Experienced product and packaging innovator with decades of impact across the FMCG sector, delivering billion-dollar business value and category-shifting technologies. Background integrates deep technical expertise with strong insight into consumer needs, market strategy, and scalable innovation pathways. Work spans disruptive packaging platforms, sustainability-focused material solutions, and high-impact cross-functional leadership. Known for translating unmet needs into differentiated solutions that create new business opportunities and long-term competitive advantage.

Innovation leader with extensive experience in FMCG product and packaging development, sustainability, and technology strategy. Known for delivering commercially successful technologies and building strong IP portfolios. Work has generated over $1B in business impact and enabled multiple breakthrough products.

• Proven ability to identify unmet consumer needs and create market-moving product solutions

• Deep expertise in disruptive packaging technologies and sustainability-focused design

• Strong history of delivering significant business value across global brands

• Extensive patent generation and IP strategy leadership

• Effective collaborator with startups, small businesses, and multinational organizations

• Ability to integrate business model development with technical innovation

• Sustainable packaging systems

• Material science and polymer applications

• E-commerce-ready packaging

• Consumer goods product formats

• Virtual performance modeling

• Manufacturing process optimization

• IP portfolio development

• Chemical engineering methods and applications

• External Consultant, Various Clients (Jan 2023 – Present)

• Research Fellow, Procter & Gamble – Cincinnati, OH (Nov 2015 – Dec 2022)

• Scientist / Principal Scientist, Procter & Gamble – Cincinnati, OH (Jan 1995 – Nov 2015)

• Delivered more than $1B in business impact across a 28-year career at a Fortune 50 company

• Secured over 70 granted patents across multiple technologies

• Invented or co-invented category-leading products including ThermaCare, Press’n Seal, AeroFlexx, and Air Capsule shipping solutions

• Led technology development, modeling, vent and valve design, and extensive consumer validation for breakthrough packaging platforms

• Guided major packaging simplification for a global skincare company, halving SKUs while improving shelf appeal

• Directed manufacturing process redesign for a global food company, reducing damage in distribution

• Enabled significant growth for Glad JV and Bounty Basic through core technology contributions

• Improved Tampax Pearl processing speed by 66% while reducing part cost by ~10%

• PhD, Chemical Engineering – The University of Texas at Austin, May 1995

• BS, Chemical Engineering (Highest Honors) – The University of Texas at Austin, May 1991

• Drove more than $1B in enterprise value through breakthrough product and packaging innovation adopted across global FMCG categories

• Created multiple category-defining technologies—including AeroFlexx, Press’n Seal, ThermaCare, and Air Capsule—shaping industry standards for sustainability, durability, and consumer experience

• Generated a high-value IP portfolio exceeding 70 patents, forming the technical and commercial backbone of multiple new business platforms and licensing deals

• Accelerated manufacturing efficiency and cost savings through novel material solutions and process redesigns implemented across major product lines

• Enabled major brand expansions and long-term competitive advantage by integrating consumer insights, advanced modeling, and technical strategy into scalable product ecosystems.