David has been formulating paints and coatings for substrates ranging from bobby pins to bridges for almost 40 years.
Ziniu Yu
BASF
Ziniu a Technical Specialist focused on energy curable resins, photo latent catalysts and initiators for Transportation, Industry, Floor and Furniture Coatings.
Tony Neely
BASF
Tony is a Technical Specialist for waterborne resins within transportation, industrial, furniture, and floorcare markets.
Steffen Pilotek
Bühler
Steffen is the Market Segment Manager in Bühler’s Grinding and Dispersing activities in North America.
Stuart Lipskin
BYK USA
Stuart Lipskin graduated from Temple University with a B.A. in Science and a M.B.A.
Chris Barbe
Ceramisphere
Chris is the founder and CEO of Ceramisphere, based on sol-gel encapsulation of actives inside silica micro- and nano-particles.
Steve Raper
ChemQuest
Steve joined Chemquest in August 2017 as Director of Product Development.
Jerry Powers
Chromaflo Technologies
Jerry currently manages the Development group and the Analytical group of Chromaflo.
Romesh Kumar
Clariant Plastics & Coatings USA, Inc.
Romesh Kumar's expertise includes colorants for coatings, color measurement and other related applications.
Rick Ridenour
Colors & Effects
Rick is currently a Technical Industry Manager at Colors & Effects where he provides technical support for pigments.
Joydeep Lahiri
Corning
Joydeep is Division Vice President and Program Director of Specialty Surfaces, part of the Emerging Innovations Group at Corning.
Christian Allemang
Dow
Christian has been working in the chemical industry for 6 years in both Sales and TS&D capacities.
Ibrahim Eryazici
Dow
Ibrahim is an Associate Research Scientist in Dow Coating Materials, where he developes new materials used in coating applications.
Michael Peck
Evonik
Mike is part of the Americas technical team in the Coating Additives business line of Evonik.
Maria Nargiello
Evonik
Maria is currently the Head of Applied Technology & Technology for Industrial & Transportation coatings segments at Evonik.
Jacob Shevrin
Evonik
Jacob's research has focused on silanes for coatings and metal treatment applications.
Shafiq Fazel
Evonik
Shafiq is an application development chemist at Evonik Corporation in the Resource Efficiency market segment.
Shiying Zheng
Evonik
Shiying is a research director at Crosslinkers business line at Evonik Corporation in Allentown, PA.
Sudhir Ananthachar
Evonik
Sudhir holds several patents in epoxy curing agents, and radiation curable coatings.
Joshua Hayes
Glassflake
Josh completed his undergraduate and Master’s Degree at Newcastle University in the North East of England.
Dana Charron
Interpolymer
Dana has over 25 years of experience in synthesis, formulation, and application of waterbased polymers for the coatings industry.
Jadel Baptista
LANSCO
Jadel has 28 years of experience in the coatings industry, specifically in Research & Development of polymers, paints and colorants.
Thomas Sames
Lanxess
Thomas is currently Technical Marketing Manager at Lanxess Biocides.
Cecilia McGough
Lanxess
Cecilia McGough is the Technical Marketing Manager for LANXESS Corporation MPP US Group.
Kevin Janak
Lonza
Kevin has 14 years’ experience in product development in specialty chemicals industry.
Jeff Norris
Lubrizol
Jeff is Technical Market Manager for Lubrizol’s Hyperdispersants & Specialty Additives in North America.
Israel Skoff
Lubrizol
Israel has worked at Lubrizol for the last six years with roles in product development and technical service.
Kajal Parekh
Munzing
Kajal is currently the lab manager of the coatings application group at Münzing.
Lee Walko
Omni Tech
Lee has over 40 years of experience in the chemical industry with the last 16 years focused on the bio economy.
David White
Pan Technology
David has over 40 years’ experience in colorants, dispersions and coatings and has held a variety of positions in production, research laboratories, and sales.
Milind Heble
Patcham USA
Milind has been involved in the field of coatings for over 25 years.
Traves W. Ogilvie
Poraver North America
Traves is a Technical Sales Representative for Poraver North America.
Kevin D. Braun
PPG Industries
Kevin D. Braun is vice president, industrial coatings, Americas, of PPG Industries.
Sam Morell
Sam Morell Co.
Sam Morell is a Chemical Engineering graduate of New York University and, formerly, the founder of S.P. Morell and Company.
Scott Van Remortel
Sibelco
Scott has over 25 years of experience with mineral filler processing and applications development holding several patents in coatings, UV and plastic composites.
Linda Adamson
Solvay
Linda Adamson is a Technical Manager for Performance & Color Solutions for Solvay.
Greg Monaghan
Specialty Polymers
Greg has been working in applications supporting product development for the metal, concrete and wood markets.
Paul H. Stenson
StanChem Polymers
Dr. Paul H Stenson is CEO of StanChem Polymers.
Mengfei Huang
UMass
Mengfei is third year PhD student in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Rolf Klucker
Vencorex
Rolf is currently in charge of the American customer base and market development support at Vencorex.
