printChemical Technology Expert Witness & Management Consulting Services
Interactive Consulting, Inc.
7 Deusenberg DriveP.O. Box 66
East Norwich, New York 11732
USA
Contact: Mr. Meyer R. Rosen, CPC, CChe, CFEI, FACFE, FRSC
Tel: (516) 922-2167, Fax: (516) 922-3830
Website: www.chemicalconsult.com Email: Send an emailExpert Witness - Forensic Expert - Litigation Support - Speaker Bureau
Interactive Consulting, Inc. is a chemical technology, expert witness, and management consulting firm. In the litigation area we provide plaintiff and defense services to attorneys and insurance companies in products liability, personal injury and intellectual property areas. Mr. Rosen has over thirty five years of industrial and academic experience in the chemical industry.
Services
Interactive Consulting, Inc. provides the following services:
Litigation Services
Areas of specialty include, but are not limited to: fires, explosions, hazardous chemicals, toxic exposure, chemical exposure, chemical burns, hair relaxers, household and industrial products and incident reconstruction. We also provide expert services relative to safety in design, formulation, packaging, handling, technical aspects of warnings and instructions, label analysis and safer alternatives.
Chemical Technology Services
The firm serves clients internationally in the consumer, personal care, household, industrial, pharmaceutical and medical device sectors. It offers management consulting brainstorming/ideation programs, technical marketing and applications development. Other services include custom market research, intellectual property support, novel patent simplification/comparison technology, technical writing, technology transfer and strategic planning. Our analyses have helped create breakthroughs in market, product and process development for the Specialty Chemical and allied industries.
Interactive Consulting is committed to providing a high level of service to our clients. We have enabled both Fortune 500 and smaller companies to solve a wide variety of technology and business problems. The company provides support to find new applications for novel technologies. We help develop clear-thinking action plans in complex situations where difficult choices must be made to further business objectives.
Technical Leadership
Mr. Rosen is a certified professional chemist and chemical engineer, certified fire and explosion investigator, Fellow American College of Forensic Examiners and Fellow Royal Society of Chemistry (London). He is Chief Scientific Adviser and Director of Technical Programs for HBA Global Expo (www.hbaexpo.com). He is responsible for organizing HBA's International Safety, Regulatory, and Certification Symposia, as well as all of HBA's Technical Conference Programs encompassing new scientific and technological developments and trends in personal care, cosmetics, health and well-being ingredients. Mr. Rosen is also a published author, peer reviewer, book editor, and Series Editor for Elsevier Books. He holds over twenty patents.
Litigation Support Services
Interactive Consulting, Inc. provide experts witness and expert consultant services to plaintiff and defense attorneys as well as insurance companies in products liability, personal injury and intellectual property matters. Areas of specialty include, but are not limited to: accident reconstruction, fires, explosions, hazardous chemicals, toxic exposure, chemical exposure, chemical burns, hair relaxers, household and industrial products. We also provide expert services in products liability issues relative to safety in design, formulation, packaging, handling, warnings and instructions, label analysis and safer alternatives.
Areas of Expertise:
Profile
Interactive Consulting, Inc. was founded by Meyer R. Rosen, an internationally recognized expert in specialty chemicals and their use and application. Mr. Rosen also serves as an expert witness and consultant for attorneys and insurance companies in products liability and personal injury litigation. In the specialty chemical area, our staff of experts provides consultation services such as:
Market and applications development for new and existing products
Management consulting, strategic planning and ideation seminars
Technology and licensing support
We conduct customized technology, market research and provide product formulation, optimization and characterization services. We also provide technology transfer and technical writing services as well as support for mergers and acquisitions. Among the industries we serve are the Consumer, Household, Industrial, Pharmaceutical, Personal Care and Medical Service industries.
Licenses
Certifications of Meyer R. Rosen
FACFE: Fellow: American College of Forensic Examiners
FRSC: Fellow: Royal Society Chemistry (London)
FAIC: Fellow: American Institute of Chemists
CPC, CChE: Certified Professional Chemist, Certified Professional Chemical Engineer
CFEI: Certified Fire & Explosion Investigator (Advanced Training)
DABFE: Diplomate: American Board of Forensic Examiners
DABFET: Diplomate: American Board of Forensic Engineering and Technology
Professional Experience
Mr. Rosen has over thirty five years of experience in the Chemical industry. He is a recognized expert in the technical marketing of specialty chemicals as well as their use, application and formulation of household and industrial products. Meyer holds over 20 U.S. patents, has authored four books, and has edited a 1,000 page book entitled, “Delivery System Handbook for Personal Care and Cosmetics- Technology, Applications & Formulations” (www.williamandrew.com).
