Brian Ross Bennett

Kingsport, TN 37663
423-967-5077
brian.ross.bennett@gmail.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/BrianRBennett

GLOBAL ANALYTICAL CHEMIST

Dedicated and detail oriented chemist combining excellent academic credentials with years of experience with
one of the nation's top chemical manufacturing companies. Cutting-edge laboratory experience with expertise
in specifying, developing, implementing and controlling analytical test methods. Adept at developing new
analytical test methods and providing technical analytical solutions to process problems. Practiced in
instrument monitoring and analytical method performance.
Core Competencies

Safety
Automating Routine Testing
Method Development / Assay Development
GC, HPLC, IC, ICP-MS, ICP, GFAA, AA, XRF, FTIR,
UV-VIS, DSC, TGA, Titration, Microscopy,
Automated Testing, Wet Chemistry, BTU, TKN,
BOD, TOC, COD, Conductivity, Fecal and Total
Coliform, Stack Velocity/Flow, CO2, NOX, SO2, CO
Stack Testing and Continuous Environmental
Monitoring (CEMS)

US Pharmacopeia / GMP
Validation
Investigation / Troubleshooting
Training Chemists / Technicians/Analysts
Monitoring Laboratory Performance
Quality Control
Statistical Process Control
Precision Monitoring
Preventative Maintenance
Collaborative / Innovative Leadership

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Eastman Chemical Company, Kingsport, TN

2004 - 2016

A global specialty chemical company that produces a broad range of advanced materials, additives and
functional products, specialty chemicals, and fibers that are found in products people use every day.
Technology Associate, Analytical Services Division Analytical Control Lab
Analytical Chemist
2012 - 2016
Provided technical support for control lab using Liquid, Ion, and Gas Chromatography and ICP, GFAA, and
ICP-MS Elemental analyses for USP, Electronic and Industrial customers.
Developed method for new USP 232/233 elemental analysis.
Improved ICP-MS procedures to report ppt levels of elemental contamination in solvents.
Monitored USP campaigns.
Tightened SPC limits on test methods.

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Technology Associate, Analytical Support Division Environmental Services Lab 2004 - 2012
Supervisor for Air Emissions Testing.
Worked as Qualified Individual for stack testing projects including Parts 60 and 75.
Rewrote procedures when AET regulations changed in 2011.
Monitored Continuous Environmental Monitors (CEMS) for coal and oil fired powerhouses and
environmental monitoring sites.
Initiated Preventative Maintenance Program for CEMS.

Eastman Chemical Company, South Congaree, SC

1982 - 2004

Analytical Chemist
Analytical Support Division Analytical Control and Environmental Services Labs
Served as Supervisor for Environmental Testing Lab (water, chemical and microbiological). Managed up to 8
Environmental Analysts and Technicians. Technical support in control lab.
Provided technical support for control lab using Chromatography, XRF, Inherent Viscosity and Titration.
Supported laboratory computers including backups, updates and virus protection.
Set up Statistical Process Control and Half Blind Precision Monitoring on major instruments and tests.
Set up new Polyethylene Terephthalate Manufacturing Plant Analytical Laboratories in England, Mexico,
Spain and Argentina. Trained Chemists and Analysts.
Trained Chemists for plants in Korea and Indonesia.
Developed analytical methods in LC, GC, XRF, Titrations, Pynchnometry and ICP.
Automation of routine analytical methods in GC, Inherent Viscosity, and Titrations.
Automated data transfer and review based on method capability and process state.
Worked with team using predictive modelling of process to reduce laboratory testing.
Installed and controlled on-line analyzers.

EDUCATION
Master of Science (MS) in Analytical Chemistry
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
Bachelor of Science (BS) in Chemistry and Biology
Illinois State University, Normal, IL
Associate of Arts (AA) in Science
Joliet Junior College, Joliet, IL

SELECTED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Statistical Process Control, 1984
Dale Carnegie 1987
Design of Experiments 2000
Green Belt Statistics 2002
Source Sampling and CEMS Training, Walter Smith 2005
Preparation for the SES QSTI Exams Workshop, Walter Smith, 2008
SES QSTI Exams 1, 2, 3, 4 2008
USP Training 2012