Elke Peirtsegaele

Experience

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  Eindhoven University of Technology

  Jun 2012 - Sept 2012

  Undergraduate Researcher/Intern

  • Meijer Group – Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands • Synthesized, characterized, & analyzed substituted Benzene-1,3,5-tricarboxamides (BTAs)• Researched self-assembly of BTAs via hydrogen bonding, liquid crystalline formation, & aggregation behavior

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  UCSB Department of Chemical Engineering

  Sept 2012 - Sept 2013

  Undergraduate Researcher

  • Co-authored Soft Matter research article “Polymer-surfactant complexation as a generic route to responsive viscoelastic nanoemulsions”• Innovate, homogenize, & fabricate water/silicone oil nanoemulsions• Examine nanoemulsion droplet size, rheology, viscosity, & thermo gelling properties

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  Soraa

  Sept 2013 - Jun 2014

  Undergraduate Intern

  • Cleaning, metallic depositing, electroplating, & patterning gallium nitride wafers for Lateral Epitaxial Overgrowth seed preparation for high current density LEDs• Lapping, polishing, & grinding gallium nitride wafers

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  TriSep Corporation, The Specialty Membrane Company

  Jul 2014 - Nov 2016

  As a Technical Service Engineer, I supported customers and the organization as a product expert for all flat sheet and spiral-wound membrane products. Answered customer's product, operation, and application questions as well as supported pilot/application testing and designing membrane system layouts. Established relationships with customers and industry experts to accelerate technical and business development and enhance value delivered. Worked with customers to troubleshoot systems in attempt to recognize, anticipate, and solve customer problems with the goal to increase customer satisfaction and minimize warranty liabilities. I processed customer feedback and warranty claims, including analyzing returned products to determine modes of failure and developed solutions. I trained many customers, key industry players, sales professionals, and other technical service engineers on our product offerings. Show less

  • Technical Service Engineer

    Jun 2015 - Nov 2016

  • Sales Engineer

    Jul 2014 - Jun 2015
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  MANN+HUMMEL Water & Fluid Solutions (previously MICRODYN-NADIR)

  Nov 2016 - Aug 2021

  Supported growth by providing application expertise to customers and generating new business by creatively and strategically promoting existing products into new applications. As the North American Technical Service Manager, I led the Technical Service Engineering team with the goal of providing technical product support both to customers as well as the organization as a whole. In addition to this, my team focused on writing and maintaining technical documents, acquiring and sharing application experience and data, field service, troubleshooting, and so much more. Show less Served as the subject matter expert for process and specialty applications, providing design requirements for product development, and initiating the creation of new products. Offered technical support for customers all over the world, helped them troubleshoot their membrane systems, recommended products for their specific application, and designed RO and NF membrane systems using proprietary projection software. Spearheaded the project of creating a new projection software to model the performance of a newer line of MICRODYN RO and MICRODYN NF products, called Reverse Osmosis Application for MICRODYN-NADIR (ROAM). Helped establish MICRODYN-NADIR as a leading specialty membrane manufacturer through the creation of technical documents including product manuals; operating and troubleshooting guides; application bulletins; technical papers; press releases; published articles; and case studies. Show less

  • Technical Service Manager - North America

    Jan 2020 - Aug 2021

  • Senior Technical Service Engineer

    Nov 2016 - Jan 2020
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  DuPont Water Solutions

  Aug 2021 - Feb 2023

  Responsible for developing and implementing effective marketing strategies for a variety of products used in the Industrial Water and Desalination market segments.

  • Americas Regional Marketing Manager and Oil & Gas Global Lead

    Feb 2022 - Feb 2023

  • North American Marketing Manager - Industrial Water & Desalination

    Aug 2021 - Feb 2022
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  ZwitterCo

  Feb 2023 - now

  Responsible for the strategy, development, and management of new products with the goal of maximizing growth and profitability within the water and wastewater sectors.

  • Senior Product Manager

    Nov 2024 - now

  • Commercial Development Manager

    Feb 2023 - Nov 2024