ROBERT FALCONE
134 Donato Drive Home telephone: [Send email to request phone number] 85-3579
Little Falls, NJ 07424 Cell Number: (862) 226 - 1685
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SUMMARY
Product development professional with significant experience working in new
technology acquisition, product formulation, product/process development
(including scale up), technical support, property testing and protocol setting
for Claim Substantiation for OTC and regulated products for US and international
market, especially in the areas of Dermal / Transdermal, Hair, Oral & Household
Technologies. Ability to lead cross functional teams as well as to work
independently using project management and technical troubleshooting to support
corporate product strategies. Recognized as the only employee among the 70,000
working in ICI who led teams that received two different Business Excellence
Awards within five years.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Nice Pak Industries, Orangeburg, NY 2008 “ Present
Director, Research & Development “ Consumer Care “ Personal & Household
Products
Responsible for the identification, acquisition, development and licensing of
technologies used primarily in consumer care products -- OTC & FDA / EPA
applications. Responsible to screen and develop new products by interacting with
internal and external resources ranging from private to government and academic
entities. In addition, able to provide scientific support to claim substantiation
for FDA, EPA and foreign governmental agencies ,Canadian, European Agencies and
Japanese among others. Leader of two teams. The first one, personal care, headed
by an Associate Director to whom the following reported to, a Senior Development
and two development chemists as well as two interns. The second one, household
care & Innovation, headed by a manager to whom the following reported to, two
development chemists and one intern.
Church & Dwight Corp., Princeton, NJ 2006 “ 2008
Program Manager, Transformational New Product Development “ Skin, Home, Air &
Pet Products
Responsible for the identification, acquisition, development and licensing of
technologies used primarily in animal and human care OTC & Pharmaceutical skin,
hair and household product applications. Responsible to screen and develop new
products by interacting with internal and external resources ranging from private
to government and academic entities. In addition, able to provide scientific
support to claim substantiation for FDA (CVM), European Agencies (VMD) and
Japanese Health Ministry among others. Leader of a team consisting of a Process
Manager, Sr. Research Manager, Chemist and outside consultants.
Submitted ten patent applications for innovative human and pet skin, hair
and household products.
Lead and developed products from inception to commercialization with
cross-functional teams that had members of the Marketing, Packaging, Consumer
Market Research, Regulatory, Process, Manufacturing, Logistics, Purchasing and
Transportation. This has enabled to effectively launch 10 products to date and
several are in the pipeline for launch this and next few years.
Technical liaison between Marketing, Legal, Regulatory Affairs, Consumer
Relations, Advertising, Market Research and R&D for product claim substantiation
for agencies such as FDA, EPA, VMD (Veterinarian Medical Directorate “ UK),
Japanese & Canadian Health Ministry for new and existing oral and dermal
technologies ranging from formulations, actives and controlled delivery systems
such as dissolvable films, shear sensitive micro capsules among others.
Interacting with internal and external resources for searching, identifying
and implementing new controlled delivery concepts for existing and new skin,
hair, household and pet products. This has given new life to old existing
products as well as enables to extend and create new technology / product
platforms in the skin, hair, household and pet treatment areas. This has provided
savings / financial gains have more than $15 MM to date.
Oversee and submit all product claims (new and revised) based upon internal
(own and proprietary research) and external (FDA, Peer Review Journals, AVMA
presentations and PNAS papers) research to Internal (Legal and Marketing) and
External (Market Research & Regulatory Agencies) for review, comment and
approval.
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Hartz Mountain Corporation, Bloomfield, NJ 2001 - 2006
Sr. Scientist, Chemical Product Development
Responsible for the identification, acquisition, development and licensing of
technologies used primarily in animal care OTC & Pharmaceutical product
applications. Responsible to develop new product and testing methodologies
ranging from skin to household care new applications. Oversaw all claim
substantiation for Internal (Regulatory, Consumer Relations & Legal Departments)
as well as External (FDA “ CVM, EPA, DVM “ UK, Japanese, Canadian & Korean
Health Ministries). Supervised One Chemist and One Technician coached and
counseled two Junior Chemists and assisted the Director in the daily running of
the laboratory (10 people) as well as set up annual capital budgets.
