TANYA  ROTBERG

Bordentown, NJ 08505                 609 284-6768            tanyarotberg6@gmail.com

SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS

· Multilingual Chemist with strong, technical-problem solving skill and unique ability to bring projects from concept to completion consistently on time and budget.       

· Broad background in Technical Service, Quality Assurance, Product Development and Sales Support Issues.                                                                                                                                                     

· A valued team player with clearly demonstrated capabilities managing increasingly diverse responsibilities to support company goals and improve performance.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Main Tape Company, Inc.  Cranbury, NJ                                                                      1995 – 2008

Protective tape and graphics application company with annual sales of $42M / year

Technical Service Manager                                                                                                         

· Provided competitor analysis and technical support to sales personnel facilitating 

      a 20% increase in annual sales.

· Prepared technical data for all new product releases. Trained all sales personnel, customers and distributors to assure effective product rollout.

· Proposed new value-added products, and applications for current and new customers, increasing market share and annual sales growth by up to 40%.

· Developed new product implementation process for new customers from laboratory stage through commercialization.

R&D Chemist                                                                                                         

· Led a team of three people developing new products for niche market customers.

· Developed new adhesive systems and backing combinations, leading to additional $300K sales per year.

· Scaled up four new product lines to run in company’s standard manufacturing system, which generated new sales in excess of $500K per year.

Quality Assurance Coordinator

· Managed a team of people responsible for testing production materials in process.

· Trained and supervised all QA personnel on proper laboratory procedures and instrumentations ( FTIR, Halogen Moisture Analyzer, Tear tester, Instron and Thwing Albert  Adhesion testers).

· Resolved customer complaints by coordinating corrective action to ensure manufacturing effectiveness and customer retention.

· Reduced quality defects to less than 0.5% of total sales by implementing a new program which improved the quality, capability and performance of the manufacturing processes.

EDUCATION & TECHNICAL SKILLS COURSES

Technological Institute, Odessa, USSR - M.S Chemistry

Team Problem Solving Skills – 2007 

PSTC Certificate 102 – 2006 and PSTC Certificate 101 – 2003 

ISO 9001 – 2000 and  2003