About the Author

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Robert Solimeno PhD, Manager, Research Scientist, and Author A results-oriented and dynamic professional with more than 30 years of comprehensive experience in science, research, and product development roles within innovative and highly competitive industries. Solimeno is a strong leader with proven ability to motivate cross-functional teams to achieve objectives and timelines within high standards of ethics and quality. Core Competencies include: polymers & coating science, rheological measurements, project management, statistical process control, experimental design, statistical software & analysis, stage-gate product development, quality engineering, multivariate analysis, and formulation. Robert has led development of in-house HPLC methods for analysis of water soluble and solvent-soluble dyestuffs as well as proprietary anti-kogation technology for aqueous thermal inkjet inks and IR-readable water-based thermal inkjet product for pharmaceutical packaging. He has conceptualized and launched a collaborative company of Master's and Doctoral-level scientists and engineers providing small business and start-ups with new product development expertise. Additionally, Robert has directed new product development for the Hammermill brand of office papers including mill technical support and project management, and has developed semi-empirical models of paper stiffness based on mill-specific data. Previous publications include handbooks on statistical process control and experimental design.