1. Thomas E. Venator
158 Stephens State Park Road
Hackettstown, New Jersey 07840
(908) 752-7147 thomasvenator@gmail.com
SUMMARY
An engaging polymer scientist and effective technical sales and service engineer with broad domestic and
international new product commercialization experience at Fortune 100 size and smaller companies. My
extensive hands-on experience in polymer product R&D, technical service, product formulation, production
processes, quality control, sales, marketing and product life cycle management covering a wide variety of
industrial markets. Worked directly with most major thermoplastics, engineering resins, compounds and
thermoset systems in all of the major compounding, extrusion, and molding processes.
EXPERIENCE
Venator Polymer Consulting, Hackettstown, NJ 2008-Present
Consultant providing solutions to the plastics industry in material selection, cost reduction, product
development and optimization, process improvements, technical service, root cause analysis, industry
standards development, project management, market analysis, and penetrating new markets.
BOREALIS COMPOUNDS (Borealis AG), Port Murray, NJ 2000-2008
Sales Manager, Business Unit Pipe (2004-2008)
Managed profit and loss of the NAFTA plastic pipe business for Borealis AG including customer
management, technical sales and service, market development, contract and price negotiations, codes and
standards compliance and liaison to trade associations.
• Generated an increase in sales volume by more than 800%.
• Implemented market strategy at the Plastic Pipe Institute as member of the Board of Directors,
Advisory Council Chairman and member of the High Temperature Division Management Team.
• Supervised 3 new product market launches and approvals through ASTM, CSA, NSF International,
PPI and outside testing laboratories.
• Collaborated on market risk analysis and risk management for NAFTA plastic pipe market sales.
• Co-inventor of a new moisture crosslinkable polyolefin system for PEX pipe and Wire & Cable
• Managed company representation at trade shows in the NAFTA region.
Product Manager Low Voltage Cables, Business Unit Wire & Cable (2000-2004)
Product technology manager for over two dozen crosslinkable, flame retardant, thermoplastic polyethylene
and TPE compounds used for insulation and jacketing in the low voltage wire and cable market.
• Gained product approvals at major customer accounts by establishing strong technical relationships.
• Managed projects for new products development, raw material cost savings, production process
improvements and improving the quality of existing products in support of business objectives.
• Supervised company compliance as company liaison to the Canadian Standards Association, IEEE
Insulated Conductors Committee, National Fire Protection Association and Underwriters Laboratories
in developing performance standards for wire and cable applications.
• Implemented SPC production improvements and trained production personnel in statistical process
control techniques and terminology.
• Internal auditor for ISO 9001:2000 and ISO/TS16949:2002 quality systems.
UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION (Dow Chemical), Bound Brook, NJ 1989-2000
Development Scientist, Molding & Extrusion Skill Center (1996-2000)
Product team leader for UNIPOL® PE sheet extrusion/thermoforming products, providing technical support
to resin customers, UNIPOL licensees, joint ventures and Union Carbide manufacturing facilities.
• Developed R&D programs, staffing and technical service requirements in support of domestic sheet
extrusion customers in conjunction with the technology and business managers.

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• Collaborated on developing and implementing product risk analysis and risk management program
for UNIPOL PE molding and extrusion products business unit.
• Implemented market strategy at biannual Society of the Plastics Industry Sheet Division meetings.
• Recipient of the corporate Excellence through Quality award for customer technical service
excellence in 1998.
Product team leader for UNIPOL® PE blow molding products.
• Developed R&D programs, staffing and technical service requirements in support of domestic blow
molding customers in conjunction with the technology and business managers.
• Reduced off-grade and manufacturing costs for a $1.2 MM/ year savings as part of a manufacturing
reliability team.
Project Scientist, Extrusion Products Group (1992-1996)
Product team leader for UNIPOL® PE Hose & Tubing products.
• Developed and launched 4 new polyethylene products.
• Promoted Union Carbide’s Fingerprint® program in supplying high-pressure LDPE copolymers,
VLDPE, LLDPE, MDPE and UNIPOL® HDPE products to the microirrigation market.
• Invented novel processing aid to minimize die drool in carbon black extrusion products.
• Received corporate Special Recognition Award for product technology advancements in 1995.
Senior Chemist, Molding Products Group (1989-1992)
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Product team member for UNIPOL PE blow molding products, providing technical support to resin
customers, UNIPOL licensees, joint ventures and Carbide manufacturing facilities.
• Collaborated on the development and launch of UNIVAL® HDPE blow molding products.
• Co-inventor of record for a novel processing aid for HDPE blow molding.
• Received corporate Special Recognition Awards for joint venture technology management in 1992
and effective capital project management in 1991.
INTERNATIONAL POLYMER CORPORATION, Allentown, PA 1988-1989
• Managed product formulations, production blending and quality control departments.
QUEST INTERNATIONAL USA (Givaudan), Mount Olive, NJ 1984-1988
• Managed product development and pilot plant production of polymer additives masterbatches.
ALLIED SIGNAL CORPORATION (Honeywell), Morristown, NJ 1980-1984
• Collaborated on the development of Spectra® fiber and Spectra® Shield composite materials.
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science Chemistry, Ramapo College 1980
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
American Chemical Society, American Water Works Association, ASTM International, National Association
for Corrosion Engineers, Plastic Pipe Institute, Society of Plastics Engineers, Underwriters Laboratories
PUBLICATIONS
“Evolution of PE Resins for PEX-a Pipe Production,” PEX2007, Brussels, November 2007
“Copolymerized Silane PEX Technology - A New Innovation for Producing PEX Pipes,” Plastic Pipes XIII,
Washington DC, October 2006
“Ambicat™ Ambient Curing of Moisture Curable Materials,” 49th IWCS, November 2000
"Fragrance and Flavor Interactions with Plastic Packaging Materials," FOODPLAS 85/86
PACKAGING, October 1986, vol. 58, no. 668