Henk Blom

Experience

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  Baxter Healthcare

  Jul 2000 - Feb 2010

  Directed the activities and development of 9 materials scientists and engineers in the execution of technology development projects, and providing materials support across the corporation.• Promoted to Senior Manager and challenged to improve morale, discipline, and effectiveness of Materials Science team. Provided clear direction and set up mechanisms for regular constructive feedback and coaching.• Directed execution of corporate-sponsored film technology development project through all phases of Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) process; customer needs assessment, technical requirement development, predictive model derivation, concept creation and verification – 6 viable prototypes presented.• Provided vision for and collaborated with cross-functional team in development of corporate-wide Materials innovation/technology roadmap, based on technology trends and business inputs – effort resulted in ~10 exploratory proposals valued at over $5MM.• Created and initiated implementation of short- to mid-term strategic plans for corporate Materials Science and Engineering team; performed business/partner needs assessment, skills inventory, SWOT analysis, targeting 5-year implementation time-line.• Successfully managed $1.3MM annual functional group budget and $1.1MM exploratory budgets, as well as department capital budget ($2MM). Show less Directed a team of 18 engineers and technicians in divisional product and manufacturing support. Team consisted of engineers with various backgrounds, CAD technicians, machinists, and extrusion experts.• Spearheaded multi-disciplinary team in creation of disciplined approach to support-request management, including on-line request submission, incoming request review, request dashboard, and execution control mechanisms – team successfully provided on-time support for over 1000 requests in 2008.• Initiated the creation of high-performing organization, via coaching and mentoring of scientists and engineers across several disciplines, provision of growth and professional development opportunities, active involvement in career development, and talent acquisition and retention.• Contributed to in-depth independent assessment of high-profile product development program per request of senior management; provided oral and written recommendation to management.• Successfully managed $2MM annual functional group budget. Show less Technical leadership on product development support, and product and manufacturing support activities for the Medication Delivery, Renal and Bioscience divisions.• Responsible for providing technical leadership to resolve solution-container field recall issue in Asian market; collaborated with multi-functional and multi-national team using six-sigma approach to identify root cause(s), understand relationship of functional performance on release criteria, and propose and implement corrective actions – product successfully re-launched in 9 months, timeliness of response led to increased sales.• Managed technical aspects of product failure analysis effort for Japanese market; rigorous analysis of field and control parts, Pareto charting, and evaluation of manufacturing and use conditions led to introduction of new requirement for surface roughness – implementation of enhancements led to 90% reduction of failure incidence rate.• Developed expertise in and became corporate “go-to” person for product issues related to environmental stress crack resistance; led more than 10 efforts (across multiple businesses, products, and materials) to confirm root cause and develop mitigation plans.• Led polymer synthesis efforts, and collaborated with external consultants and organic chemists, to develop novel urea sorbent material for dialysate regeneration application - 2 patents granted.• Co-led assessment of currently available barrier film technologies as part of business planning exercise; developed relations with many packaging companies, evaluated product offerings, and reported on technical risk assessment to business planning counterparts.• Co-led effort to reduce manufacturing scrap – identified leading cause of high reject rate, worked with manufacturing management to obtain approval for state-of-the art polymer drying equipment – scrap rate reduced to near zero. Show less Supported material selection and failure analysis efforts as part of corporate technical service organization.• Developed innovative solvent-bonding solution to permanently affix two tubing components, based upon understanding of functional requirements and theoretical understanding – 1 patent issued.• Supported product development and manufacturing to implement new ABS injection-moulding procedures to reduce brittleness-related failures in production and use.• Performed detailed technology assessments on molecular imprinting technology, as potential for sensing applications.• Gained proficiency in GMP/GLP and related QSR requirements.• Sourced and screened new ideas, promoted culture of innovation, as member of corporate-wide innovation team – led to funding and resourcing of research effort on stem cell therapies. Show less

  • Senior Manager

    Mar 2009 - Feb 2010

  • Manager II, Engineering

    Nov 2007 - Mar 2009

  • Research Scientist

    Jul 2005 - Nov 2007

  • Technical Fellow/Sr. Research Associate

    Jul 2000 - Jul 2005
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  Society of Plastics Engineers

  Aug 2008 - May 2013

  Served as Newsletter editor, and served as Technical Program Chair for the 2011 and 2012 ANTEC meetings.

  • Board Member - Medical Plastics Division

    May 2008 - May 2013

  • Board Member - Failure Analysis and Prevention Special Interest Group

    Aug 2008 - Aug 2010
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  Rollprint Packaging Products

  Jun 2010 - Oct 2018

  • Vice President of Research and Technology

    Oct 2018 - Oct 2018

  • Director of Technical Services

    Jun 2010 - Sept 2018
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  PAXXUS

  Oct 2018 - now

  VP of Research and Technology