ChM Dr Choon Kong Woo

RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, SOURCING AND CONSULTANCY ON MEDICAL, SURGICAL, INDUSTRIAL, SCIENTIFIC, RUBBER, POLYMER, LATEX, PPE, MEDICAL DEVICE, GLOVE AND RELATED TECHNOLOGIES.

· Supervise daily operation of the R&D department and drive focused, efficient, and effective executions. · Set clear strategic directions for the R&D department and steer new product pipeline & technology roadmap. · Set departmental objectives, KPIs & execution plans in good alignment with Company, Advanced Materials BU, and global R&D goals & key initiatives and cascade them down to individual employees. · Drive impactful new product commercialization by working closely with Advanced Materials BU, New Process Development, Quality Assurance, Production, and Supply Chain. · Styrene Block Copolymer Thermoplastic Elastomer - Platform Research and New Product Development.

Latex and Rubber Chemicals Trading Consulting.

Integration Research Laboratory - Innovative Medical Surgical Glove Research. Lecturing "Professional Journey in Coating, Polymer, Rubber, Glove & Latices"

Business Includes medical, surgical, industrial, Scientific, PPE Rubber/Polymer Glove Technology Research, Development, Sourcing and Consultancy.

Surgical gloves-Rethought-Improved Sterile medical gloves protect patient and user. During an operation, however, glove perforations very often occur, which reduce the protective capacity. In many specialist departments, gloves are therefore worn twice to reduce the risk of contamination and infection. This practice is time-consuming and is associated with loss of comfort, poor tactile feel and double packaging waste. We have addressed this problem. Smarterials Technology is a young medtech company with high competence in inorganic chemistry, surface functionalization and process technology. We will launch an innovative surgical glove with several unique selling points that has disruptive character. The patent application has been filed. A unique, safety-optimized material structure integrates a perforation indicator and combines the properties and advantages of single-layer gloves with the benefit of double gloving – Two-in-One.

Product Development/R&D Engineering/Manufacturing Operation/Business Strategy Polymers & Forming (Healthcare Examination and Cleanroom Gloves) Establishing new EMG R&D Centre for Next Generation Products including Healthcare Surgical, Examination and Specialty Gloves. The scope covers New Product Development, Modification and Extensions, New Equipment Development. Project Setup: 1. Thin Nitrile Type B Glove 2. Multilayered Composite Thin Synthetic Rubber Glove 3. PU Hybrid Innovative Examination Glove

Managing multi remote sites of R&D Teams in Rayong, Thailand and Penang, Malaysia. New Product Development, Pipeline Management, Technology Platform, Cost & Value Improvement, Business Strategies and Product Roadmap, Equipment Engineering. Business units supported: Surgical Gloves, Examination Gloves, Urology Latex Catheter. Manage ‚Glove Enhancement‘ Research Project with IMRE Singapore Managing Technical Team of Gloves R&D and Engineering consist of ~21 headcounts Develop new generation surgeon glove using SIS polymer dispersion Alternate polyisoprene latex dipping technology development. Develop new polymer coating technology platform for PF surgeon glove, Patent filed. Launched new product „Cardinal Health Protexis Latex Ortho“ surgical glove. Launched new product „Cardinal Health Protexis Neoprene Essential“ surgical glove. Launched new product „Cardinal Health Protexis PI Orthopaedic“ surgical glove. Launched revised product „Cardinal Health Protexis Latex Hydrogel“ surgical glove. Launched new product „Cardinal Health Protexis PI Textured“ surgical glove Leading the R&D Engineering „GRW“ Dipping Line Automation project. Support the construction of new surgical glove plant in Rayong for capacity expansion. Business and technical support to surgical glove market expansion to Europe, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, India, LATAM, Brazil and etc. Launched 2 new surgical gloves to Brazil, „Luva Cirurgica Latex and Neoprene“. Launched specialty product „Custom PI Surgical Glove“ for Mayo Clinic, US.

Managing multi remote sites of R&D Teams in Rayong, Thailand and Penang, Malaysia. New Product Development, Value Improvement, Equipment Engineering for Gloves Business Launched new product „Cardinal Health Protexis Latex Ortho“ surgical glove. Launched new product „Cardinal Health Protexis Neoprene Essential“ surgical glove. Launched new product „Cardinal Health Protexis PI Orthopaedic“ surgical glove. Launched revised product „Cardinal Health Protexis Latex Hydrogel“ surgical glove. Launched new product „Cardinal Health Protexis PI Textured“ surgical glove Leading the R&D Engineering „GRW“ Dipping Line Automation project. Support the construction of new surgical glove plant in Rayong for capacity expansion. Business and technical support to surgical glove market expansion to Europe, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, India, LATAM, Brazil and etc. Launched 2 new surgical gloves to Brazil, „Luva Cirurgica Latex and Neoprene“. Launched specialty product „Custom PI Surgical Glove“ for Mayo Clinic, US.

