Chandra Khadilkar

Background

About Chandra Khadilkar

Global R&D Manager and Research Scientist with a track record of developing and commercializing new products by utilizing broad background in materials and processing. By working with R&D, marketing and manufacturing groups, identified and developed new products and developed supporting platform technologies. Supported new product introductions and initial manufacturing support. Solved urgent complex technical problems by combining extensive multidisciplinary expertise including materials, formulations, dispersion rheology, characterization and utilizing design of experiments and data analysis. Five awarded patents, 14 pending patent applications, and 14 published articles. Supervised an international team of R&D scientists with leading edge core technology innovative research projects in multiple business units. Successfully developed and executed outside funded projects by working with academic and commercial partners. A strong track record of identifying critical issues, mitigating risks, driving collaboration, leveraging all available resources, and implementing methods and successful strategies as a project manager.