Wire & Cable Materials & Polymer Technology Consultant
Paul Caronia
Paul Caronia
We are currently interested in adding a wire & cable extrusion expert to our team due to overwhelming consulting requests. We are currently looking to add another Wire & Cable Extrusion expert to our team due to overwhelming consulting interest.
Wire & Cable Materials & Polymer Technology Consultant
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Lead multifunctional, internal / external global teams to deliver proven product / process technical solutions. Translated customer needs to product design requirements and achieved commercial success through collaboration across functions and regions, addressing product, manufacturing, and customer issues. Utilized strong communication, interpersonal, analytical, and problem-solving skills to achieve results.
- Polymer Processing - Polymer Chemistry - Polymer Extrusion - Material Science - Process Engineering - Product Development - Material / Compound Formulation Development - Wire and Cable: Material Selection, Processing, Testing, and Qualification |
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2012 - 2023
Principal Research Scientist - The Dow Chemical Company
Collegevile, PA
Oversaw global material technology development for application in electrical cables. Served as global technical leader on segment market management team, developed and implemented market technology plan, and developed new product / process development pipeline.
2010 - 2012
Platform Technical Leader - The Dow Chemical Company
Collegeville, PA
Led Research and Development (R&D) technical team of 6 in development of a new business platform in dielectric insulating fluids. Managed communications and partnered with manufacturing to scale up technology and deliver new sales. Identified product opportunities for power cable materials that resulted in new commercial products.
2010 - 2012
Application Technology Leader - The Dow Chemical Company
Collegeville, PA
Defined new product performance requirements, led product development teams to commercialization, implemented improvements to existing products, worked with manufacturing to improve operations, and served as technical lead at key global customers and industry specification committees.
EDUCATION
Master of Science MS, Mechanical Engineering
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
Bachelor of Science (BS), Mechanical Engineering
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
2012 - 2023
Principal Research Scientist - The Dow Chemical Company
Collegevile, PA
Oversaw global material technology development for application in electrical cables. Served as global technical leader on segment market management team, developed and implemented market technology plan, and developed new product / process development pipeline.
- Championed 6 product development projects with a combined NPV10 of $100MM, with 2 projects achieving commercial sales within 12 months.
- Leveraged activities across the globe by establishing team communication platforms, resulting in an Asian product being commercialized into a key NA growth segment and obtaining sales in NA.
- Led introduction and qualification of new materials at major NA customers while leveraging learnings to exNA colleagues, driving global material acceptance.
- Redefined market subsegments to reflect growth of new industry technical trends, ensuring relevancy.
- Expanded offerings by initiating and leading a new subsegment technical team while developing a patents-pending product that is being commercialized within this market segment.
- Recognized by IEEE with a Certificate of Appreciation for leading revisions of Guide P532-2021 and earned elevation to Senior Member status.
- Promoted and drove development of a competitively advantaged medium-voltage insulation that led to commercial sales, resulting in NPV10 $48MM, with product patented and recognized with Research and Development (R&D) 100 award.
- Initiated an internal global effort to grow into a developing market application (NPV10 > $10MM), introduced a new product grade to meet the application requirements and initiated extensive cable test program to demonstrate product suitability for the application
2010 - 2012
Platform Technical Leader - The Dow Chemical Company
Collegeville, PA
Led Research and Development (R&D) technical team of 6 in development of a new business platform in dielectric insulating fluids. Managed communications and partnered with manufacturing to scale up technology and deliver new sales. Identified product opportunities for power cable materials that resulted in new commercial products.
- Recognized with Dow Technology Center Award for commissioning idle manufacturing unit, including quality control laboratory, under an accelerated timeline, achieving commercial production in less than 6 months.
- Drove over $7MM sales in first year by serving as technical lead on a new business growth project in dielectric fluids.
- Enabled projects to meet key milestones within budget and develop robust next generation product pipeline, including championing installation and successful, safe commissioning of new fluid R&D lab miniplant.
- Co-invented with a key customer a patented, low-voltage cable diagnostic method to detect cable damage, improving customer’s system reliability and operating safety, with concept
2010 - 2012
Application Technology Leader - The Dow Chemical Company
Collegeville, PA
Defined new product performance requirements, led product development teams to commercialization, implemented improvements to existing products, worked with manufacturing to improve operations, and served as technical lead at key global customers and industry specification committees.
EDUCATION
Master of Science MS, Mechanical Engineering
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
Bachelor of Science (BS), Mechanical Engineering
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
- 21 US Patents and 41 Publications: see Addendum for details
- Licensed as a Professional Engineer in the State of New Jersey
- Certified Six Sigma Green Belt Project Leader by The Dow Chemical Company
- Senior Member of Institute of Electronics and Electrical Engineers, Insulated Conductors Committee
- Chair of Insulated Conductors Committee A06D on Accelerated Electrical Aging
- Chair of Insulated Conductors Committee A07W on Selecting Cable Jackets
- Member of US Committee to CIGRE, an International Council on Electric Systems
- Working Group Member that Developed Technical Brochure 722 on Recommendations for Additional Testing for
- Submarine Cables up to 60 kV
- Task Force Member of B1.92 on Qualification of Lead Free Submarine Cables to 170 kV
- Project Management Courses at Stevens Institute of Technology
- Dow Representative to the North American UPCSTAC Industry Specification Committee