George McDonald

Experience

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  Unocal

  Jan 1976 - Jan 1976

  Research Technician

  Research on the properties of methanol as a gasoline fuel additive. Laboratory simulation of carburetor behavior over a wide temperature range, with a focus on the thermodynamic miscibility and vapor phase properties of methanol-gasoline-water systems.Union Oil Company of California subsequently merged with Chevron Corporation.

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  Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  Jan 1978 - Jan 1978

  Researcher

  Development of non-proliferation compliant nuclear fuel reprocessing. Focus was on a liquid metal-based process that allowed purification of nuclear fuel to energy grade, but was thermodynamically incapable of being modified to produce weapons-grade fuel.

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  Union Camp / Bush Boake Allen

  Jan 1984 - Jan 1993

  Sr. Research Scientist

  Research and process development in support of the company’s specialty chemical operations. Technical expertise in process modeling, numerical simulation, optimization, reactor design, energy systems, thermodynamics, transport, catalysis, kinetics and process control.• Technical and economic evaluation of numerous competing processes and potentially applicable processes from related fields.• Introduced computational modeling of batch and continuous terpene distillation processes leading to substantial increases in plant capacity.• Application of computational fluid dynamics to develop a first-of-its-kind cooling extruder. Increased polyamide processing capacity by 250%.• Designed and implemented the process control strategy for the world’s first high consistency ozone based bleach line. Included construction of a rigorous dynamic simulation model.• Leadership of start-up team, reactor design, overall process design and control strategy development for a $15 MM agricultural intermediate plant in England.• Developed a novel vapor phase catalyst and reactor system for oxidation of alcohols to aldehydes. Construction of bench and pilot scale reactors led to the design of a $5 MM commercial unit.• Developed a sulfur removal process for turpentine-based flavor and fragrance compounds.• Design of gas-liquid hydrogenation reactors, pyrolysis furnaces, reactors for enzymatic reactions in food processing.Bush Boake Allen was subsequently acquired by International Flavors and Fragrances (IFF). Show less

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  Union Camp Corporation

  Jan 1993 - Jan 1998

  Group Leader (Pulping Bleaching & Chemical Recovery)

  Technical oversight of chemical recovery, pulping and bleaching operations corporate-wide.Corporate governance• Principal Technology Advisor - Global Climate Change Advisory GroupBusiness development• Technical demonstration and sales support of a proprietary ozone bleaching process, resulting in license sales in Europe, Africa and North America.• Alternative energy technology – championed development of black liquor and biomass gasification. Developed the business case within the corporation. Sponsored research and collaborated on industry-wide efforts to secure DOE support and to overcome hurdles to commercialization.Software related• Introduction of standardized process modeling procedures for rapid project evaluation and process engineering.Process implementations• Development and implementation of four major manufacturing process modifications with a total return exceeding $8MM/yr (pulp digester conversion, fiber yield enhancement, salt cake crystallization, bleach process modification).In 1998, Union Camp Corporation was acquired by International Paper. Show less

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  Pure World Botanicals, Inc.

  Jan 1999 - Jan 2000

  Director of Engineering

  Responsible for GMP production, engineering and maintenance at a $20MM+/year botanical extractives (nutraceuticals) company.Pure World was subsequently acquired by Naturex, Inc.

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  Fusion Technologies

  Jan 2001 - Jan 2006

  Partner

  In my tenure at Fusion, the company averaged 40% revenue growth, and grew from a 30-person NJ/NY-based corporation to a global organization of over 200 people, with offices in Amsterdam, India, and across the US. My primary role as Director of Consulting centered on development of the consulting services practice, with special focus on building our India operations capability. This included establishing reproducible processes, mentoring them into the organization, and enforcing their use at the project level, as well as management of large offshore development engagements.Fusion was acquired by Alliance Consulting (later Alliance Global Services) in July 2006 Show less

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  Dun & Bradstreet

  Jan 2001 - Jan 2012

  Program Manager / Enterprise Architect - Consultant

  D&B has been a primary client since 2001. Responsibilities have focused on enterprise architecture, leadership of large teams for application development, and program management of initiatives spanning multiple business and technology units.

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  Alliance Global Services

  Jan 2006 - Jan 2015

  Vice President, Consulting Services

  Alliance Global Services was a global software solutions firm providing the full life cycle of capabilities from strategy through development, testing, maintenance and outsourcing.As a member of the Senior Delivery Leadership Team, my role was to define and implement software delivery processes and methodologies across the organization. This also involved mentorship/guidance of delivery managers and their software development teams. Responsible also for delivery and client relations with AGS customers in the NY/NJ region.Alliance Global Services was acquired by EPAM Systems, Inc. in 2015. Show less

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  EPAM Systems

  Nov 2015 - now

  Senior Director, Account Management

  Responsible for solution engineering, business and technology consulting, delivery management, and client relations for a portfolio of EPAM customers. Recent consulting projects include Mobile Strategy and Roadmap | DevTestOps Implementation | M&A Due Diligence | Web Services Architecture.Specialties include: * Transformation * Team/Organization Building * Certified Scrum Master * Agile Development/Process Methodologies * Managed Testing Services * Custom Application Development Show less