This document provides a summary of Tony L. De Vera's career and qualifications. He has over 25 years of experience managing research and development projects in industrial chemistry. Some of his accomplishments include developing new materials for biopharma and semiconductors, inventing organic-inorganic hybrid technologies, and optimizing chemical processes to increase efficiency and reduce costs. Currently he is commercializing enabling technologies through partnerships that are projected to generate $3 million in net income.

1. TONY L. DEVERA, Ph.D.
adevera@centurytel.net
39323 Thornfield Drive, Avon, Ohio 44011
(440)-522-4422; (440)-934-5242; (440)-930-8480
CAREER SUMMARY
Highly creative and innovative, experienced in managing, directing projects and leading a group of scientists and
developing / conducting industrial research programs that successfully meets business goals. Conducted research and
development of processes and products with several significant accomplishments in industrial R&D, including pilot plant
and scale-up and product development. Good working knowledge of several process chemistries, separations processes,
e.g. protein purifications, chromatography, inorganic and organic synthesis, catalysis and polymerization and CMP for
semiconductor VLSI. Demonstrated significant results in:
 Siloxane and sol-gel chemistries including organic-inorganic hybrids such as titania and zirconia silicates
 Controlled delivery of actives for personal care applications and API
 Development and implementation of new/alternative chemical processes
 Materials & slurry optimization in CMP (chemical mechanical planarization) for semiconductors VLSI
 Process improvement and process design including separations such as distillation, solvent extractions
 Customer support and services including new product launches and tollgate / NPI disciplines
 Catalyst development and characterizations; suspension & emulsion polymerizations of vinyl monomers
 Zeolite catalysis, oxidation and hydrogenation using noble metal catalysis
 Pilot plant development and laboratory development of new process chemistry
 Computer modeling, simulation and statistics (such as Design of Experiments),design for Six Sigma/DMAIC
 Project management and economic evaluation, technical feasibility including Tollgate or Stage gate for NPI
 Product development and plastisol or PVC dispersion resin formulations for coatings & wear layer for flooring
 Successful introduction and implementation of new core technology in computational Chemical engineering
WORK EXPERIENCE
Momentive/GE – Cleveland, Ohio 2007-Present
Platform Development Senior Research Scientist
Managed and directed several successful projects and a team of engineers, scientists and technologists on development
of growth platforms involving novel materials for biopharma, personal care, fused quartz materials for the semiconductor
industries, among others. Built over 8 innovation laboratories with a budget over $5MM, as well as equipping it with
analytical instrumentation related to process and product development.
 Currently commercializing enabling technology through partnerships outside the enterprise benefiting a projected
$3MM to net income
 Invented and developed, a novel technology platform involving organic-inorganic hybrid materials with functionalities
useful for separations of proteins such as those involve in the production of monoclonal antibodies. Currently working
with largest BioPharma resin producer for potential partnership.
 Invented, developed, scaled-up a novel enabling technology involving ceramic materials useful for fused quartz
products for the semiconductor industries
 Developed texturized epoxy coatings using materials that contain organic moieties that inhibit settlement of marine
organisms useful for marine antifouling with expected growth of $5MM pa at CAGR of about 5 to 8%
 Invented and currently developing organo-ceramic materials that have stimuli responsiveness useful for controlled
delivery systems in personal care and chromatographic media for protein purifications.
 Developed and operated a continuous recovery (distillation) of carbon tetrachloride to reduce solvent cost in the
manufacture of cation ion exchange resin for protein purification.
OMG – Cleveland, Ohio 2004-2007
Technical Project Manager/Staff Scientist
Managed and directed projects and a team of scientists, engineers and technologists on development and
commercialization of overbased metals like calcium for applications in overbased detergents in engine oil additives and
grease precursors.
