appLab Team

My background includes a bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh, a master's degree from Bloomsburg University, and over seventeen years in plastics at SEKISUI KYDEX. An interesting fact is that I build WWII scale models in my free time.

Favorite Song: Comfortably Numb by Pink Floyd

Favorite Color: Blue 

Favorite Hobby: Anything outdoors, especially football

I have a bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering from Penn State University and a master's degree from Wilkes University, combined with 15 years of quality engineering experience in multiple industries, with12 specific to plastics. As a quality engineer, I learned the value of designing and planning a process upfront instead of figuring it out in production to ensure proper fit, form, and function. I use that experience to help prevent issues before they happen in the aviation market.

An interesting fact is that in high school when I was applying to college, I originally wanted to be a pharmacist. When I took chemistry and physics my teacher asked if I knew what chemical engineering was. He told me I would be great at it.  Once he explained what a Chemical Engineer does, I knew that is what I wanted to be.  If it wasn't for my high school teacher, I would have never gone into plastics or engineering.

Favorite Song: Anything as long as it isn't country music.

Favorite Color: Blue

Favorite Hobby: Relaxing on our pontoon boat with my family and friends.

I have a bachelor's degree in Plastics and Polymers Engineering from Pennsylvania College of Technology and a master's degree in Management from The University of Alabama (Roll Tide!). I have been with SEKISUI KYDEX for over 19 years with experience throughout many areas of our business. An interesting fact is that am the head coach of my son's youth football team.

Favorite Song: Enter Sandman by Metallica 

Favorite Color: Pantone 201 (Roll Tide!)

Favorite Hobby or Interest: College football (Roll Tide!)

I started on the shop floor at SEKISUI KYDEX in 2003, and with over 13 years of hands-on extrusion experience, I moved to the appLab™ in 2017. I am always learning more about physical and analytical testing of polymers, both our products and potential products with R&D, as well as competing polymer products. An interesting fact is that I am a former pizza delivery person.

Favorite Song: In The Meantime by Spacehog

Favorite Color:  Pantone 3005 C

Favorite Hobby: Building/modifying/repairing PCs and networking

Growing up in Central Pennsylvania on a farm is what motivated me to become an engineer. I learned early on that when the equipment broke, we would have to learn how to repair it. My fondest memories are drawing a blueprint at the kitchen table with my grandfather on our approach to fix the machinery that I damaged. Since those humble days I have obtained a Bachelor's degree in Plastics and Polymer Engineering from Pennsylvania College of Technology and a master's degree in Materials Science from Drexel University. I've been working in the polymer industry since 2003.

Favorite Song: Anything Classic Rock and Country Music

Favorite Color: Blue, because we can't wear it at SEKISUI KYDEX manufacturing sites.

Favorite Hobby: Anything outdoors (hunting, fishing, gardening, hobby farming) with family and friends

I have an Associates Degree in Automated Manufacturing Systems from Luzerne County Community College. I have been working as a machinist and programmer since 2016. At SEKISUI KYDEX, I am specifically focused on designing and machining thermoforming and CNC tools used to create customers rapid prototype parts out of appLab™. An interesting fact is that I enjoy riding the bike I built for myself.

Favorite Song: Going Down to the River by Mississippi Fred McDowell

Favorite Color: Denim Blue

Favorite Hobby or Interest: Acoustic Guitar

I graduated from the Pennsylvania College of Technology earning my bachelor’s degree in Plastics and Polymer Engineering Technology. I have been working in the plastics industry since before my graduation in 2016. My greatest pride and motivator would be my son, which never misses a chance to humble his parents. If it wasn’t for the introductory plastics course during my senior year in high school, I probably never would have realized how amazing the technology was if I never had the chance to design, form, and race a remote-controlled car shaped like a submarine. An interesting fact about me is that I was a former Boy Scout, lifeguard, and competitor in a Pillsbury cooking competition as a child, which kickstarted my therapeutic love of cooking which consistently provides challenges for innovation and research.

Favorite Song: Anything ranging from Classic Rock to Heavy Metal.

Favorite Color: Sapphire Blue (Pantone 2132 C).

Favorite Hobbies: Mechanical innovation, culinary adventures, and spending my free time with my son.

Favorite Quote: “If you have time to do it twice, you have time to do it right the first time.”