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Listing No:
680086 Position Wanted
Norm Weeks,
Ph.D.
Norman J. Weeks, Ph.D.
nw42862@gmail.com
(610) 937-4164
Employment
Objective
To leverage my experience in analytical chemistry,
software/web development, data modeling, training, and project/team
management in order to improve a company’s profitability.
Qualifications
- 20+
years successful experience as a scientist and programmer in multiple
industries.
- History
of providing award winning data based and process analytical solutions.
- Experience
building and leading high-performing, problem-solving teams.
- Strong,
balanced background in chemometrics, spectroscopy, programming, process
analytical, team/project management, and hyperspectral imaging.
Work Experience and Significant Projects
2006 – 2009
Senior Scientist, Sunoco, Inc.
Provided company-wide advanced analytical support for process problem
solving and optimization: Spectroscopic and microscopic analysis of samples
related to mechanical failures, environmental issues, customer issues, crude
oil, crude oil cuts, etc. Created
innovative analytical solutions and systems for optimization of
Sunoco’s petroleum refineries.
- Created a system of training, documentation,
software and VBA for Excel routines for the dynamic monitoring and
updating of a set of Near Infrared models to assure quality of finished
product gasoline blends.
- Contributed in the problem analysis and solving
processes for customer issues related to racing fuels, fuel oils,
diesel, and gasoline products using various spectroscopic techniques.
- Interfaced
with a wide range of NIR vendors to determine their capabilities,
weaknesses, and applicability to petroleum products. This undertaking was part of an
overall effort to revamp existing processing and analysis systems.
2006 Product Line
Manager, ECI Technology.
Design and marketing of near-infrared analyzers for the
electronics industry. Interfacing
with various external customers to determine their needs and ensuring that
these needs were met to their satisfaction.
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Performed ongoing improvements in the NIR analyzer
product line to ensure proper function, and meeting/enhancing of performance
standards. Designed various means
of modifying the product line to meet specific customer requirements.
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Managed the Applications Laboratory, finding
analytical solutions to various customer needs and communicating these
results.
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Met with customers and potential customers on
a regular basis to determine their needs, expound upon product capabilities
and benefits, and perform customer training.
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Performed on-site installations of NIR
products for the monitoring of customer processes. Ensured that the quoted performance
standards of these products were being met.
1988 - 2005: Senior
Research Scientist, Cargill, Inc. Position entailed development of
in-line, at-line, and off-line/benchtop analysis systems. Applications of novel chemometric
methods for the elucidation and/or prediction of chemical, physical, and
manufacturing process information.
Applications of spectroscopy and chemical microscopy to agri-food
systems for problem solving and general research. Computer programming for the purposes
of data analysis, data collection and distribution, and optimization of
project management.
- Performed an intensive scientific comparison of
various NIR vendors to determine which instrumentation would replace the
existing, corporately accepted equipment.
- Designed and implemented a successful Near Infrared
in-line analysis system for monitoring various sweetener quality
parameters.
- Designed
and/or specified other NIR-based analysis systems for starches, meals,
feeds, citric acid, ethanol, meat production (beef, poultry), and forage
selection.
1984 - 1988 Chemistry Graduate Student, The University of
Alabama. Design of data acquisition, processing, and presentation systems for
an experimental spectrometer system. Built a thorough analysis and
understanding of the physical dynamics within atomic emission sources.
Teaching Assistant (all
four years): Educated undergraduate students in general and instrumental
chemistry through lecturing, demonstration, and mentoring.
1981 - 1984 Computer Lab Instructor, Berry College. Taught BASIC, FORTRAN, COBOL,
Pascal, TECO, and DEC Assembler to computer science students, mentored them
and assisted them with projects and course work.
Industries
worked with:
Corn processing and products (sweeteners, starch, oil,
meal, feed), paper/pulp, citric acid, ethanol, meat production (beef,
poultry), animal farming, carbon dioxide, lysine, polyol sugar substitutes,
egg products, chocolate, beer/brewing, jams/jellies, integrated circuit
manufacture and circuit electroplating, petroleum products, petrochemicals.
Analytical
techniques utilized in projects:
Molecular spectroscopy, 2D
UV/Vis fluorescence spectroscopy, X-Ray Micro-tomography, Polarized light
microscopy, Laser scanning confocal microscopy, NIR spectroscopy, Scanning
electron microscopy, Optical microscopy.
Miscellaneous
analytical techniques: laser particle size measurement, RF and microwave
dielectric moisture analysis, HPLC, DSC, refractometry, polarimetry,
rheology, Flame AA, DCP, and ICP atomic emission spectroscopy.
Education
Bachelor of Science,
1984: Chemistry major, Biology minor.
Berry College, Mount Berry Station, GA 30149. Advisor: Floyd Crouch, Ph.D. Thesis
(1984): Monitoring of Elemental Ground Water Contaminants Using Cyclic
Voltammetry.
Doctor of Philosophy, 1988: Chemistry (analytical major, inorganic
minor). The University of
Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35486.
Advisor: Geoffrey Coleman, Ph.D. Dissertation
(1988): Characterization of Noises and Interferences in Analytical Flames
and Plasmas.
Other:
Completed Toastmaster CTM
certification in Fall 2004.
Member of the American Chemical Society, Instrument Society of
America, and the Society for Applied Spectroscopy.
Workshops
graduated: Advanced VB 4.0, VB 5.0 Preview, Advanced VB 5.0, Mastering
Distributed Application Design and Development. Personal and shareware apps developed
for data analysis, genealogy, air navigation, and membership database management.
Spring 2001: Studied
Graph-Based Proportionality Oriented (GBPO) Analysis, a new branch of
mathematics, under the mentorship of GBPO’s inventor, Dr. Ralph Lai at
the U.S. Department of Energy in Pittsburgh
Summer 1979: Invited to and
graduated Westinghouse Engineering and Science Seminar studying synthetic
organic chemistry and BASIC programming.
Security Clearance:
T.W.I.C.
Hobbies: Outdoor
photography, cooking, hiking/backpacking, reading, astronomy, bicycling.
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