engineering
Presentations at 34+ Conferences and Seminars
Attended 95+ Seminars
Authored 55+ Papers
PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE
2003 - Present: COLOR SCIENCE CONSULTANCY, Frederick, MD
A global supplier of color science solutions to
industry.
Title: President & CEO
Responsibilities include product development, identifying and developing markets, and sales for products and services that deliver real, innovative solutions with tangible benefits to clients.
* Developing color products to improve operational efficiency.
* Supplying color science consulting services and innovative solutions to industry
* Teaching color science, technology, and providing solutions.
* Clients range from large multinational corporations to small companies including
Proctor & Gamble, Datacolor International, Silberline, and Resource III.
2001 - 2003: INTEGRATED COLOR SOLUTIONS, Yardley, PA
A developer of color management products.
Title: Vice President of Business Development
Recruited by company to develop innovative, technical and business solutions for PolyOne Corporation and to develop imaging-based enterprise solutions and products.
* Color architect for PolyOne’s Custom Color Matcher System
* Major account responsibility in U.S. to Fortune 500 Companies. Generated 4M in sales within 6 months, and personally developed 35 qualified prospects, including Sun Chemical, Proctor & Gamble, PPG, Dupont and Silberline.
* Served as European Sales Developer – secured overseas clients.
* Developed comprehensive product offering, introduction plan, and selling strategies for enterprise solutions.
* Developed website www.icscolor.com.
* Developed IT strategy adopted by industry that enables enterprise solutions.
* Wrote corporate business plan, corporate presentation, and investor presentations for soliciting financing.
* Served as international corporate
spokesperson, and gained recognition at international industrial tradeshows and technical
conferences.
1997 to 2001: ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES, New York, NY
A marketing company selling premier cosmetics.
Aggressively recruited by Senior Executive VP to develop and implement global marketing business strategy to increase sales, service, revenues, bottom-line profits, operating productivity and factory
capacity. Demonstrated strong interpersonal skills to all levels of global management and staff that provided leadership, recognition, and motivation.
* Reduced number of certified suppliers in supply chain.
* Introduced new color technology - Increased factory capacity by 33% in two years.
* Improved manufacturing process using 6 sigma analyses
* Increased product quality by two times.
* Rationalized pigments that reduced quantity of pigments by 69%.
* Supervised and managed 150 global employees.
1974-1996: BYK-GARDNER, Silver Spring, MD
Manufacturer of color, color appearance instrumentation, laboratory equipment, and services.
Started as optical engineer developing products and providing services for color instrumentation company. Leadership and management skills “fast tracked” career to responsible positions in
Operations, Sales, and R&D.
* VP of Sales and Marketing - Performed comprehensive market and competitive analysis through industry research that allowed development of strategic business plans, and the vision for the
future. Developed and executed directed sales program with collateral materials. Secured targeted key accounts generated $1.5 million in incremental sales revenue by growing customer base
* VP of R&D - Controlled $1million budget. Developed, executed, & achieved planned departmental objectives. Developed, cradle to grave, electro-optical color and appearance
instrumentation using cross-functional and R&D teams to fully manage product life-cycle. Developed POS systems for paint companies, color sensors for food, pharmaceutical, plastics,
paint, textile, and ink industries.
* VP of Operations - Reduced COGS 15% by strategic partners, negotiating procurement contracts. Managed and motivated a staff of 100 with no turnovers and numerous outside suppliers.
