Jon Cronin

Responsible for top-line growth of InnoCentive's open innovation business in the Altantic region. Specific areas of expertise in the Specialty Chemicals and Materials Science industry sectors. InnoCentive's bounty model for R&D and Product Development is fundamentally a new way of solving problems.

Blending listings here... Started as a chemist developing new, acrylic systems for coextrusion over less weatherable polymers for architectural applications. Eventually became the sales manager for the Elvacite acrylic product line, which has a lot of chemical functionality and technical diversity.

As an undergrad at Manhattanville College, I was an intern at the TJ Watson research center under Eugene O'Sullivan. That enlightening experience opened my eyes to field of materials science and motivated me to earn a PhD and a career in chemistry with an emphasis on amorphous polymers.