Ben Jeuck
Sustainable Material Development & Commercialization
Richmond,VA
Summary
Classically-trained as biomaterial scientist with shrewd technology commercialization experience and proven customer relationship-building skills. Strong, interdisciplinary expertise in sustainable material and packaging production, market-driven product research and development, financial acquisition, customer collaborations, and continuous process improvement. Have ~7 years work experience in industrial packaging production, leading technical teams, developing new, aqueous-coated, food-grade packaging, and recruiting new customers. Highly analytical, methodical, and results-driven, with strong work ethic and an amicable personality.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Senior Scientist, Packaging Development
SmurfitWestrock
Richmond, VA
10.2022 - Current
- Utilize expertise in coating technologies and customer relations to successfully identify needs and help develop production plans to meet customer requirements
- Track and manage material stocks and transfer orders, placing material purchase orders to ensure availability never conflicts with customer needs/deadlines while optimizing inventory overhead
- Build strong stakeholder relations to ensure fluid workflow from material production to customer satisfaction
- Apply market landscape understanding and network leveraging to seek out and convert prospective clients into value-added customers
- Prioritize work with customers to quickly assess and resolve quality or inventory issues
- Help to create new product or product-platform proposals based on customer and market needs, assist with trouble-shooting, and build out estimated sales projections
Chemist, New Product Development
Pactiv Evergreen
Waynesville, NC
04.2018 - 10.2022
- Experience in new & sustainable paper coating trials & testing
- Helped develop & validate new, renewable coating technologies
- Written and led cup & carton conversion/formation trials using new coating technologies
- Regularly collaborate with marketing, quality, & executives on NPD projects
- Written over 170 technical lab reports (>1,000 pages), SOPs, JSAs, purchase requisitions (PR), & capital investment proposals (CIPs)
- Train lab technicians for improved testing throughput & data quality
Graduate Student Research Assistant
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC
01.2014 - 12.2017
- Developed and led successful research experiments in biomaterials
- Increased process economics & reduced environmental burdens while increasing resource recovery systems
- Guided projects and operational changes based on experimental data & research
- Collaborated with peers on projects & journal publications
Education
MBA - Technology Entrepreneurship Commercialization
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC 08.2017 - 05.2020
Master of Science - Forest Biomaterials
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC 01.2014 - 12.2017
Bachelor of Science - Molecular Biology
Western Carolina University
Cullowhee, NC 08.2006 - 12.2009
Skills
Paper Coating Technology
undefinedTimeline
Senior Scientist, Packaging Development
SmurfitWestrock
10.2022 - Current
Chemist, New Product Development
Pactiv Evergreen
04.2018 - 10.2022
MBA - Technology Entrepreneurship Commercialization
North Carolina State University
08.2017 - 05.2020
Master of Science - Forest Biomaterials
North Carolina State University
01.2014 - 12.2017
Graduate Student Research Assistant
North Carolina State University
01.2014 - 12.2017
Bachelor of Science - Molecular Biology
Western Carolina University
08.2006 - 12.2009
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