Michael Tambasco
Howell
Summary
Technical leader specializing in research and development of innovative silicone chemistry and high-temperature coatings. Additional experience in global regulatory compliance and establishing sustainability programs requiring cross-functional collaboration and strategic project management.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
Work History
Technology Leader and Global Sustainability Officer
Chem-Trend, L.P.
Howell
09.2014 - Current
- Maintains technical responsibility for multiple global market segments
- Leads global team that develops release agents for electronics and automotive (including E-Mobility) components
- Creates and maintains Innovation Roadmaps for multiple product lines and directs projects to realize innovation goals
- Responsible for company-wide Sustainability strategy
- Main technical contact for key stakeholders at Automotive OEMs
- Manages collaborations with suppliers and external partners (including third party test laboratories)
- Manages internal and customer-facing Sustainability programs and is responsible for executing corporate environmental goals
- Leads projects to develop high-temperature coatings (both water and solvent-based)
- Oversees technology transfers to multiple, global manufacturing sites
Director of Research and Development
Propper Manufacturing Co. Inc.
Long Island City
02.2008 - 09.2014
- Lead research team that developed specialty inks and adhesives, including patented UV reactive formulas
- Authored 510(k) submissions, patent applications, Material Safety Data Sheets, FDA and ISO regulatory documents, test procedures, and quality assurance/control procedures, ensuring compliance and quality standards
- Planned, managed, and implemented design controls
- Contributed to manufacturing processes from initial experiment design through final production
- Partnered with engineering teams to enhance manufacturing processes.
- Worked in cross functional, global teams with sales and marketing personnel to launch products
- Maintained industry contacts and managed vendor and customer relationships
Education
Post-Doctoral Research - Chemistry
Columbia University
New York, NY02-2008
Ph.D. - Chemistry
Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH08-2006
B.S. - Chemistry
Clarkson University
Potsdam, NY06-2001
Skills
- Sustainability programs
- Product development
- Regulatory compliance
- Chromatography
- Differential scanning calorimetry
- Electron microscopy
- Lubricity testing
- Silicone chemistry
- SAP
- PowerBI
- Sharepoint
- Programming languages
- Autoclaves
Publications And Patents
- Articles and Methods for the Detection and Quantification of Ultraviolet Light, Sharavara, Andrey, Tambasco, Michael, 20140038305
- Quantitatively Modeling the Equilibrium Properties of Thiol-Decorated Gold Nanoparticles, Tambasco, Michael, Kumar, Sanat K., Szleifer, Igal, Langmuir, 24, 16, 2008
- Correlations between the Effects of Pressure and Molecular Weight on Polymer Blend Miscibility, Lipson, Jane E. G., Tambasco, Michael, Willets, Katherine A., Higgins, Julia S., Macromolecules, 36, 8, 2003
Skills
SAP, PowerBI, Sharepoint, C++, Javascript, Fortran, Pascal, chromatography, differential scanning calorimetry, electron microscopy, nuclear magnetic resonance, FTIR spectroscopy, autoclaves, viscometry, 4-ball wear, mass spectroscopy, ISO 9001, 13485, 14067, NFPA-45, FDA Regulations: 21 CFR 820, 29 CFR 1910
Timeline
Technology Leader and Global Sustainability Officer
Chem-Trend, L.P.
09.2014 - Current
Director of Research and Development
Propper Manufacturing Co. Inc.
02.2008 - 09.2014
Post-Doctoral Research - Chemistry
Columbia University
Ph.D. - Chemistry
Dartmouth College
B.S. - Chemistry
Clarkson University