* Achieved inventory turn of >3.5
* Developed Capacity & Production Planning Tools.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
PUBLICATIONS:
CONFERENCE DEVELOPER AND ORGANIZER:
2017 Jeju, South Korea, AIC Congress
2017 Troy, NY ISCC/CORM
2014 Las Vegas, NV SPE ANTEC
2014 New Orleans, LA SPE RETEC
2015 Indianapolis, IN ISCC/SPE Conference
2013 Tokyo, Japan SUGA Weathering Symposium
2013 Baltimore, MD CAD RETEC
2012 Miami, FL Color Cosmetics Conference
2012 Louisville, KY SPE RETEC
2012 Orlando, FL SPE ANTEC
2011 Boston, MA SPE ANTEC
2011 Chicago, IL SPE RETEC
2010 Orlando, FL SPE ANTEC
2010 Nashville, TN SPE RETEC
2009 Chicago, IL SPE ANTEC
2009- Savannah, GA SPE RETEC
2008- Milwaukee, WI SPE ANTEC
2008- Dearborn, MI SPE RETEC
2007 Cincinnati, OH SPE ANTEC
2007 San Antonio, TX SPE RETEC
2007 Baltimore, MD NIP 21
2005 Scottsdale,
AZ ISCC/IS&T/SID Special Topics
2005 Scottsdale, AZ IS&T Color Imaging Conference
2005 New Orleans, LA RETEC-2005
2005 Boston, MA ANTEC-2005
2005 Cleveland, OH ISCC Special Symposium – Automotive
Color
2005 Ft. Lauderdale,
FL ASTM Symposium Exotic Coatings
2004 Scottsdale, AZ IS&T Color Imaging Conference
2004 Gaithersburg, MD CORM Conference
2003 Chicago, IL SCAI
Conference
2003 Troy, MI
Detroit Color Council
2003 San Diego, CA Medical Imaging
2002 Chicago, IL Medical
Imaging
2002 Scottsdale, AZ IS&T Color Imaging Conference
2002 Charlotte, NC AATCC Color in Textiles
2002 San Diego, CA Medical Imaging
2002 Boca Raton, FL Color Cosmetics Summit
2001 Rochester, NY AIC Meeting
1998 London, UK 3rd Oxford
Conference
1997 Rindge, NH 2nd Oxford
Conference
1996 Orlando, FL Measurement of
Appearance
1995 Berlin, Germany AIC Interim Meeting Colorimetry
1995 Greensboro, NC Textiles in Color
1994 Detroit, MI
Auto Tech Design
1993 Newport, RI Color Regulation in
the Environment
1992 Princeton, NJ Computer Color Formulation
1991 New York, NY Trends in Color and Fashion
1990 Cleveland, OH Color and Appearance Instrumentation
1989 Chicago, IL Color in
Architecture
CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION:
2017 Jeju, South Korea CIE Annual Meeting
2017 Gaithersburg, MD CIE USNC Meeting
2015 Tokyo, Japan AIC Congress
2013 Philadelphia, PA PITTCON
2013 San Diego, CA ISCC/CIC/ICC Devcon
2013 Rome, Italy Pigments & Color Science
2013, New Castle, UK AIC Congress
2012 Manchester, NH ISCC Meeting
2012 Troy, NY ISCC/CORM Meeting
2011 Jan Jose, CA ISCC/CIC
2011 Berlin, Germany Cosmetics & High-Performance Pigment Conference
2011 Cologne, Germany PhotoKema
2010 Yokohama, Japan CP+ PhotoKema
2009 Rochester, NY ISCC
2009 Hamburg Germany Cosmetics & High-Performance Pigment Conference
2009 Princeton, NJ Hair Coloring Cosmetics Conference
2009 Yokohama, Japan CP+ PhotoKema
2008 Baltimore, MD ISCC
2008 Yokohama, Japan CP+ PhotoKema
2007 Kansas City, KS ISCC
2007 Baltimore, MD CPMA Colored Pigments Manufacturers Association
2007 Yokohama, Japan CP+ PhotoKema
2005 London,
England International Imaging Industry Association
2005 Cleveland, OH ISCC Annual Meeting
2004 Ft. Lauderdale, FL International Imaging Industry Association
2004 NYC, NY
FIT Conference on Color & Design
2004 Palm Beach, FL International Imaging Industry Association
2004 Stockholm, Sweden International Imaging Industry Association
2004 Gaithersburg, MD ISCC Annual Meeting
2004 Hartford, PA PSCT Color
Conference
2004 Chicago, IL Colored
Pigments Manufacturer’s Association
2003 Toronto, Canada 2003 Cosmetics Summit
2003 Cincinnati, OH P&G Analytical Symposium
2001 Scottsdale, AZ Web based Imaging
2002 Charlottesville, VA Color and Appearance Symposium
2000 Williamsburg, VA 2nd Panchromatic Conference – Color and Its Surround
1998 Williamsburg, VA Color & Design
1995 Williamsburg, VA 1st Panchromatic Conference
1994 Williamsburg, VA Color of Fluorescent Materials
1992 Williamsburg, VA Images in Different Media
1991 Williamsburg, VA Colorfastness to Light
1989 Williamsburg, VA Color Discrimination and Psychophysics
Speaker Awards
June 2002 Best Conference Speaker - AATCC Color Symposium
Advisor
Penn State Materials Research Center
1995-2000 Optics of Nanometer Particles
Litigation
Preparation of legal opinions and defense for selected clients
2008 -Expert Witness -Tamko vs. NPC Plastics, Federal Court
2012 - Expert Witness - Venus Kitting Mills Inc. v. Marsal International Sports, Inc.
Created Products
Comic III – Computer Color Formulation Training Program. Davidson, Fairman & Ladson
Digital Color Vision & Color Aptitude Test -
Software program to detect anomalous color vision & color acuity. Fairman &
Ladson
Mean Plus - Software program correcting spectrometer instrumental values. Fairman & Ladson
Teaching Assignments
Expert
International Standards Created