William C. Golton, Ph.D.
509 Beatty Road
Springfield, PA, 19064
Phone:
(610) 543-0395
E-mail: wgolton@earthlink.net
Web Site: www.cecon.com
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Analytical Chemistry, University of Iowa
B.S. Chemistry, University of Kentucky
EXPERTISE
- Paint and Polymer Analysis and Testing.
- Measurement of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) in Paints and Related Materials.
- Expert Witness.
- Managing and Standardizing Pharmaceutical Stability Testing.
- Administrative Support.
- Project Management.
- Quality Management/Continuous Improvement.
- Streamlining Laboratory Operations.
- Improving Laboratory Measurement Results.
- Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS).
- Pharmaceutical Analytical and QC Laboratories.
- Laboratory Certification.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Independent Consultant 1994 - Present
- Assignments have included setting up a quality system for a small paint company, expert witness support and insurance claims support involving coatings and polymers, laboratory certification for a pharmaceutical firm, team leader on an ANDA project.
- Director and instructor in short courses in VOCs and HAPs in Paint and other products, and Problem Solving in Chemical Analysis.
The CECON Group, Inc., Wilmington, DE, Vice President 1995 - Present
- Administration and management of consulting assignments in all aspects of science and engineering, with a specialty in pharmaceuticals and coatings.
The DuPont Merck Pharmaceutical Co., Wilmington, DE Associate Director 1991 - 1994
- Organized and led a project to optimize, standardize and computerize stability operations throughout DuPont Merck to streamline company development and manufacturing analytical operations and reduce operating costs by $3.5MM/yr.
E. I. DuPont de Nemours & Co., Wilmington, DE and Philadelphia, PA 1962 - 1991
Senior Research Associate
- Designed and implemented one of the first R&D LIMS applications in Dupont.
- Organized Corporate LIMS resources throughout DuPont.
- Led department-wide Measurement Quality Improvement project for paints and polymers.
- Upgraded department's Methods Management system.
- Co-developed DuPont method management "best practice."
- Authored and co-authored some of the VOC methods now mandated by EPA for paint.
- Organized an international symposium on the analysis of paint and related materials and edited a book based on it.
Quality Manager
- Established quality systems and worked with top management in Marketing, Manufacturing, R&D, Finance and International to identify and reduce $50-$100MM in costs associated with poor quality in a $2 billion department.
- Reduced out of specification shipments 10 fold. Set up and managed systems to teach, measure and manage quality performance in marketing, manufacturing and R&D primarily in paints, polymers and fabricated products.
Research Supervisor
- Managed large analytical and physical measurement group for paints and polymers.
- Doubled output and reduced turnaround times without increasing budget.
Staff Chemist
- Provided technical support for 10 QC labs.
- Developed one of the first standard tests for lead in paint. Developed and implemented QC test package for antifreeze.
- Invented new kind of laundry bleach.
Research Chemist
- First in Company to apply polarography, recording titrimetry, ion selective electrodes, thin layer chromatography, and atomic absorption spectroscopy to paint problems.
ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
- ASTM International - D01, Paints and related materials
- American Chemical Society - Past Chairman of 5000 member Section
- Founding member of Chemical Consultants Network - the first organization for consultants in ACS
PUBLICATIONS AND PATENTS
- W. C. Golton, Editor, "Analysis of Paints and Related Materials: Current Techniques for Solving Coatings Problems" ASTM STP #1119
