Contributors Writers' Silhouette
| Bill Tobin, Expert, WJT Associates |
| Brett Duesing, Technical Writer, Strategic Reach |
| Cathy Cirko, Director General, The Environment and Plastics Industry Council |
| Charles Griffith, Auto Project Director, Ecology Center |
| Chul Park, Professor & Director, Microcellular Plastics Manufacturing Laboratory, University of Toronto |
| Dana Darley, President, Extrusion Auxiliary Services, Inc. |
| David Birkby, President & CEO, Westbridge PET Containers |
| Dr. Donald Rosato, Sr. Research Analyst, F&S Technical Insights |
| E. Bruce Nauman, Professor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute |
| Geoffrey W. Coates, Faculty, Cornell University |
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| Glenn Starkey, President, Progressive Components |
| John Bozzelli, Consultant, Injection Molding |
| John M. Westbeld, Engineering Manager, SAS Automation, LLC |
| Lawrence Gasman, Principal Analyst, NanoMarkets, LC |
| Lee F. Guthrie, Principal, Eastern Carolina Consulting |
| Len Graham, President, Len Graham Consulting |
| Ottmar Brandau, President, OB Plastics Consulting |
| Paul R. Tolley, Vice President & General Manager, Syntec Technologies, Inc. |
| Robert Vauhgan, Engineering Manager, Dauntless Molds, Inc. |
| Skip Thacker, Consultant, Society of Plastics Engineers |
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Bob Palazzolo, President, M. C. Molds Inc.
Bob Palazzolo is President M C Molds Inc. His blow molding career commenced serving R.N. Fink manufacturing, Bekum America Corporation and then in 1984 participating in starting M.C.Molds Inc.
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Carl Andrews, General Manager, Matcon USA Inc.
Carl Andrews has been in the bulk materials handling business for over 25 years, having spent most of that time with Matcon Ltd. He has held positions in both Manufacturing and Engineering with Matcon UK.
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Ed Campbell, Founder, G.E. Campbell & Associates
Ed Campbell started his career in the plastics industry in 1964 in the expandable polystyrene area and later went on to injection molding and blow molding and followed that by specializing in extrusion blow molding and packaging.
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Robert S. Langer, Institute Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Robert S. Langer is an Institute Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Forbes Magazine and Bio World have named Robert as one of the 25 most important individuals in biotechnology in the world. In 2002, he received the Charles Stark Draper Prize, considered the equivalent of the Nobel Prize for engineers and the world's most prestigious engineering prize, from the National Academy of Engineering. In 2002, he received the Charles Stark Draper Prize from the National Academy of Engineering.
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Rod Kleiss, President, Kleiss Gears, Inc.
Rod Kleiss founded Kleiss Gears 15 years ago. Kleiss Gears provides complete services for molded plastic gearing, from design, through tooling, molding, and inspection. Rod has been working for years to develop more precise standards for plastic gear specification through the American Gear Manufacturer's Association, and advocating the need for special design to achieve better molded gears.
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Rudolph D. Deanin, Professor, University of Massachusetts Lowell
Dr. Rudolph D. Deanin is a professor in the Plastics Engineering Department at UMass Lowell, where he also serves as coordinator of graduate programs. Rudolph has consulted for 450 companies in the polymer industry and has directed industrial polymer and plastics chemical research and development. In addition to his professional experience, he is the author of 13 books, 313 papers and holds 36 patents.
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Bill Tobin, Expert, WJT Associates
Bill Tobin has been a professional in the Plastics field for more than 30 years. He worked first in factories in Automotive, Biomedical, Telecommunication, Toy, and Computer industries before becoming an independent consultant. He has written more than 20 books and 200+ published articles.
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Brett Duesing, Technical Writer, Strategic Reach
Brett Duesing writes about new technologies that affect the design, engineering and manufacturing across the plastics industry. He is also a featured commentator on Cadwire.net.
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Cathy Cirko, Director General, The Environment and Plastics Industry Council
Cathy Cirko is the Director General of the Environment and Plastics Industry Council (EPIC), a council of the Canadian Plastics Industry Association (CPIA).
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Charles Griffith, Auto Project Director, Ecology Center
Charles Griffith is Auto Project Director, Ecology Center, a regional nonprofit environmental advocacy organization that works for healthy communities, clean products, and sustainable production. He has worked for almost 15 years in the area of toxic materials management and environmental policy, including the last decade on automotive issues.
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Chul Park, Professor & Director, Microcellular Plastics Manufacturing Laboratory, University of Toronto
Chul Park is a Professor at the University of Toronto. He is a member of Society of Plastics Engineers and serves on the editorial advisory board of Advances in Polymer Technologies magazine. Chul is also a member of the Polymer Processing Society. He was the recipient of the Morand Lambla Award from Polymer Processing Technology in 2004.
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Dana Darley, President, Extrusion Auxiliary Services, Inc.