 Provided customer support for product launching and commercialization of grease precursors. First commercial sale
commenced through these efforts
 Synthesized overbased calcium carboxylate products as grease precursors that are alcohol-free that facilitated better
customer acceptance especially for open-kettle applications
 Synthesized overbased calcium carboxylates powder for applications as direct engine oil additive as well as increased
applications of grease precursors in various base oils, such as highly viscous synthetic esters and high molecular
weight polyalfaolefins
 Developed formulations requiring enhancement of anti-wear and load carrying capabilities of greases as well as
minimizing cost via reduction of dosages while maintaining gel stiffnes

2. Tony L. de Vera, Ph.D. (440)-522-4422
Wacker Silicones/Planar Solutions – Adrian, MI 2000-2004
Development Laboratory Manager & Sr. Process Development Chemist-Chemical Engineer
Managed two laboratories: A slurry formulation / process development laboratory and the other is a CMP (Chemical
Mechanical Planarization) laboratory equipped with an IPEC 47 polisher and a thin film metrologies such as prometrix,
surfscan 6220, Profilometry and Resmap. Managed and directed projects and a team of scientists and technologists
developing new products for the CMP as enabling technologies for interconnects in VLSI.
 Provided technical support on product applications to a large semiconductor company and contributed to the success
of product qualification and continued sales growth from $4MM to $16MM in three years.
 Developed and tested formulations of a silica slurry for STI applications for semiconductor devices having low
selectivity of plasma-enhanced silicon nitride to silicon dioxide films
 Developed cmp oxide slurries for market applications requiring highly reduced particle lodging and residues using
surfactant formulations and dispersing agents
 Developed and scaled-up experimental slurries for dielectric applications as alternate to competitor’s slurry with low
particle residues on silicon oxide/doped and non-doped thin films; a potential one million dollar of new business
 Developed a new CMP slurry formulation for a high rate bulk removal of copper thus introducing a product that offers
low cost of ownership for customers
Nanophase Technologies Corporation 1999-2000
Director of Process Engineering
Managed projects and directed a team of process chemists and engineers in the development and commercialization of
new plasma processes and improved existing processes for the manufacture of nanocrystalline inorganic oxides used for
conductive coatings, catalysts and cosmetic applications.
 Developed and implemented engineering technology and process research programs that reduced labor requirements
of the powder products from the PVS (Physical Vapor Synthesis) plasma reactor with net savings of 30% using large
PVS reactors versus smaller PVS reactors
 Developed a new engineering organization and planning for use in business forecasts
Geon Company – Avon Lake, Ohio 1998-1999
Senior Research Scientist
Improved product quality of a PVC dispersion used in automobile interiors such as upholstery and side panels which
helped retain a significant business and potential growth of this business sector. Optimized a number of surfactants as
emulsifiers for polymerization such as sulfonates.
 Develop and debottlenecked a process, which increased the production of a blending resin by 10% using novel
coagulation techniques
 Developed a process, which increased the production of a blending resin by 10% using novel coagulation techniques.
Monsanto Company – St. Louis, MO 1992-1998
Senior Research Specialist
Developed, conducted, supervised and coordinated and directed research projects in four chemicals business units with
combined sales of $3 billion.
Significant contributions:
 Simplified the design of the phosphoric acid process, which resulted in the reduction of the annual operation costs by
one million dollars.
 Increased the rate of polyvinylbutryaldehyde (a plastic interlayer for auto windshield) using reactor optimization that
eliminated the need for capital outlay for a new reactor.
 Increased market penetration of a food additive by developing an improved property of l-aspartic acid crystals using
reaction-crystallization optimization
 Enhanced profitability by debottlenecking the production of benzyl chloride as a plasticizer intermediate and for sales
in the merchant market. Utilized successfully the application of computational techniques for search for a
debottleneck strategy.
 Increased production of phosphorous for use in the manufacture of glyphosate and food grade phosphate salts by
reducing downtime in the rotary kiln nodulization of phosphorous ore.
 Helped retain a significant business of a benzyl chloride customer by providing technical solutions in the customer’s
processes.

3. Tony L. de Vera, Ph.D. (440)-522-4422
Research Specialist 1992-1995
 Invented a simple process that utilized a new class of loaded organic base in a zeolite matrix for the manufacture of
an intermediate for an anti-degradant/anti-ozonant additive for rubber products such as tires. Benefits of this new
process include:
 Reduced waste (at least 95%) using the high selectivity base on zeolite material.
 Reduced manufacturing costs by 35%.
 Simplified process and reduce capital costs.
 Developed a pilot plant scale-up of a distillation process for the recovery of a partially miscible organic amine
compound in process water. Scale-up provided data that optimized the amine recovery resulting in reduction of
manufacturing cost.
 Conceived, designed and developed a pilot plant scale-up of a continuous catalytic hydrogenation unit in the
reduction of nitroso salts and azo compounds. The continuous unit provided a potential 50% decrease in capital cost.
