President and Director at Rethink Coatings, Inc. VP Marketing at Rethink Inks, Inc.
Austin, Texas Area
- Current
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- President and Director at Rethink Coatings, Inc.
- VP Marketing at Rethink Inks, Inc.
- Past
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- President/Consultant at Jenitech Corp. (Sole Proprietorship)
- Director Product Development & OPerations at Trimarc Technologies, Inc.
- Manager, Product Development at SafeScience (Glycogenesys)
- Manager, Product Development at SafeScience (Glycogenesys)
- Education
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- The University of Texas at Austin
- Connections
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75
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- Industry
- Chemicals
Jennifer Russell’s Summary
Ms. Russell began her career in biotechnology where she worked directly with the company’s pharmaceutical, agricultural, consumer and industrial product technologies. She has had a lead role in the development and launch of over 40 commercial products over the course of her career and has managed cross-functional teams of scientists, consultants, operations, quality control, and marketing staff. Ms. Russell has been responsible for implementing a streamlined product development process which lead to significant improvements in performance, reductions in production costs, and faster introduction to the marketplace. She has consulted with organizations on a variety of topics including: product development, marketing strategy, sales collateral, operations & materials management, quality control, and the regulatory compliance process. During her career she has authored a full range of business, marketing, and technical documents and has given corporate presentations to various major clients nationwide. Currently, Jennifer Russell is president of RETHINK COATINGS, Inc. a privately held corporation providing revolutionary patented solvent replacement technologies and performance enhancing additives to the $70.6 billion paint and coatings market that have the potential to eliminate between 90-100% of the emissions of that industry. She is also VP of Marketing for Rethink Inks, a sister organization that has developed a revolutionary ink technology which improves productivity by up to 20%, profitability by over 250% all while eliminating 90 - 100% of the VOCs emitted by this industry. Rethink Inks is in its 3rd year of commercial sales and has a signed supply contract with Sun Chemical, the largest ink producer in the world.
Jennifer Russell’s Specialties:
Product Development, Operations & Materials Management, Quality Control, Regulatory Complaince, Marketing & Sales Strategy, Authorship of business, technical, and sales docs (Business Plans, PPMs, Financial Documents, Presentations, Brochures, Techical Data Sheets, Web Content, QC Docs)
Industries: Polymers, Specialty Chemicals & Additives, Paints & Coatings, Lithographic Inks, Agricultural Products, Floor Care Products, Industrial/Consumer Cleaners, Nutraceuticals, and Pharmaceuticals.
Jennifer Russell’s Experience
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President and Director
Rethink Coatings, Inc.
(Chemicals industry)
October 2005 — Present (3 years 10 months)
Rethink Coatings, Inc. is a privately held environmental specialty chemical company that provides the $75 billion worldwide paints and coatings industry with unique, patented performance enhancing additives which have the potential to reduce the industry’s Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) emissions by 95-100%. In today’s regulatory environment the significant reduction of these hazardous air pollutants is not only environmentally responsible, but is also federally and locally mandated in the US and abroad. The Company believes that its technologies provide a solution to some of the industries major formulation challenges.
As we enter 2008, the Company is nearing completion of the development of its first generation of performance enhancing additives for the industry and has begun to aggressively pursue relationships with some of North America’s largest raw material suppliers, distributors, and producers of paint and coatings products. -
VP Marketing
Rethink Inks, Inc.
(Printing industry)
August 2005 — Present (4 years)
Rethink Inks provides commercial lithographic ink market with revolutionary, patented ink technologies that can eliminate 90% - 100% of the toxic heavy metals and cancer-causing solvents emitted by the lithographic printing industry. These technologies have the potential to create significant costs savings from improved productivity and significantly reduced paper and ink waste. In 2006, Sun Chemical (world's largest ink producer) won the prestigious Intertech Award for “Best new technology of the year” for its Liberty Ink line based on Rethink’s technology.
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President/Consultant
Jenitech Corp. (Sole Proprietorship)
(Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Chemicals industry)
2002 — 2005 (3 years)
Providing Strategic Business and Product Development Services in the following areas: Product Development, Project management, Quality Control, Operations, Cost Analysis, Sales and Marketing, Authoring/Developing and Designing Marketing, Sales, and Website content, Business Plan Development, Testing and Evaluation, ISO 9000, etc.
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Director Product Development & OPerations
Trimarc Technologies, Inc.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Chemicals industry)
2001 — 2003 (2 years)
Directed the operations, quality control, and product development activities of a chemical manufacturing facility. Developed product formulation and mixing procedures and provided the staff guidance regarding quality, testing, and production methods. Performed extensive cost accounting and analysis, overhead calculations, P&L’s, etc. to continually improve the company’s bottom line.
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Manager, Product Development
SafeScience (Glycogenesys)
(Chemicals industry)
1998 — 2002 (4 years)
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Manager, Product Development
SafeScience (Glycogenesys)
(Biotechnology industry)
1998 — 2001 (3 years)
Managed and coordinated cross-functional teams of scientists, consultants, operations, marketing, and quality control staff to develop and launch over 35 products. mplemented a streamlined development process for multiple product lines which minimized total costs and time to market. Developed corporate standards for performance and safety. Developed product formulation and mixing procedures and provided the staff guidance regarding quality, testing, and production methods. Developed and authored content for labeling, brochures, sell sheets, technical bulletins, MSDS’s, claim support and media clearance documentation, 510k submissions, and web content with graphic art department. Developed policies, SOP’s, forms, and lab protocols to ensure quality and accountability.
Jennifer Russell’s Education
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The University of Texas at Austin
1993 — 1998
Additional Information
Jennifer Russell’s Groups:
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Burning Man Alumni -
The Coaching Program with Bryan Franklin
Jennifer Russell’s Contact Settings
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