Our Professionals
Both of our professionals have broad industrial and governmental backgrounds in marketing, market development, business development, government regulations, R&D, product development, technical services, application development, sales, failure analysis, standards development, product approvals, regulatory relations, government relations, as well as management.
Tom Walsh, Ph.D.
With more than 40 years of experience, Tom has a broad background with a range of polymers and plastics including polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP), polyvinyl chloride (PVC), chlorinated polyvinyl chloride (CPVC), crosslinked polyethylene (PEX), nylons (PA), fluoropolymers (PVDF), engineering thermoplastics, thermoplastic alloys, as well as filled and reinforced compounds and composites and polymer processing. Tom’s experience in consulting includes Failure Analysis, Product Development, Application Development, Technical Services, Research & Development, Marketing, Strategic Planning, Sales, and Management in addition to extensive experience in expert witness and litigation consulting. Tom has a B.S. in Chemistry from Boston College and a Ph.D. in Chemistry from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Peter Lauzon
Peter has more than 35 years of experience in the plastics industry working with Phillips Petroleum, Phillips Driscopipe, Conoco Phillips, ICO Inc. and more recently with his own company, PEAL Processing. Peter spent several years conducting failure analysis of polyethylene piping for Phillips Driscopipe. Peter also spent several years conducting marketing and business analysis projects for Conoco Phillips. Peter has a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the New Jersey Institute of Technology and an M.B.A. from Southern Methodist University.