MICHAEL J. BERGMAN

• Provides leadership to Product Support team, in charge of benchmarking products through variety of ASTM tests, testing of new formulations and reformulations of multiple products for cost reduction and identifying resource substitutions
• Contributes product reformulations that save DAP Products thousands of dollars in direct materials costs monthly
• Delivers multiple formulations of products using wet chemistry techniques and improved experimental designs
• Leads plant trials in both Baltimore and Dallas facilities, maintains complete records which insure repeatability of experimental results and uses various statistical methods to analyze and interpret project data
• Successfully completed all required employee development training including courses in polymer chemistry, rheology, engineering and commercial applications
• Coordinates all offsite calibration for testing and production equipment

Chemical Hygiene Officer DAP R&D Safety

• Develops and coordinates biweekly cleanup strategies to minimize waste, reduce manufacturing costs and maximize efficiency
• Presents monthly 5S safety inspections to team members and leadership to identify safety concerns, analyze possible responses and drive effective solutions
• Organizes and conducts required safety training sessions and conducts review sessions on evacuation procedures and escape routes
• Provides coordination with upper management to solve issues that may affect daily lab operations
• Research into solutions and regulations (OSHA, EPA, COMAR) regarding lab concerns
• As Substrate Inventory Manager coordinates with administration and places orders for necessary materials for ASTM and non-ASTM testing
• Delivers cost effective inventory control and ensures that supplies are fully stocked for uninterrupted testing procedures
• Researches and tests various vendor replacement materials for ASTM testing
• As Manager of Storage for short- and long-term complaint samples retained for legal purposes
• Maintains limited stockpile of high-volume materials items due to storage constraints
• Developed new storage classification and filing system enhancing efficiency while minimizing required storage space
• Collaborates with other departments for quarterly purging of unnecessary complaint samples
• Updates, logs and files all complaints for long term storage.
• Achieved increased yield rates by optimizing reaction conditions through rigorous experimentation and data analysis
• Cleaned and organized laboratory and kept supplies well-stocked to save time, money and promote laboratory efficiency
• Maintained organized, safe and efficient laboratory environment to minimize accidents and prevent cross contamination
• Managed multiple projects simultaneously, ensuring timely completion within budget constraints while maintaining high-quality output standards

• Conducted research on hazardous nerve and blister agents with Decontamination Sciences Team at Aberdeen Proving Grounds
• Collaborated with other technical personnel in design of various potential decontamination technologies for use in US Armed Forces
• Worked with multiple substrates to simulate field chemical agent scenarios (rubber, glass polyethylene, Chemical Agent Resistant Coating and Navy Top Coat
• Ordered custom materials in coordination with US Army and machine shops
• Worked with analytical team to dilute and analyze samples using Gas Chromatography combined with Mass Spectroscopy
• Coordinated interference testing with and without chemical agent to isolate potential interferences from other sources, managed various tests procedures for multiple teams within department set up project files and organized data for distribution among groups
• Delivered effective reporting: received contribution credit on internal reports on team findings and research that lead to recommendations for various decontamination technologies
• Provided mock contamination drills and scenarios, including fitting military masks and administering injectable medications
• Determined best ratio of components for best penetration and decontamination effectiveness
• Obtained and maintained Secret Clearance, as well as more investigative and strenuous internal Army clearance
• Demonstrated various test methods, for high ranking personnel touring the facility
• Managed a large supply of hazardous waste for offsite transportation and disposal.