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| October
28, 1997 |
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Topic:
The Future of ACC&CE
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Ernest A. Coleman,
President of ACC&CEErnest
A. Coleman, President of the Association of Consulting Chemists
& Chemical Engineers, Inc. is also CEO of his own consulting
company C P Technology, Inc. The Technology Division of CPT
places temporary workers in chemical, health care, and related
technology based industries in the Fairfield County area of CT.
He is a founding member of the Polymer Modifiers & Additives
Division of SPE and he currently serves on the board of that
Division and the Marketing and Management Division of SPE. He
was elected Fellow of the Society in 1994. He reviews books for
SPE and writes the TECHWATCH column in Plastics Formulating &
Compounding magazine.
He has worked
with many different polymers, engineering and commodity
thermoplastics, thermosets, and both silicone and
fluoropolymers. He specializes in surface modification, plastic
additives, and modern manufacturing practices. He was elected
president of ACC&CE in 1996.
ACC&CE is a
dynamic organization. This year we hired an Executive Secretary
with a background in chemistry/chemical engineering, put up a
new Web Site, and voted to use E-mail and polling faxes to get
requests for consultant services from prospective clients to
members quickly.
Both President
Coleman and Vice President elect Armbruster will visit The
Netherlands in late 1997 to discuss adding a group of European
technical consultants to ACC&CE in 1998. We are expanding
the basic idea of helping each other to find the very best
consultant for the client.
New Council
members are being elected from all over the U.S. (and eventually
the WORLD). We are looking to E-mail and private chat rooms as
the meeting rooms of the future. Physical meetings between
members are encouraged because networking is so important to us.
Mini-meetings in different cities around the world to improve
our consulting talents and service to clients are the goal of
this program.
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| September
30, 1997 |
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Topic:
"Case Histories in Innovation"
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Speaker: Dr. Peter
R. Lantos, The Target GroupThe
road to success in launching a new business, a new product line,
or a new product, is a tricky one, full of pitfalls. In this
presentation we will explore some real-life case histories
developed during the last few years to see whether we can learn
anything from them.
The
presentation will be an interactive one. For each example, facts
will be presented at several stages of the project after which
we will discuss what the appropriate next step might be and
where that might lead. Since each case is a true historic one,
we will also learn where that project eventually ended up.
Peter R. Lantos
is president of The Target Group, a consulting firm in
Philadelphia specializing in the plastics and specialty chemical
industries. He holds a Ph. D. in chemical engineering and is a
certified management consultant, and a professional engineer.
Prior to
starting The Target Group in 1980, he had served in senior
management positions in industry, including Du Pont, Celanese,
Sun Chemical, Rhodia and Arco Chemical. With those companies he
gained expertise in R&D, commercial development, market
research and strategic planning. This expertise has helped The
Target Group serve Fortune 500 clients such as AlliedSignal,
Shell, Miles, PPG and Hercules, as well as smaller corporations
(Pawnee, Continental Southern) and off- shore firms (Hosokawa
Micron, Nichimen, Hoechst). During 17 years, The Target Group
has completed over 150 single-client assignments for about 70
companies.
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| June
24, 1997 |
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Topic:
New Members Night
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Michael B. Riordan,
member #853
Elliot Goldberg, member #855
Bernard Ennis, member #860
Eugene Zador, member #862Four
of our new members will each give a brief presentation on their
consulting expertise and experience.
Come meet these
new colleagues and along with other members, network, make and
renew your friendships, and make plans for the Fall schedule.
Don't forget to
mark your calendar for the CHEM SHOW on November 18-20, 1997 at
the Javits Convention Center in New York City. The November ACC&CE
meeting will be during the CHEM SHOW on WEDNESDAY November 19,
1997. Contact the ACC&CE office to sign up for booth duty
and exposure during the show.
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| April
22, 1997 |
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Topic:
"Opportunities In Technology
Transfer"
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H. Carroll Brooke
Carroll
Brooke is President of Fairfield Capital Management, a
consulting firm focused on business development through
technology commercialization, business plan development, and
raising private equity capital. Most recently, he initiated and
established a $4 million technology transfer fund to start new
companies with university-based technology.
