1. Brian Doucet
Address: 540 North Portage Path, Akron, OH 44303
Phone: 330-256-3303
Email: bjdoucet68@gmail.com
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Chemical Engineer with25 yearsof industrial experience. Theindustriesserved arethe rubber and plastics
industries with focus on the chemistries of solution, bulk and emulsion polymerizations, along with FEP
extrusion. Strengths include a focus on identifying critical process parameters and developing a pathway
for providing engineering solutions. Extensive knowledge of equipment design, installation and startup of
chemical processes. Havedriven products from inceptionthrough scale up to globalpro- duction facilities
in Europe and China with volumes ranging from 5 - 150 MMlbs annually.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Omnova Solutions Inc., Modagore, OH:
Global Engineering Lead, 2011 – Present
Develop US-based engineering staff for product scale up at global facilities
▪ Provide training in the following areas of emulsion polymerization, heat transfer and process
control to increase the success rate of scale up to production facilities
▪ Develop engineering models to predict how scale up experiments will perform in production
polymerization reactors.
Drive transfer of latex products from US to China Plant Operations to supply global customers
expanding into Asia markets. (~25 MMLbs annually)
▪ Direct product qualification process for recipes using local Chinese raw materials. Process
included evaluation of raw materials (surfactants and biocides) to meet approvals such as
REACH if products were slated for export to EU.
▪ Develop quality and recipe protocol for China production equipment.
▪ Direct on-site scale up and troubleshooting of Asian products with local engineering staff.
▪ Qualified two critical products for Non-wovens Division for P&G in China Production facility
Develop transfer protocol of tolling products from external customers to China Production facility
▪ Created process flow diagrams for 3 tolling products for EOC Group in Belgium
▪ Developed quality control and testing protocol specifications for external products
▪ All customer requirements met during the initial scale of products at China facility
▪ Tolling volume of external customers ~10 MMlbs annually
Direct redevelopment of EU tolled product to increase productivity and reduce costs
▪ Developed new recipe which showed increased stability and filterability
▪ Eliminated downstream fouling of stripping equipment resulting in reduced tolling costs
▪ Developed unique temperature control scheme which reduced amount of time between
cleaning cycles and lower production costs.

2. Develop Functional Specifications and Control System Design for China Plant Expansion
▪ Worked with Chinese engineering company to develop process and instrumentation diagrams
▪ Visited Chinese vendor sites for equipment design, inspection, and qualification
▪ Oversaw plant start-up from reactor operations through packaging
▪ Reduced project wiring costs by $400K through implementation of digital network control
system
Omnova Solutions Inc., Mogadore, OH:
Pilot Plant Manager, 2009 – 2011
Oversaw the daily operations of the Mogadore Pilot Plant to achieve goals of the three OMNOVA
business units, Paper, Carpet and Specialty Chemicals. Projects were focused on either new product
development or improving product performance through chemistry and engineering solutions. These
new solutions were transferred to Omnova’s global manufacturing or tolling sites
Directed Commercialization of Hollow Plastic Pigment (HPP) ~50 MMlbs Annually
▪ Coordinated the parallel path development of the core and shell technology critical to pro-
duction process at two different Omnova facilities.
▪ Worked with Plant engineering to identify equipment for HPP process in Chester, SC and
Mogadore, OH facilities.
Oversaw Capital Projects in the Mogadore Pilot Plant to meet divisional goals.
▪ Designed and Installed Butadiene Heat Exchanger to improve reactor cycle time
▪ Installed Pilot Plant Process Chiller to improve cooling capability and reduce water
usage by 36 MM gallons annually ($250K Project)
▪ Upgraded Pilot Plant System Hardware ($250K Project)
Omnova Solutions Inc., Mogadore, OH:
Senior Process Engineer, 2006 – 2008
Designed and Installed a small scale polymerization Unit in the Mogadore Pilot Plant which was a
$1.4MM capital project to help stream line the commericalization of polymers for Omnova
▪ Designed functionality to support research and product development for all plant locations
▪ Developed new digital network capability which reduced wiring costs from $100K to $27K
Fiberstars Inc., Solon, OH:
Senior Process Engineer, 2001 – 2006
Directed the technical and engineering for the production of plastic fiber optic cable through project
funding under a $4MM grant under NIST over 3 three years meeting specific technical milestones to
comply with the NIST grant
▪ Oversaw the transfer of extrusion and polymerization equipment from Rohm&Haas site in
Bristol, PA to Solon, OH.
▪ Improved light output of plastic fiber cable through monomer compositional changes.
▪ Reduced residual VOC levels in plastic fiber optic cable by vacuum stripping.
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company Inc., Akron, OH:
Process Engineer, 1990 – 2001

3. Directed the scale up of solution polymerizations in a small scale continuous reactor system to be used in
the development of novel tread compound designs for tires
▪ Developed novel in-situ catalyst system to produce high trans polybutadiene (10 MMlbs annually)
▪ Implemented in-situ novel catalyst system for high cis-1,4 polybutadiene solution polymer in Beau-
mont, TX production facility which increased reactor throughput by 30% without capital
investment (150 MMlbs annually)
EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS
Doctor of Philosophy, Chemical Engineering – Case Western Reserve University (2000)
Master of Science, Chemical Engineering – Case Western Reserve University (1996)
Bachelor of Science, Chemical Engineering – Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (1990)
TECHNOLOGY AWARDS
Omnova 2009 Starch Copolymer Process Development and Commercialization
Omnova 2009 Starch Copolymer Process Development and Commercialization
Omnova 2014 Hollow Plastic Pigment)Technology Award
Goodyear 1995 Total Quality Culture Award for Monomer Premix Facility
PATENTS AND TRADE SECRETS
US 5854351 Process for softening 1,4 Trans butadiene rubber by using RF Heating
US 5239009 Improved tread performance using block polymers of styrene, isoprene, and butadiene
US 7164819 Improved side light extraction by altering the pipe surface interface
US 7087660 Process for softening rubber compounds containing high silica content