JIA Consulting provides technical services for titanium dioxide pigments used in coatings, plastics, glass, ceramics, and paper. The document outlines the author's experience working with titanium dioxide pigment companies, providing technical services to customers and assisting with sales, marketing, and research and development. It also lists the author's education in organic chemistry and publications related to titanium dioxide pigments and coatings.

1. JIA Consulting
TiO2 Pigments & Applications
General
‣Technical Service of White Titanium Dioxide Pigments for Coatings, Plastics, Glass, Ceramics and Paper
‣ Contributed significantly, as part of the sales team, to achieve objectives in US, Mexico and
Puerto Rico and as a Sales Representative in Central America and the Caribbean.
‣ Interfaced with departments in Marketing, Technical Product Management, Research and Development,
Production, Quality Assurance, and Regulatory Compliance and Legal
‣ Communications: Oral, Written and Public Speaking.
‣ Bilingual - English and Spanish
Experience
TITANOS LIMITED (HONG KONG) January 2016
Consultant: Commercial Development Specialist
To find new customers For TITANOS’ Chloride Process Grades in Eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey and
Maryland
SICHUAN LOMON TITANIUM INDUSTRY LTD Chengdu, China 2011 - 2012
Consultant Technical Service
Contributed as part of the export sales team in Belgium, England, Holland, Germany, Mexico, Norway, Poland
and Spain.
ANDEK INC. Moorestown, NJ 2010
Consultant: R&D Industrial Protective Coatings
KRONOS WORLDWIDE INC. Cranbury, NJ 1986 - 2008
Technical Service Representative Coatings and Specialties
Technical Service:
Evaluations of product complaints with the company’s analytical and technical resources.
Customer projects for architectural, industrial and transportation coatings, ceramics, glass and textile fibers.
Analysis of competitive product threats. Issued Technical News Letters on the competitive products market positions.
Trained new sales representatives, professionals and technicians.
Managed - two laboratory professionals and three technicians (1989 - 1995)
Presented technical talks to customers and to technical societies.
Sales:
Initial sales trip to Central America and Caribbean captured 22% market share of the paint and coatings industry.
(1997) Assisted sales department with the technical portion of the sales presentation.
Marketing:
Conducted an Agent - Distributor preference, corporate and product recognition survey in Central America and the
Caribbean. Conducted a feasibility study to recover product dominance (until 1980 company had 94% market
share - USA) in the glass and ceramic enamels industries. A global effort, was required, by the sales, marketing and
technical departments. Surveyed the Powder Coatings industry and found a potential new pigment application, worth
$10M/Y.
Technical Product Management:
Designed product specifications for a new grade targeted to the cosmetic industry. Managed the substandard product
allocation program by market sector.
Research & Development
New grades evaluations and suggested improvements of current grades.
319 Cedar St., Jenkintown, Pa 19046 +1 (215) 380 8787 julio.aviles1@gmail.com

2. JIA Consulting
TiO2 Pigments & Applications
KRONOS WORLDWIDE INC.
Production & Quality Assurance
Conducted annual statistical reviews of the production capabilities of the North American plants.
Regulatory Compliance
Prepared the grade compliance letters for Food and Drug Administration, Agricultural Department, Right to
Know, Proposition 65 and reviewed the MSDS.
Legal
Reviewed patent interference actions and advised on the best technical defense.
KURZ - HASTINGS CO. Philadelphia, PA 1984 - 1986
Quality Assurance Technician
Quality Control of Rotogravure Inks and decorative printed laminates.
Statistical analysis of frequency of batch corrections; discovered 30% material waste due to drifting standards
FAMILY BUSINESS Jenkintown, PA 1982 - 1984
Import/Export Trading to El Salvador C. A. - Industrial Machinery
E. I. DuPONT de NEMOURS & CO., INC. Wilmington, DE 1976 - 1982
Export Coordinator 1979 - 1982
Managed the export and sales service of Industrial Chemicals to South America.
Technical Service Representative 1976 - 1979
Technical Sales assistance of White and Color Pigments to the Plastics Industry.
Other Employment and references available on request
Education
Philadelphia College of Textiles & Sciences
Bachelor Science Organic Chemistry 1969
Publications
Mass Color and Tint Strength, Chapter 43 of the Seventeenth Edition of the Gardner Paint Handbook
Methods to Improve Handling of Dry TiO2. April 10, 1995 American Paint & Coatings Journal;
Extending the Life of Color Coatings Containing TiO2. Modern Paint and Coatings, Vol. 84, No. 9, P. 40 1994
Suitability of ASTM Test Method D 2369 for Determination of VOC in High Solids Coatings - Philadelphia
Society for Coatings Technology Technical Committee, Journal of Coatings Technology, May 1993
More TiO2 Pigment Choices for ink Formulators, American Ink Maker, June 1992
Memberships
Federation Society for Coatings Technology
Philadelphia Society for Coatings Technology
Chairman of The Technical Committee 1990 - 1993
Directed Three Collaborative Projects
American Chemical Society
American Association for the Advancement of Science
319 Cedar St., Jenkintown, Pa 19046 +1 (215) 380 8787 julio.aviles1@gmail.com