Neal A. Lewis, Ph.D.

Industry experience

1995-2001: Bayer Corporation
10/95 - 7/01: Plant Engineer, West Haven, CT.  I was responsible for engineering support of the pharmaceutical manufacturing and pharmaceutical development facilities, including all maintenance and projects.  Support work included facilities and process support, facilities and equipment maintenance, and process troubleshooting and improvement.  Member of the Core Teams for two significant manufacturing facility expansions.  Project manager for a number of manufacturing-related projects, and the Engineering member of several technology transfer teams.  Engineering member in West Haven's first European Union cGMP audit.  Responsible for large equipment purchases, projects, and capital budgets.  Supervised area plant engineers.

1974 - 1995: The Procter & Gamble Company
8/92 -10/95:  Section Head, Product Supply Office, Skin Care, Cincinnati, Ohio.  Responsible for the package engineering section supporting the Skin Care business, and Quality Assurance for a new manufacturing facility being designed and built.  Until March 1994, was responsible for manufacturing/operations planning for Bain de Soleil sun care products.  Achieved the first profit for Bain de Soleil since acquisition by significantly decreasing costs without sacrificing quality.

1/91 - 7/92.  Section Head, Product Supply Office, Respiratory Care, Shelton, CT.  Led the technical startups of NyQuil and DayQuil LiquiCaps.  Headed the teams composed of R&D and Manufacturing to take the new concept from the laboratory to commercial manufacture.  Also provided technical support to Vicks cough/cold brands.  Moved to Cincinnati with the shutdown of the Richardson-Vicks headquarters.

4/85 - 12/90.  Manager, Duncan Hines Cookies, Jackson, TN.  Started as Technical Services Manager, and later managed the operation.  I was a key part of the team that took Duncan Hines Cookies from a significant financial loss to a respectable profit.  After the restructuring in 1987, I had all quality and technical support functions when headquarters support was ended.  Responsible for the total operation including P&L, 1989-90.    

5/80 - 3/85.  Technology Manager, Folgers Coffee, Sherman TX.  I held a variety of assignments in instant coffee manufacturing from line management to process engineering and engineering management.  Became the key process engineer and troubleshooter for the instant coffee plant, which made High Point and Folger's Instant Decaffeinated coffee.  I was part of the decaffeination process startup, including line management responsibility and all analytical chemistry support.

8/78 - 4/80.  Quality Control Manager, Folgers Coffee, Kansas City, MO.  Managed the plant labs and was responsible for the quality of about 40% of the Folgers ground coffee sold in the U.S. at that time.  

5/74 - 7/78.  Staff Engineer, Procter & Gamble, Cincinnati, Ohio.  Assignments included basic research, process development, products research, and technical services.

Patents: Two U.S. patents were awarded on coffee processing.

Dr. Neal Lewis received his Ph.D. in engineering management in 2004 and B.S. in chemical engineering in 1974 from the University of Missouri - Rolla (now the Missouri University of Science and Technology), and his MBA in 2000 from the University of New Haven. He is an associate professor in the School of Engineering at the University of Bridgeport. He has over 25 years of industrial experience, having worked at Procter & Gamble and Bayer. Prior to UB, he has taught at UMR, UNH, and Marshall University, and is the winner of 4 best paper awards.


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