VP Quality and Technology James A. Shell FRS division of Pinnacle Elastomeric Technologies 5272 Mountain Center Plaza Lula, GA USA 30554 Email: jshell@rex-hide.com Biographical Sketch: More than 30 years of experience in the rubber industry, including service with all of the major tire producers, worked with customers in 19 countries on four continents in various product development projects in the rubber and specialty chemical business, author or co-author of seven ACS papers, six articles in Rubber World magazine, and co-inventor of three US patents in the field of rubber mixing. Bachelor of Arts from Cornell College, MBA from Drake University. Certified RABQSA ISO9001:2000 Quality Auditor, and member of various rubber groups and trade associations. |