Managing multi remote sites of R&D Teams in Rayong, Thailand and Penang, Malaysia. Providing R&D leadership, product and technology roadmap for medical glove businesses in a Fortune 21 Healthcare Company. Reporting to a Vice President of Global R&D organization, the role of Director for Product Development/R&D Engineering will manage and develop the technical team consist of R&D Managers, Senior Principal Engineer, Scientists, Engineers and R&D Assistants with the right skill set for research laboratory management, transference of product technology to the mass scale manufacturing, supporting new product introduction into the market. He is also a strategic member of the manufacturing team to support the value improvement initiatives in the plant.

A team member of a newly formed Advanced Concepts and Technologies (ACT) group, led by SVP, working on technology development projects that focus on front-end innovation, technology scouting, identification and feasibility validation of advanced step-change technologies, followed by technology development and feasibility validation. - New “platform” for sustainability, renewable feedstock, green synthetic rubber. - Bio-based isoprene would provide a strategic raw material for synthetic polyisoprene runner, stabilize costs, decrease dependence on fossil oils and natural rubber sourcing, and improve the environmental footprint of the business. - Collaborating with external innovation partners on polymerization and latex conversion.

Professional Products Technologies Synthetic surgical glove new product development Design & development control Process validation Manufacturing support of new product Marketing support of new product launch - Launched product family of polyisoprene surgical gloves for Ansell.

Synthetic Technologies - Basic Building Blocks Polymer Technologies Set up new Ansell Science and Technology Innovation Centre in Shah Alam. Developing alcohol resistant polyurethane surgical glove. Exploration study on water vapor permeable (breathable) polymer for synthetic polyurethane surgeon glove. Exploration study on the project ‚Smart Glove“ breach detectable surgeon glove. Team member in the transfer of manufacturing for Nitrile clean room glove from US to Bangalore, India. Develop polychloroprene hand-specific glove for pharmaceutical industry, project „Synthetic Pharmaceutical Glove“. Develop synthetic rubber with new film architecture for high chemical resistant glove. Feasibility studies on alternative synthetic polymers for surgeon glove. Research collaboration with University of Sydney and industrial supervisor for a Ph.D. student. Supervised 22 industrial trainees from local and foreign universities. - coaching for university students under the research and manufacturing environment and assigning new product and process development project assignments for new technology exploration in the Ansell S&T Center.

Division of Wood, Paper and Coating Technology Lecturer in Polymer and Coating Technology School of Industrial Technology, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang Lecturing on polymer and surface coating technology course in the classes of more than 140 undergraduate students. Coaching a laboratory class of more than 100 undergraduate students. Conducted short-term grant project of university on „Development of UV curable coatings based on bio-renewable agro-materials, such as cellulose derivatives“. Supervised 7 students in their final year research projects.

Harvard Business School Executive Education HBS Malaysia „Competing on Business Analytics and Big Data“ Kuala Lumpur.

Completed: Managing human capital, Information systems management, Marketing management, Financial analysis & management, International business, Corporate finance, Strategic management, Research methodology, Major project (Business development proposal) Grade : Distinction University of Wales Institute, Cardiff (UWIC) or renamed as Cardiff Metropolitan University, United Kingdom. at Westminster International College (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia), a division of London School of Commerce (UK), the Associate College of UWIC.

Supervisor: Professor Dr Gerhard Wegner Choon-Kong Woo, “Cellulose Derivatives as Surface Active Materials,” Dr.rer.nat. Dissertation, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität in Mainz, (ISBN 3-89825-179-9), Verlag dissertation.de, Berlin, FR Germany, 2000. Attended additional courses in organic chemistry, physical chemistry, Inorganic theoretical chemisty solid state chemistry, nuclear chemistry, quantum physics. Fachbereich Chemie und Pharmazie and Max-Planck-Institute for Polymer Research Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz (JGU), Federal Republic of Germany. Then I continued my Dr.rer.nat. (equivalent to Ph.D.) pursuit in Mainz, Federal Republic of Germany, under the DAAD scholarship and USM academic staff training scheme. Graduated from University of Mainz, Germany, on polymer (physical chemistry) with the research work performed in Max-Planck Institute for Polymer Research under the supervision of Professor Gerhard Wegner. DAAD Scholarship

Polymer Coatings Technology Dissertation: Ultra-Violet Radiation Curing of Epoxy-ENR-GMA Hybrid System for Surface Coating School of Industrial Technology, University of Science Malaysia (USM) Penang, Malaysia. Supervisor: Asso. Prof. Dr. R.N.Kumar, Mr. Abusamah Abubakar USM ASTS Fellowship

(Wood anatomy, Fiberboard making, Paper manufacturing, Color technology, Polymer surface coating and adhesive formulation) Dissertation: Design a multiple effect evaporator for handling black liquor Grade : Second Class Upper Division, School of Industrial Technology University of Science Malaysia (USM), Penang, Malaysia. JPA Fellowship