(Norma) Kathryn Rice Bullock
Coolohm, Incorporated
980 Clover Court
Blue Bell, PA, 19422-3015
Phone: (610) 292-8623
Fax: (610) 292-8623
E-mail: coolohm@verizon.net

Bio:

Specialties:

Services:

Our mission is to enable you to select and implement the right power source technology to increase your business ROI. We have the knowledge and experience to help you choose the right electrochemical power source for your application or market, evaluate or market new power source technologies, develop your business strategy, write specifications, integrate the technology into your power system, write your manuals, train your users, and trouble shoot and find a solution to your problems. We also provide technical assistance to attorneys in patents, trademarks and litigation.

MANAGEMENT, RESEARCH AND TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

Coolohm, Inc., Blue Bell, Pennsylvania

PRESIDENT AND FOUNDER, 2003 - Present

Founder and chief executive officer of a technical consulting company that specializes in dc power sources such as batteries, capacitors and fuel cells and their application in electronic systems.

Villanova University, Villanova, Pennsylvania

ADJUNCT FACULTY MEMBER, 2005 - Present

Teach a graduate level course for the Chemical Engineering Department on "Electrochemical Power Sources," including fuel cells, batteries and capacitors and their application in dc power systems.

C&D Technologies, Inc., Blue Bell, Pennsylvania

VICE PRESIDENT, TECHNOLOGY, 1999 - 2002

Executive Vice President responsible for Technology and Product Development, Quality, Process Engineering, and Manufacturing Engineering. Responsible for development of new battery products and new product applications such as solar energy and fuel cell systems and for providing technical leadership and support to Executive and Board members. Responsible for overall management of an organization of up to 60 scientists and engineers, with analytical, development and testing laboratories, design, patents, documentation, project management, plant expansions, and the quality program. The Eastern Technology Council named C&D Technologies Technology Company of the Year in 2000.

Medtronic, Inc. Promeon Division, Brooklyn Center, Minnesota

DEVELOPMENT MANAGER, POWER SOURCES, 1996 - 1999

Managed a department of 14 technical staff members, including mechanical, material and chemical engineers, chemists and technicians. Responsible for developing batteries for implantable medical devices, and for supporting manufacturing, systems development, and quality organizations. Led a 40-person team in the development and qualification of a new capacitor design, manufacturing facility and process. Also led development of 13 new battery designs, including three new lithium battery technologies and associated manufacturing processes. Member of the Battery Business Team. Received Medtronic's highest employee award for work as Program Manager of the capacitor project.

Lucent Technologies, Bell Laboratories (formerly AT&T), Mesquite, Texas

TECHNICAL MANAGER, BATTERIES AND PURCHASED PRODUCTS 1991 - 1996:

Supervised up to 17 technical staff members, including 6 Ph.D. chemists and chemical engineers, 6 electrical and mechanical engineers, and technicians in two laboratory facilities (Texas and Murray Hill, NJ). Responsible for development, engineering, and quality of all batteries and other purchased products such as power cable and wire, inverters, converters, UPS, connectors, etc. for AT&T telecommunications power systems. Provided technical support to customer service, marketing, product management, legal and advanced technology planning groups. Developed staff and facilities, established total quality management system for purchased products, obtained ISO 9001 quality certification, and led D & E of new or improved lead-acid battery products and processes. Member of Quality Team that won the JUSE Deming Prize in 1994. Also led core competence group for portable rechargeable batteries.

Johnson Controls, Inc. (formerly Globe-Union) Milwaukee, WI

MANAGER, CHEMICAL RESEARCH DEPT., 1980 - 1991:

Supervised 17 technical staff members, including 7 Ph.D. chemists and chemical engineers. R&D on materials such as conductive oxides and semiconductors, polymers, and catalysts; innovative processes and designs for lead-acid batteries; new battery systems, including zinc-bromine, nickel-hydrogen, nickel-zinc, rechargeable lithium, zinc-manganese dioxide, and conductive polymer batteries; battery system components such as chargers, sensors and thermal management subsystems. New products developed include a load management system, an electric vehicle battery, and new lead-acid battery designs for automotive and industrial use.

SENIOR ELECTROCHEMIST, ELECTROCHEMICAL RESEARCH DEPT., 1977 - 1980:

Award winning research in electrochemistry of lead-acid batteries. Developed design with extended shelf life. Taught 3 in-house courses in electrochemistry and corrosion to technical staff.

The University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

ADJUNCT ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, 1979
MEMBER, DOCTORAL COMMITTEE, 1983

The Gates Company (formerly The Gates Rubber Company), Denver, CO

RESEARCH SPECIALIST, 1972 - 1976; RESEARCH TECHNICIAN, 1967, ELECTROCHEMISTRY DEPT:

R&D on valve-regulated lead-acid battery design, which has been licensed and produced worldwide, and on nickel-zinc cells.

Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

RESEARCH ASSISTANT AND GRADUATE TEACHING ASSISTANT, CHEMISTRY DEPARTMENT, 1967-1972:

Wrote computer software for theories of electrochemical reactions at dropping mercury electrodes. Taught 48 quarter hours of chemistry. Research on kinetics of organo-metallic reactions using electrochemistry.


ACADEMIC BACKGROUND:

Courses in business and electronics, MCCC, 2003 and numerous short courses over career in management, engineering, business and quality.

Ph.D., Physical Chemistry, 1972; MS, Chemistry, 1969, Northwestern University. Advisor: Professor Donald E. Smith.

BA, Cum Laude, English, Colorado University, 1967.

Certified Professional Chemist/Chemical Engineer, The American Institute of Chemists, Inc. since 1982.


HONORS, AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS:

Elected Fellow of the Electrochemical Society, 1999, Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, 1988, and Fellow of the American Institute of Chemists, 1987. Medtronic Star of Excellence Award,1998. Best Poster Presentation, Medtronic Science and Technology Conference, 1997. Gaston Plante Medalist, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1996. Battery Division Research Award, The Electrochemical Society, 1980. National Institutes of Health Fellow, 1969-1972. Electrochemical Society Summer Fellow, 1969. Phi Beta Kappa, 1966. Listed in American Men and Women of Science, Who's Who in America, Who's Who of American Women, The World Who's Who of Women, Who's Who in Science and Engineering and Who's Who in Technology Today.

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY ACTIVITIES:

President and Chairman of the Board (1995-1996), Vice President (1992-1995) of the Electrochemical Society, Inc.(ECS). ECS Representative to the Heritage Council of the Chemical Heritage Foundation (2004-2006) and member of the ECS Past President's Council. Secretary, ACS Chemical Consultants Network, Previously served as Director (1992-1999 and 1985-1987), as Vice-Chairman of the Battery Division, Technical Advisor to Battery and Corrosion Divisions, Chairman of the Council of Local Sections, Chairman of the Rocky Mountain Section and Chairman of the Contributing Membership Committee. Member of Program Committee of Intelec (IEEE) 1992-1996, 2000. Formerly U.S. National Representative to the National Academy of Sciences to Commission V.8 (Solubility Data) of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry. Member of National Academy of Sciences Committee to Evaluate the USABC Electric Vehicle Battery Program. Member of The International Society of Electrochemistry and the American Chemical Society.

PATENTS AND PUBLICATIONS:

Twelve U.S. patents plus associated foreign patents issued. Co-editor of the Proceedings of the Symposium on Advances in Lead-Acid Batteries, The Electrochemical Society, Inc., 1984. Author or co-author of more than 55 technical papers published primarily in the Journal of the Electrochemical Society, the Journal of Power Sources, IEEE Proceedings, the Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, and Analytical Chemistry. List of publications available on request.