EMPLOYMENT HISTORY RESUME

Cogent Experts, LLC

Principal Engineer, Expert Witness, Professional Engineer, Forensics

Sep 2019 – Present

Provide expert solutions and investigations for manufacturing, construction and engineering matters for mediations, arbitrations, and legal claims/cases in local, state and federal venues. Subject matter expertise includes the engineering and manufacturing standard of care, construction defects/delays, schedule analysis, product liability, cost estimating/pricing, supply chain, raw materials analysis, mechanical, metallurgical, rotating equipment, electrical, chemical, process, instrumentation and controls, failure analysis, project management, accident analysis.

 

MDC Systems®

Expert Witness, Engineering & Construction Expert

Nov 2019 – Present

Provide expert witness services regarding engineering and construction claims, defects, pricing, project delays/schedule analysis, and project management & consulting services for the construction industry, architects, and engineers.

 

Dupont Employment 1999 – 2019

 DuPont Facilities and Real Estate

Engineering Manager

2016 – 2019

Wilmington Delaware

Managed engineering, business oversight, and governance of three mixed use sites in the Greater Philadelphia area. Led facility management with a diversified team of professional and hourly staff, disciplines including: facilities, mechanical systems, utilities, electrical, automation and controls, chemical and process, maintenance, IT, and cost control. Developed and executed both “run and maintain,” and infrastructure expansion capital projects to meet both short and long term business objectives. Provided business improvements and tracked with metrics. Improved reliability and unit costing through the use of preventative maintenance tools to improve up-time and capacity. Managed research and development facilities and manufacturing facilities to provide product sustainability (cost and quality) and new product development activity. Evaluated safety, health and environmental goals to ensure facilities meet local, state and federal regulatory and compliance requirements.

 

DuPont Engineering Technology

Global Operations Consultant

2008 – 2016

Managed and supported DuPont facilities and product lines in the Northeast & Midwest US regions. Provided internal and external client facing consulting to the following business and facilities: electronics, packaging, automotive, pharmaceutical, chemical, manufacturing, utilities, processing, health and nutrition, biotechnology, research. Provided leadership to manufacturing and business teams to (1) Utilize technology & engineering to increase process through-put and quality yield to control cost and product price (2) Reduce operating costs and environmental footprint, (3) Expand and enhance product offerings to increase market share, (4) Directed maintenance excellence using preventative maintenance (PM) and data driven analyses.

 

Dupont Engineering Technology

Product Engineering Market Manager U.S.

2005 – 2008

 Organized and led business development activities in external, client facing role. Develop targeted marketing and sales support infrastructure for DuPont energy & sustainability products including managing various marketing, engineering and sales support activities. Efforts had focus on the sustainability products / services markets with extensive activity in: (1) Refrigerants / Chillers / HVAC (2) Energy / Utilities / Environmental, (3) Design & Project Engineering Consulting. Developed top line growth strategies with proven ability to expand existing product lines, as well as the introduction and management of new sustainable products. Was issued a “Corporate Marketing Excellence” award for growing a new generation business line from $2.4 million to over $25 million in three years.

 

Dupont Automotive Division

Petrochemical Resin Plant Operations Manager – Manufacturing

2002 – 2005

 Automotive, Aviation, Transportation Products, Philadelphia PA

Responsibilities included leading a cross- functional team of operations, maintenance, technical service, R&D personnel to ensure continued safe and ISO-quality operations of a high hazard facility. Led product development / research and development (R&D) activities in pilot plant and ran customer trials. Developed preventative maintenance, good manufacturing practices (GMP), and standard operating procedures. Responsibilities included leading a cross- functional team of operations, maintenance, technical service, R&D personnel to ensure continued safe and ISO-quality operations of a high hazard facility. Led product development / research and development (R&D) activities in pilot plant and ran customer trials. Developed preventative maintenance, good manufacturing practices (GMP), and standard operating procedures.

 

Dupont Engineering Polymers

Polymer Manufacturing Engineer

1999 – 2002

 Washington Works, West Virginia

Provided leadership of operations, equipment, and personnel (engineering, maintenance) in an engineered polymer production facility. Charged with overall responsibility for chemical and extrusion processes, quality assurance, reliability, distribution, and storage areas of manufacturing area. Improved uptime and expanded capacity of operations to develop a combined process throughput of 70 Million lbs per year or $110 million in product revenues. Trialed and commercialized new product lines and interacted with customers in support of existing and next generation product lines.

 

Kimberly-Clark

Manufacturing Engineer

1998 – 1999

Chester PA

 Key responsibilities included developing upgrades to equipment & processes to improve uptime & quality; and supporting existing and new products. Key responsibilities included developing upgrades to equipment & processes to improve uptime & quality; and supporting existing and new products.

 

ARCO Chemical Co.

ARCO Chemical Corporate Engineering Division

Sep 1996 – Sep 1997

Newtown Square, PA

Supported national and global manufacturing facilities to produce numerous polymers and engineered materials. Product manufacturing lines were patent protected and offered significant profitability. Developed process and mechanical engineering solutions for various manufacturing plants inclusive of process, piping, reactor, pressure vessel, distribution and storage facilities. Authored engineering standards and developed mechanical integrity procedures for numerous operations.

 

PECO – Philadelphia Electric Co. (now EXELON)

PECO Nuclear Maintenance Division

Sep 1995 – Sep 1996

Limerick, PA

Supported energy and utilities operations at Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station and Limerick Generating Station with 2.2GW of power production at each facility. Provided services for refueling nuclear reactors, including turnaround and outage planning and support. The refueling team set the world record for the shortest outage of its kind in 1995.

 

Manufacturing and Automation Engineer

Victor I. Zelov (VIZ) Manufacturing Co.

1993 – 1994

Philadelphia, PA

Provided manufacturing and engineering support for numerous automotive, instrumentation and electronics production lines and products. Improved quality yield of manufacturing processes to reduce overall unit cost. Integrated new technology and automation into production lines including an artificial intelligence AI vision system for defect detection and elimination.

 

References available on request.