Pasquale Falcigno

• Ensure compliance with global, regional and local regulations in combination with internal and external partners and government organizations • Lead and communicate global inert and nanomaterial policy • Determine and solve identified issues with local registration managers • Simplify process for customs issues when importing and exporting plant protection products

• Managed risk based assessment and mediation of supplier abilities to meet REACH regulation deadlines • Negotiated with suppliers to resolve high risk situations to proactively eliminate supply issues • Defined strategic purchasing strategy in the overall companywide REACH strategy • Managed the successful implementation of the Tier 1 registration compliance without incident • Initiated on-going purchaser training and external supplier education on issues of non-compliance

• Headed Ciba REACH communication team to align and inform all stakeholders along the supply chain • Created five year global home and personal care business strategy with marketing managers • Created and implemented global business communication strategy optimizing customer interaction • Managed 2 million Swiss Franc communication budget and a team of three people • Project manager for major trade shows including In-Cosmetics and K-2007

• Responsible for the creation and global coordination of the business marketing strategy • Sales manager for Switzerland and Israel – doubled sales in one year • Aligned efforts of marketing managers to achieve a clear and coherent product launch strategy • Instituted professional sales force training with clear deliverables and sales targets • Established technically based customer education seminars highlighting a value and solution approach • Promoted online ordering and customer self-service porta

• Project manager for the creation and implementation of a stage gate product design process – from idea, development, scale-up to launch involving research, pilot plant, production, marketing and sales • Coordinated training of entire pipeline organization on the process and project management • Installed project management and project portfolio management for approximately 100 projects • Resulted in improved project tracking, better resource management and shorter time to market

• External scouting, evaluation and acquisition of pharmaceutical excipient technology • Managed projects with internal and external testing houses to evaluate proof of concepts • Determined potential value and payback time • Negotiated intellectual property and licensing contracts

• Project manager for global multicultural remote deep-UV photoresist product development team • Launched ARCH® series of deep-UV photoresist to US, European and Japanese markets • Daily interaction with international customers to meet demanding electronic industry specifications

• Designed, synthesized and evaluated organic high temperature polyimide dielectric layers • Headed one lab unit and R&D computer committee • Launched high temperature polyimide Probimide®100

• Improved fundamental understanding and control of the triboelectric effect leading to improved copier quality and reduced manufacturing costs

• Increased yield of production processes through improved quality control of metal plating baths

• Developed coal and oil test methods to determine raw material pricing and reduce environmental impact

American Chemical Society certified AS and BS in chemistry Deans List