ARCO Chemical 1989-1992
Principal Development Engineer
Developed and implemented new processes and improvement of existing processes:
 Increased reaction rate for recovery of a key raw material in a novel hydrogen peroxide process using a noble metal
based catalyst for hydrogenation of an aromatic ketone.
 Eliminated a process step in the production of polyether polyols with the development of a catalyst system based on
amorphous silica and zeolite.
 Developed an air stripping process that reduced significantly a cancer suspect agent in the propylene oxide/sytrene
monomer process water.
 Working in a team composed of marketing and sales personnel, contributed to the development of a new class of
polyether polyols for new market applications, expanding the business portfolio to rigid polyurethane foams.
 Critical to the success of the development of a novel hydrogen peroxide process, generated a practical criteria for the
safe operation of a scaled-up distillation unit which allowed the safe concentration of a 30% hydrogen peroxide stream
containing low levels of organic impurities.
 Increased further the safe operation of a hydrogen peroxide concentrator by developing a process for removal of
organic impurities in the feed stream using a polystyrene-based resin.
 Reduced level of organics in the polyols wastewater that allowed a plant site to decrease the organic loads for water
injection type disposal; developed a non-catalytic oxidation of the organics based on hydrogen peroxide.
AWARDS
 Monsanto Company, 1995
Process Award for PPD2 Development
 Occidental Chemical, 1988
Process Award for Blending Resin Development
 OMG, 2006
NLGI Best Paper Award – Overbased Carboxylates as New Grease Precursor

4. Tony L. de Vera, Ph.D. (440)-522-4422
EDUCATION
 Ph. D. Chemical Engineering, University of Notre Dame
Thesis: “Some Problems Concerning Transport in Heterogeneous Media and Chemically Reacting Systems”
 M.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Notre Dame
PATENTS GRANTED (SEVERAL FILED)
1. One-Step Process for the Production of 4-Aminodiphenylamine from Aniline and Nitrobenzene (US 5,977,411)
2. Zeolite Support Loaded with a Base Material for Use in the Coupling of Aniline and Nitrobenzene (US 6,495,723)
RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS
Fourteen publications in Chemical Engineering and Catalysis (titles available upon request)
PROCESS ENGINEERING SKILLS
Knowledge of process equipment’s such as pumps, compressors, reactors, distillation columns, spray drier, reciprocating
extractor (Carr column), industrial centrifuges (Bird and Sharples), Podbielniak extractor, and instrumentation including
process automation - from programmable controllers (PLC's), relay ladder logic programming to ProVOX (Fisher)
distributed controls; data acquisition and control such as Genesis, DOW's Camile, and Metra Byte; designed hardwired
safety interlocks and safety relief vent sizes. Working knowledge of process instrumentations (pressure transducers, flow
meters, RTDs and thermocouples, weigh scales and strain gauges) and automation, system configuration and
troubleshooting.
MODELING AND COMPUTER SIMULATION SKILLS
HYSIM/HYSYS Process Simulation; Aspen Plus Process Simulation; SAS; Jump and Statistical Design of Experiments;
ACSL and Optimize (formerly Dow's simusolve) for nonlinear parameter estimation; Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFX
4.1C from AEA technology); ICARUS's QUESTIMATE for process engineering cost estimation.
Working knowledge of Unix operating systems and networking (NFS) and standard PC operating systems such as
Windows 95, a variety of CAD systems, word processing, Microsoft Access, Powerpoint and EXCEL spreadsheet. Also
working knowledge of DEC operating systems and IBM's MVS/TSO, VM/CMS. Good working knowledge of Fortran and
C++.
SKILLS IN ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES
Working knowledge on the following: Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry, several particle size analysers such as
DLS, high performance liquid chromatography (UV DAD); gas chromatography (flame ionization and thermal conductivity
detectors); Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy; scanning and transmission electron microscopy; thermal gravimetric
analysis; focused beam reflectance measurement for particle size analysis (e.g. crystallization); potentiometric titration,
Karl Fisher titration; Micromeritics ASAP 2020 & TriStar (surface area, pore size analysis); X-Ray Diffraction
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
American Chemical Society; American Institute of Chemical Engineers; Philadelphia Catalysis Society; Michigan Catalysis
Society and Sigma Xi
PERSONAL
US citizen