By using new product development using tools such as SWOT Analysis, Project
Management, lean and agile techniques, statistical techniques such as Design of
Experiments along with creating partnerships with suppliers, inventors, academic
institutions and customers (Petco, Petsmart, Target & Walmart in particular).
This enabled to introduce new skin, hair and oral new products faster and with
minimum capital investment with an increase of $25 MM in sales.
Development of enhanced product performance achieved by interacting with raw
material suppliers to scout out new actives APIs, controlled release,
encapsulation technologies, topical and permeation enhancers among others that
were used for skin, hair, oral and household care products. This was accomplished
by setting up novel test experiments for determination of diffusion and
controlled release mechanisms. This enabled Hartz to evaluate new ingredients
ranging from insecticides to fragrances and including pharmaceutical and
functional ingredient actives (vitamins, nutraceuticals, etc.), synergists and
actives expeditiously thus introducing new products and technologies faster to
the market.
Set up fast evaluation programs for the quick use and implementation of new
APIs from skin to household care products by leveraging Quantitative
Structure-Activity Relationships (QSAR) as well as Design of Experiments along
with other basic statistical tools that enabled the creation of a database of
actives with their functional effectiveness. By doing this the development
savings in 2004 and 2005 were $300,000 and $ 600,000 respectively.
Extensive formulation development and processing improvements with
Manufacturing in two sites by setting up product development teams consisting of
members from Marketing, Sales, Manufacturing, Regulatory and Quality. Part of
this program was to improve formulations while decreasing manufacturing costs
without sacrificing either product/manufacturing performance, stability or
pricing while reducing costs. Since 2002, savings from this effort were estimated
to be around $5MM.
Set up and led teams to implement a Quality Assurance system with the
Analytical Group for FDA, EPA and OTC products. This was to insure that all new
product development and process improvements were properly defined planned and
delivery met all business and regulatory expectations. As a result, ten new
products were launched in 2003, twelve were launched in 2004, fourteen were
launched in 2005 and 25 were launched in 2006 and as a result five patent
applications were developed.
Designed new Hair, Skin and Oral Care Formulations by using new controlled
delivery technologies such as dissolvable films, buccal and pH sensitive systems
amongst others. For example, by using new controlled delivery technologies along
with developing a greater / deeper understanding of Animal Hair Morphology and
borrowing concepts from Human Hair Care enabled Hartz to speed product
development in shampoos and skin care products, 39 new products were launched in
2005 and 2006.
Lead and developed products from inception to commercialization with
cross-functional teams that had members of the Marketing, Packaging, Consumer
Market Research, Regulatory, Process, Manufacturing, Logistics, Purchasing and
Transportation. This has enabled to effectively launch 40+ products from 2001 “
2006 and few more (~7) were launched in 2007.
Involved in the formulation of new Multivitamins, Nutraceutical and
Functional Ingredients since 2003. Among products launched, breath strips,
vitamin strips, and wormers among others.
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DRAGOCO, Totowa, NJ 2000 - 2001
Sr. Chemist, Technical Acquisition Program (TAP), North American Competence
Center
Responsible for the identification, acquisition, development and licensing of
technologies and actives that could primarily be used in skin, hair, oral air and
household care products. The TAP program was designed to enhance Dragoco 's
ability to establish partnerships with customers and therefore create new
applications for its actives. Coached and trained One Co-Op Engineering Student,
One Formulation Chemist, One Sampling Group (One Chemist and Two Technicians) and
Two Analytical Chemists.
Facilitated the introduction of new products by creating partnerships with
suppliers, inventors, academic institutions and customers with potential forecast
of $500 K in sales.
Partnered as a technical liaison between sales, customers and the global
research groups by providing support for marketing and sales efforts to twenty
U.S., Latin American and European clients. This was achieved by formulating from
scratch new hair gel with anti-dandruff properties for U.S. and European markets,
new skin care products as well as new air room |