Mr. Brooke has
both large corporate and entrepreneurial experience. He has been
a principal in founding four businesses including two sold to
Fortune 1000 companies and another initially capitalized through
a public offering. He also has twenty-seven years of corporate
experience at Pitney Bowes, which includes product development
management, corporate and financial management, financial
planning, budgeting, mergers and acquisitions, and capital
investments. Mr. Brooke began his career at the Chase Manhattan
Bank in the Global Credit Department.
Mr. Brooke has
a BA in economics from Cornell University, an MBA in finance
from Columbia University Graduate School of Business and is a
Certified Management Accountant.
Mr. Brooke will
discuss recent experiences in commercializing technology from
corporations and universities. He will include new technology
business development in Connecticut.
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| March
25, 1997 |
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Topic:
"Chemical Process Simulation"
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Dr. Anthony J.
Gerbino
Dr.
Gerbino is a Senior Scientist at OLI Systems. He provides
technical support to OLI's client service organization and sales
force. He earned his Ph.D. at Rice University where his research
focused on mineral scaling and brine chemistry in oil an gas
production. OLI Systems is the world's leading provider of
software for the modeling of complex aqueous systems. Over the
past 25 years, OLI has designed and developed (at a cost of more
than $20 MM) thermodynamic based, aqueous simulation software
which calculates the physical and chemical behavior of virtually
any mixture of chemicals under almost any condition of interest.
OLI uses this software to provide solutions for problems in the
Oil & Gas, Chemical Process, mining, pharmaceutical and
environmental industries. In connection with the Chemical
Process Industries. Dr. Gerbino will discuss the computer
modeling of aqueous systems for engineering design and process
optimization. The topics will include: (1) aqueous chemistry and
its influence on the behavior of chemical systems, (2) a
modeling approach for complex problems and concentrated
solutions, (3) applications in mineral scaling, corrosion,
co-precipitation, biotreatment, ceramic precipitation, VLE, and
solubility calculations and (4) case studies showing how process
problems were solved and the benefits realized in time,
resources and ultimately cost.
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| February
25, 1997 |
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Topic:
"ACC&CE, the World Wide
Web/Internet and You"
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Alex Brez Alex
Brez is a founder and principle of Computer Solutions, Inc. He
is the principal architect of the internet site known as The WWW
Chemist Guide which is being recognized as the premier Chemical
Industry site on the WIDE WORLD WEB.
Alex has been
associated with data processing for the past 30 years. He has
been VP of Systems and Programming for the life insurance
division of the Chubb Corporation and was also VP of Consulting
for International Data Processing.
The current
relationship between Computer Solutions and the Association of
Consulting Chemists and Chemical Engineers is very unique. Alex
will discuss the existing relationship and will address the
importance of building on this relationship to take maximum
advantage of current Internet opportunities.
This will be an
interactive session. Attendees will be encouraged to participate
and are asked to bring Internet related recommendations and
suggestions.
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| January
28, 1997 |
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Topic:
"Plastic Recycling-Breaking the
Rules"
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Celeste Johnson
Celeste Johnson
is President and Founder of Obex, Inc. a Stamford-based
manufacturer whose officers, employees and shareholders are
committed to the improvement of our environment by using 100%
MIXED waste plastic as the raw material in their production
process. She is responsible for setting the goals and strategy
of the company, as well as directing the development of the
technology, and establishing the markets for the various product
designs made from NovaWood, Obex's trademarked product. Novawood
products have been recommended (based upon performance testing)
by such prestigious organizations as the American Horticultural
Society and Organic Gardening Magazine among others.
Celeste is a
founding member of the Critical Technologies Advisory Board, a
joint venture with the CT Dept. of Economic Development. and the
Univ. of CT's Institute of Materials Science. She was recently
appointed to the City of Stamford's Water Pollution Commission.
In her
non-plastic years, Celeste was the business manager of Worldwide
Postal Systems at Pitney Bowes, a Security Analyst for Salomon
Brothers and an Investment Analyst for Alliance Capital
Management Corp.
Ms. Johnson
received her A.B. in both Economics and Political Science from
Bowdoin College in Brunswick, ME. She was awarded her M.B. A. in
Information Management. from the University of CT.
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