Dana Darley has been involved in the design, marketing and sales of auxiliary equipment and systems for the plastics industry since 1981. He has worked for several equipment suppliers, such as Process Control Corporation, Luwa Corporation, LCI Corporation, MAAG Pump Systems Textron and Kreyenborg Industries. Dana has written numerous technical papers and articles, and is a frequent presenter at Extrusion seminars and conferences.
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David Birkby, President & CEO, Westbridge PET Containers
David (Dave) Birkby is the CEO and principle owner of Westbridge PET Containers in Calgary, Canada. The company is a custom PET preform and bottle manufacturer specializing in niche markets for food and beverage in western North America. Dave has also been an active member of the Canadian Plastics Industry Association and currently holds the position of Vice Chairman.
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Dr. Donald Rosato, Sr. Research Analyst, F&S Technical Insights
Donald V. Rosato has extensive technical and marketing plastic industry business experience from laboratory testing, through production to marketing, having worked for Northrop Grumman, Owens-Illinois, DuPont/Conoco, Hoechst Celanese, and Borg Warner/G.E. Plastics. He has written extensively, developed numerous patents within the polymer related industries, is a participating member of many trade and industry groups, such as SPE, SPI, PIA, CPPIA and SAMPE and currently is involved in these areas with PlastiSource, Inc., and Plastics FALLO.
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E. Bruce Nauman, Professor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
E. Bruce Nauman is a Principal of E. B. Nauman & Associates, a consulting organization with 100 clients worldwide. Bruce, a Ph.D. degree holder in Chemical Engineering, has a vast industry experience in addition to working as a consultant & academician.
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Geoffrey W. Coates, Faculty, Cornell University
Geoffrey W. Coates obtained a Ph.D. in organic chemistry from Stanford University in 1994. His thesis work, under the direction of Robert M. Waymouth, investigated the stereoselectivity of metallocene-based Ziegler-Natta catalysts.
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Glenn Starkey, President, Progressive Components
Glenn Starkey is President and Director of Engineering and Sales of Progressive Components, which has set many new standards in mold making industry. In 1994, he invented and patented the first standard plastic mold cycle counter to assist in mold maintenance and repair.
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John Bozzelli, Consultant, Injection Molding
John Bozzelli spent 20 years in Dow Plastics which provided extensive experience in polymer synthesis, development, production, and processing. John has been a seminar leader with RJG Associates, Injection Molding Magazine, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, General Polymers and John Klees. John has been a seminar leader with RJG Associates, Injection Molding Magazine, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, General Polymers and John Klees. Competent in resin characterization and analysis, his specialty is practical, hands-on injection molding training with both small and large machines.
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John M. Westbeld, Engineering Manager, SAS Automation, LLC
John M. Westbeld is Design Manager at SAS Automation Ltd.
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Lawrence Gasman, Principal Analyst, NanoMarkets, LC
Lawrence Gasman is the Principal Analyst at NanoMarkets where he is focusing on the impact of nanotechnology on the semiconductor and IT industries. Lawrence has almost 25 years of experience of analyzing the commercialization potential of complex technologies and has authored reports on photonic integration, MEMS, network processors, semiconductor lasers, next generation memory technology and is currently working on a new report on nanosensors.
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Lee F. Guthrie, Principal, Eastern Carolina Consulting
Lee F. Guthrie is the principle of Eastern Carolina Consulting. A graduate of Miami University (BS) and Indiana State University (MBA), Lee brings extensive experience from his successful 20-year career with Tredegar Corporation. Lee also worked in numerous roles with Tredegar and the VisQueen Plastics Group of Ethyl Corporation.
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Len Graham, President, Len Graham Consulting
Len Graham is President of Len Graham Consulting. He has over 38 years' experience in the plastic injection design/mould building trade. Len is a member of Society of Plastic Engineers. He is also the author of "What Is A Mold?" Len speaks internationally on optimum mold design, the automated mold manufacturing process, and employee empowerment in the mold shop.
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Ottmar Brandau, President, OB Plastics Consulting
Ottmar Brandau is Principal of OB Plastics Consulting, which specializes in extrusion and stretch blow molding. He started out as service engineer for Bekum Germany and worked for Husky Injection Molding Systems, Canada.
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Paul R. Tolley, Vice President & General Manager, Syntec Technologies, Inc.
Paul R. Tolley is Vice President and General Manager of Syntec Technologies, Inc. He has been the driving force in transitioning the company from a conventional custom injection molding shop to a high precision polymer optics systems manufacturer for the Biometric Identification, Medical Imaging, Defense, and Telecommunications industries.
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Robert Vauhgan, Engineering Manager, Dauntless Molds, Inc.
Robert Vauhgan is an Account Manager/Engineering with Dauntless Molds Inc. Before joining Dauntles Molds Inc. he operated his own business under the name Vaughan Enterprises. Robert has several years of experience in the plastics and mold making fields.
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Skip Thacker, Consultant, Society of Plastics Engineers
Skip Thacker is a consultant with Society of Plastics Engineers, and works for PVC Technical Services. He has over 35 years' experience in the PVC industry, including additive R&D, extrusion trials, customer technical service.
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