Managing Partner, co-Founder / February, 2016 — Present

Innventik is a specialized consulting and engineering firm supporting clients worldwide in accelerating innovation, commercialization, and industrial implementation. We deliver value across the full spectrum of technology and market development: • Business Opportunity Identification: Connecting markets, applications, and customers with differentiated technologies and solutions worldwide • Technology & Market Intelligence: Competitive landscape analysis, positioning, and trend identification • Technical Consulting: Expertise in polymers, elastomers, nanotechnology, and bio-materials, across applications such as coatings, medical & healthcare, food contact, adhesives & sealants, plastics modification, tires, lubricants, and asphalts • Engineering & Industrial Implementation: Process optimization, Basic (FEL2) and Detail Engineering (FEL3), and support through construction and scale-up

European Commission Expert in Innovation & Business Development / January, 2016 — Present

Expert Coach in Innovation & Business Development for the European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA). Supported companies funded by the European Commission under the Horizon 2020 programme. Selected to coach innovative companies across Switzerland, the UK, Spain, Italy, Denmark, Finland, Austria, France, Spain, Italy, Denmark, Norway, and Israel.

Founder / Vicepresident / March, 2020 — March, 2021

Distribution and Installation of the most advanced indoor air purification systems (Biokker) for the elimination of environmental pathogens (viruses -COVID19, bacteria, mould), odours and VOC´s. The technology used is based on an advanced and safe oxidative photocatalysis (PCO) using UV energy.

Global R&D Technology Director / January, 2007 — December, 2015

• Developed technology platforms for specialty Non-hydrogenated SBCs (SBS, SIS), Hydrogenated SBCs (SEBS) and SSBR. Specialty applications focus: Adhesives, Sealants, Lubricants, Coatings, Polymer Modification, Healthcare, Asphalts, High Performance Tires. • Major role to drive a commodity mentality culture, towards global-specialty company, focusing on customer's unmet needs in high end applications, with a price per value approach. • Founded Dynasol Innovation Center (2013), reduced 30% corporate R&D costs. • Global organization transformation to boost innovation, improving market development and profitability: (a) Strategy alignment/Roadmapping; (b) Stage-gate implementation; (c) Culture change from Researchers to Business Developers; (d) Patenting (IP). • Coordination of International R&D/Technology Networks: Internal, Corporate, Outsourced (USA, France, China, Spain, Mexico). • Activated higher margin commercial new products' (NP) pipeline: Sales of NP from <1% to +20% • Global Tech. Service & Applications Development Centers (Europe, America, Asia). Established Multi-functional teams, built strong relationships with customers. Implemented a Customer Focus /Price per Value approach, repositioned products towards Specialties. • Negotiated Technology License & Service Agreements with Chinese companies to establish JV (China). Managed Transfer, Training, Commissioning, Start-up processes. • Operations Director Altamira Plant ad-interim (2010-2011): Accelerated new products scale-up. • Global Representative Total Quality: Normativity for FDA/FCH, USP Class VI and Alimentary. • I.P. Management (patents, brands, agreements) maintaining awareness, and initiating invention records, drafting patent apps. (from 5 to +250 patents).

Corporate R&D Director / January, 2004 — July, 2007

• Management of overall R&D programs for existing divisions: Polymer, Chemicals, Food, and Autoparts for DESC (Kuo) Group. • Transformed DESC (Kuo) Corporate R&D & Eng. (CIDDESC) into a profitable operation, establishing new contracts, business practices, expanding portfolio from polymers to chemicals & automotive. • Corporate R&D & Engineering Group was distinguished as one of Latin America’s most emblematic R&D groups, with an established track record of 12x’s ROI innovations. • Established Innovante LLC (USA) to provide worldwide “Innovative, streamlined, client-focused, profitable contract research services”, specializing on combinatorial chemistry evaluation of catalysts for Polyolefins. • Incubated and launched new Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology spin-off businesses: Macro-m focused on custom-designed polymer additives for Nanocomposites and high-performance polymer blends & alloys.

Strategic Planning Corporate Manager / January, 2002 — December, 2003

• Developed and implemented strategic planning, technology forecasting, project portfolio, to identify the holding’s core businesses: Recommended divestitures of Real Estate & Automotive Businesses. • Launched innovation systems & culture change (Market Driven Innovation) programs at the corporate level.

Chief Scientist Corporate R&D / January, 1994 — December, 2001

• Accelerated discovery justifying multimillion project for world class Combinatorial Chemistry Discovery Laboratory (ref. Symyx). • Increased effectiveness via R&D network collaborations with Universities and Public R&D centers. • Developed +15 new commercial products and processes for different SBUs (i.e. Latex base emulsion resins for coatings and for special paints, ABS, High Heat grades, SAN, Acrylic NBR alloys, polyphosphates) accounting +US$150 million annual revenues.