Dr. Paul Share, Ph.D.

Expert Advisor in UV Materials Research and Development for Additive and Conventional Manufacturing in Medical, Semiconductor, and Industrial Applications

About

* Collaborative leader with extensive experience interfacing with customers and cross-functional teams to manage product development, testing, qualification, scale-up processes for manufacturing, and product commercialization. * Decisive and calm under pressure and consistently entrusted with challenging, pioneering, and transformative initiatives to meet the needs of global customers while enabling multimillion-dollar product sales. * Energized by developing and inspiring high-performance teams to enrich intellectual property and product portfolios in compliance with safety and FDA/EFSA regulations. * Demonstrated record of scientific productivity and focus on technology innovation as demonstrated by coauthoring 10 publications and 41 granted US patents.

Publications

Triene photophysics and photochemistry: previtamin D3

Journal of the American Chemical Society

1988

An MRD CI investigation of the photochemical isomerization of cyclohexadiene to hexatriene

Chemical Physics

1988

An investigation of the excited state dynamics of cyclohexadiene in a supersonic jet

Chemical Physics

1989

Direct measurements of energy transfer between identical chromophores in solution

The Journal of Chemical Physics

1989

Ultrafast rotational dynamics of electronically excited aniline molecules from ultraviolet femtosecond fluorescence anisotropies

Ultrafast Phenomena

1990

Dynamics of proton transfer in 7-azaindole

Journal of Luminescence

1991

Anisotropy studies of ultrafast dipole reorientations

Proceedings / Indian Academy of Sciences

1991

European conference targets UV/EB radiation curing

Pigment & Resin Technology

2005

Education

University of Chicago

B.S., Chemistry / June, 1980

Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

University of California, Berkeley

Ph.D., Chemistry / December, 1985

Berkeley, California, United States of America

Experience

Max-Planck-Institut for Quantenoptik

Postdoctoral Fellow / August, 1985 — December, 1988

Fundamental photochemistry research - both experimental and theoretical

University of Pennsylvania

Postdoctoral Fellow / January, 1989 — September, 1991

Designed and built femtosecond laser spectroscopy experiments to study basic photochemistry and photophysics

Henkel Corporation

Senior Member of Technical Staff / September, 1991 — January, 1996

Project Coordinator for UV/EB technology development. Managed new resin development and manufacturing process optimization team and carried out resin synthesis and application testing. Invented, synthesized, and developed non-Acrylate UV resin Technology. Designed and developed leading-edge technology for both the UV/EB and Textile Chemicals groups. Worked with manufacturing team to develop scale-up process and worked with customer base to evaluate new technology. Enabled product commercialization. Initiated root cause analysis and evaluated manufacturing process and raw material stream, identifying trace impurity in key raw material as source of color issue; established new specification on incoming raw material which eliminated product variability for certain batches of commercial product.

Valspar Corporation

Research Scientist / January, 1996 — September, 2011

Provided leadership and direction for UV Coatings and Oxygen Barrier Development to generate new growth areas for the company. Drove teams through technical development and implementation projects of Proprietary Barrier Technology for containers, film, paperboard and electronics applications. Managed EB and UV coatings technology on paper, film, and foil substrates for the publication and flexible packaging industries. Supervised and trained technicians and chemists involved in EB/UV coatings formulation.

BASF Corporation

Senior Product Development Scientist / September, 2011 — August, 2019

Leader and Manager of people and projects. Leveraged expertise for UV/EB Product Development at BASF North America. Contributed to strategic planning and budgeting and worked directly with customers to support product testing, qualification, and scale-up processes. Actively interfaced with suppliers and equipment vendors to take advantage of new materials and the latest technologies. Championed technology innovation and provided oversight for project pipeline and resource management. Recruited and managed UV resin product development team. Trained and mentored staff to implement projects at the Wyandotte and Southfield sites.

Advanced Materials Design LLC

Principal Consultant / August, 2019 — Present

Expert Advisor in UV 3D and Conventional Printing and Materials Research and Development. Services include Material Design and Development, Project Management, and Manufacturing Support. Quality Control including Mechanical Testing and Custom Equipment and Method Development. Providing solutions for challenging technical problems, documented in 41 US patents and 31 pending US applications.

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