Science Teacher, Coach, and R&D Manager/Scientist
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I am interested in any position where versatile work experience is appreciated. I have experience and expertise in the following areas:
· R&D, process and product development in pretreatments and primers for corrosion protection of metals, composite decking and railing R&D and product quality improvement, and automotive body filler, putty, and two-pack epoxy R&D, process and product development, and quality improvement.
· Leadership and life coaching, and career coaching of high school and college students.
· Science teaching, particularly chemistry, physics, and forensic science.
In addition to the above, I can offer excellent leadership, verbal and written communication, and collaboration skills.
Science Teacher - Achievement First Amistad High School - New Haven, CT (2025-08 - 2026-09) Teaching physics and chemistry, physics this school year, chemistry last year.
Science Teacher - Ursuline Academy - Cincinnati, OH (2024-08 - 2025-07) Teaching honors and regular chemistry at one of the highest rated Catholic private college-prep high-schools in Ohio.
Science Teacher - Warren County Career Center - Lebanon, OH (2020-08 - 2024-07) Teaching chemistry, physics and forensic science to 11th and 12th graders.
Life and leadership coach and scientific recruiter (2017-08 - 2020-07) During this time, I had many roles. Primarily I was self-employed working as a leadership coach and as a life coach for APC. In addition, I worked as a substitute teacher for Mason City Schools and tutor for Varsity Tutors. For a short period (5/2018- 11/2018), I was a scientific recruiter for Kelly Services.
R&D Manager - ITW Evercoat - Cincinnati, OH (2015-02 - 2017-07) Job functions: - Exploration and implementation of new chemistry and technology to meet R&D goals. - Customer oriented new product development and improvement of existing products. - Process and product cost reduction, quality control and continuous quality improvement.
Senior Scientist - Timber Tech Ltd. (CPG International) - Wilmington, OH (2012-08 - 2015-01) - Working together with material suppliers to find new and improved decking and siding materials - Setup an analytical lab for the analysis of everything from raw materials to the final building products produced within CPG International. This reduced analysis costs for the company. - Managing the analytical lab and problem-solving material related R&D and production problems.
Analyst and Analysis Manager (2007-08 – 2012-07) As an analyst (2007-2010), I analyzed patents and articles in several languages in polymer chemistry to build the CAS chemical information databases. As a manager (2011-2012), I managed 30 analysts, and was a part of the management team managing 130 analysts in the department of Synthetic and Polymer Chemistry. I am proficient in objective setting; performance assessment;salary and promotion planning; preparing and authoring quarterly reports; collecting, handling, and analyzing production and quality data.
Post-doc researcher - University of Cincinnati (UC), Chemical and Materials Engineering - Cincinnati, OH (2005-11 - 2007-06) - Co-lead together with Professor William Van Ooij three research projects at UC - Experienced in the development, formulation, characterization, and testing of pre-treatment layers and coatings for corrosion protection of metals - Accomplished in writing journal articles, research proposals, reports and delivering scientific presentations at international conferences and professional meetings.
Long-term sub - Two high schools and one college in Southwestern Finland - Southwestern Finland (2003-10 - 2005-11) Teaching primarily physics and AP physics.
MS in Industrial and Organizational (I/O) Psychology – Walden University (2018)
Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering – Åbo Academy University (Finland) (2000)
MS in Chemical Engineering; major in applied chemistry, minors in physical and technical polymer chemistry – Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland (1995)
