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Robert E. Schwerzel, Ph.D. President, Technology Guidance Services, LLC |
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SERVICES PROVIDED |
In-depth improvement of client companies’ product
development processes Expert technical consulting in chemistry, materials,
and optical devices Skilled assistance in licensing and
commercialization of new products Expert guidance in employee development and creating
corporate excellence |
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QUALIFICATIONS SELECTED CLIENTS |
Over 30 years of contract research experience in
conceiving and leading product-oriented R&D programs for corporate
clients worldwide; expert in
R&D project management techniques, with broad technical knowledge of
chemistry, physics, and materials science; photonics and
integrated-optical components;
chemical & biological sensors; proven track record as an innovative
problem-solver; 10 U.S. patents issued, others pending; named
“Technical Person of the Year” in 1993 by Columbus, OH Technical
Council; over 60 technical publications and presentations; “I-R 100” Award for
Laser-EXAFS Spectroscopy; highly effective teacher at both graduate and
undergraduate levels CIBA Vision Corporation (Duluth, GA):
Contact lens manufacturing Femasys, Inc. (Suwanee, GA): New
medical device development Fuji Photo Film USA (Valhalla, NY): Optical fiber technology |
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CAREER EXPERIENCE |
Director, Photonics Business Unit, MicroCoating Technologies, Chamblee, GA, 2000
– 2002 Directed
a corporate R&D division within MicroCoating Technologies, Inc., an
8-year-old mid-cap corporation commercializing a proprietary thin-film fabrication
process for applications in broadband communications, electronics, and
advanced energy; handled strategic and operational planning, budgeting and
revenue production, market assessment, conception and development of
candidate products, and the hiring, supervision, and evaluation of personnel;
took my Business Unit from zero dollars in external revenue in 2000 to over
$5 million in government contract opportunities projected for 2003; and
pioneered the development of innovative new optical waveguide designs for
fiber-optic telecommunications systems (US and foreign patents pending) Principal
Research Scientist, Georgia Tech
Research Institute, Atlanta, GA, 1993 – 2000 Led
and developed new research programs in advanced materials, including cultivation
of clients worldwide; wrote winning proposals and reports; provided technical
leadership and project management; supervised multi-disciplinary research
teams across the Georgia Tech campus; developed new optical waveguide devices
and novel hybrid nanocomposite polymer optical materials based on
semiconductor nanocrystals with organic surface functionalization; served as
Adjunct Professor of Chemistry at Georgia Tech Senior
Research Scientist, Battelle
Memorial Institute, Columbus, OH, 1973 – 1993 Conceived,
acquired, and directed Battelle's research programs in organic and polymeric
optical materials; led a team of over 20 scientists and technicians in a
4-year program (in excess of $1 million) that established capabilities for
advanced research in both organic and inorganic nonlinear optical materials,
resulting in over $2 million in new research contracts; conceived, marketed,
and managed a major multi-client research program, with 37 clients in the
United States, Europe, and Japan; led major R&D programs in solar energy
storage, photoelectrochemistry,
photochromism, nonlinear optics, and rapid prototyping; conceived and
co-developed Laser-EXAFS spectroscopy;
served as Adjunct Professsor of Chemical Engineering at Ohio State
University |
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EDUCATION |
Post-doctoral Research, Magnetic Resonance, Brown University, 1972 Post-doctoral Research, Photochemistry, Cornell University, 1971 Ph.D., Physical Organic Chemistry, Florida State University, 1970 B.S., Chemistry, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1965 |
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HONORS & ACHIEVEMENTS |
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Columbus (OH)
Technical Council "Technical Person of the Year" Award, 1993 ·
Co-recipient of "I
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Award for Invention of Laser-EXAFS Spectroscopy, 1983 ·
Listed in "American
Men and Women of Science" and
"Who's Who in the Midwest" ·
Adjunct Faculty,
University of Phoenix, 2006 - present ·
Adjunct Professor of
Chemistry, Gwinnett Technical College, 2004 - present ·
Adjunct Professor of
Electrical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2001 - 2004 ·
Adjunct Professor of
Chemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1994 – 2003 ·
Adjunct Professor of
Chemistry, Bowling Green State University, 1986 - 1993 ·
Adjunct Professor of
Chemistry, The Ohio State University, 1984 - 1992 ·
Eagle Scout Award,
1961 |
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PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT |
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Department of
Chemistry Advisory Council, Virginia Tech, 2003 – present ·
Dean’s
Roundtable, College of Science, Virginia Tech, 2001 – present ·
Manuscript and
proposal reviewer for National Science Foundation, Journal of Organic
Chemistry, and Journal of
Physical Chemistry, 1994 - present ·
Current member of
AAAS, ACS, the European Photochemistry Association, and the Inter-American
Photochemical Society ·
Past U.S. Treasurer,
European Photochemistry Association ·
Past Chairman, National
Chemistry Week, Columbus (Ohio)
Section, ACS; Led Section to
"Phoenix" Award
from ACS for "Best Media Coverage" ·
Past Chairman,
Columbus (Ohio) Section, American Chemical Society ·
Past Chairman,
Columbus (Ohio) Section, The Electrochemical Society ·
Past Chairman, Central
Ohio Section, The Society for Applied Spectroscopy ·
Past Chairman,
Chemistry and Biology Division, American Solar Energy Society ·
Former Newsletter Editor,
Inter-American Photochemical Society |