Dr. Purv J. Purohit

- Built & managed global business resulting in over $10M in yearly sales - Owned P&L and budget responsibility within the business unit - Spearheaded & coached a team of 5, across the globe in a multi-cultural setup - Grew the business from $300k to over $10M in 5 years - Overachieved the sales budget in 3 consecutive years with an average growth of 9% - Monitor customer, market and competitor activity to strategise approach - Managed a team for technology transfer into a Joint Venture in China

- Provide technical sales leadership to win new customers - Communicate gaps and needs to technical and management teams - Managed commercial negotiations, including pricing agreements, warranty & contract terms - Work closely with OEMs as partners during the bidding phase - Prepare and present marketing material, case studies - Closing strategic partnerships and building long term customer relationships - Organize and manage customer activities through Salesforce.com

- Project planning and management - Design of experiments - Leading development projects of global significance - Set up an analytical lab to support development activities and leverage technical sales - Worked closely with a University of Madrid spin-off to custom design a catalyst performance equipment - Helped reduce testing costs from $1500 (external) to less than $200 (in-house) per sample - Support and assist sales team with customer visits

• Characterization of the nanocomposites employing Dielectric relaxation Spectroscopy • Co-relating the properties using Small and Wide Angle X-ray Scattering • Experience with Differential Scanning Calorimeter, Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy • Comparing the effect of nanoparticle geometry on the properties of the polymer • Solution casting polymer nanocomposite films with better dispersion of the nanofillers • Preparation of nanocomposites by in-situ polymerization technique

• Performing SAXS measurements • Melt blending of ternary blends of PC/SAN/Cloisite20A for morphology stabilization • Running lab scale Extrusion plant • Operating ultra-microtomy for polymer samples and TEM imaging

• Mould manufacturing • CNC Milling • Injection Moulding • Electric discharge machine

Polymer Science, Polymer Physics, Polymer Characterization, Structure-property relationship, Nanocomposites

Polymer Chemistry, Polymer Physics, Rheology, Polymer Processing, Applied Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Colloidal Science

Organic & Inorganic Chemistry, Polymer Chemistry, Polymer Processing, Mould Design, Rheology, Polymer Blends and Composites

Plastics Processing, Plastics Moulding Equipment Design, Machine Design, Quality Assessment, Product Design, Mould Design