This book contains contributions from over 80 authors, 40 companies and institutions and ten countries. Mr. Rosen has written over 40 peer reviewed articles for a variety of technical publications. He is a technical journalist and has written numerous articles on the use and application of chemical technology for major trade press publications such as Chemical Market Reporter, Specialty Chemicals (UK), Global Cosmetic Industry & HAPPI.
Mr. Rosen has served as Vice President of the Association of Consulting Chemists and Chemical Engineers and been a Director of the American Institute of Chemists. He has held a three year appointment as organizer of National Meetings of the American Chemical Society Colloid and Surface Science Symposia. Mr. Rosen is a member of a number of ASTM standards-making committees and serves as a referee for a variety of peer reviewed technical journals.
Legal Experience & Services
Mr. Rosen serves as an expert witness and consultant for plaintiff and defense attorneys as well as insurance companies in the field of technical products liability. He specializes in analysis and evaluation of personal injuries resulting from hazardous chemicals in household and industrial products. He has over 35 years of industrial experience both in chemistry and chemical engineering.
Mr. Rosen has designed and taught a chemical hazard and toxicology college course and served as an Adjunct Professor of (fire) chemistry for 15 years. He is nationally certified as a fire and explosion investigator with advanced training. Mr. Rosen has been accepted as an expert in federal and state courts in the field of technical products liability, prepared expert reports, and been deposed.
He provides litigation support in areas including, but not limited to: hazardous chemicals, toxic exposures, chemical burns, warnings and instructions, labeling defects and intellectual property matters. He is experienced in products liability issues related to safety in design, formulation packaging and handling. His expertise also includes: application and interpretation of codes and standards including those from ASTM, ANSI, UL, Factory Mutual and OSHA. Mr. Rosen has also been involved in intellectual property management and analysis/infringement litigation issues.
Affiliations
• American Board of Forensic Engineering & Technology, Executive Advisor
• American Chemical Society; American Institute of Chemical Engineers
• American College of Forensic Examiners
• American Society of Testing & Materials (ASTM): Member 17 Standards-Making Committees
• ACS Division of Colloid and Surface Chemistry
• American Industrial Hygiene Association / Member Noise Committee
• American Institute of Chemists, Former Director
• Assoc. of Consulting Chemists/Chemical Engineers: Executive Director, Past Vice President
• National Association of Fire Investigators
• National Fire Protection Association: Member, Fire Science & Technology
• Educators' Section Former Member Fire Fighting Foam Subcommittee (Standards - Making Body)
• Society of Cosmetic Chemists
Qualifications
Academic Experience:
Adjunct Professor, Chemistry Dept. Westchester Community College, Valhalla, NY (1970-1984). Designed and taught Chemical Hazard and Toxicology course. Instructed senior professional firefighters of New York City in hazardous chemical technology of flammable, toxic and explosive chemicals. Taught physics and chemistry of modern fire extinguishing methods.
Course Director, Center for Professional Advancement, East Brunswick, NJ
Designed, Organized, Managed and Taught 3 day course in "Scientific Fire Fighting"
Industrial Experience:
Over 26 years in the chemical industry as a researcher, product developer, safety expert with global responsibility for support of new product ideas in the field of silicones, organosilicones, water soluble polymers, rheology, surface and interfacial chemistry, product and market development.
Awards & Honors
• Who's Who in the East, 1996- present
• Who's Who in Finance and Industry, 1996.
• International Who's Who of Professionals, 1996, 1997.
• Who's Who in Science and Engineering, 1996-2006
• Who's Who in America, 1996-present.
• American Institute of Chemists Professional Directory, 1996.
Seminars & Training
Interactive Consulting, Inc. trains and empowers individuals in an R&D/Business environment to enhance their ability to interact with business units. We focus on client-centered technology that uses effective, proven techniques. Individuals at senior levels of responsibility learn how to create a win-win situation for both strategic and tactical business needs. These seminars are especially useful for companies that are dealing with the application of novel technologies or have recently been merged or acquired.
Publications
Books:
“Delivery System Handbook for Personal Care and Cosmetic Products: Technology, Applications and Formulations”, Edited by Rosen, M.R.(1,000 pp), William Andrew Publishing, Norwich, New York (2005) A major contribution to this field containing 1,000 pages with over 40 companies and over 80 authors contributing from ten countries; "Handbook of Rheology Modifiers-Practical Use & Application", Braun, D.B. & Rosen, M.R. (500 pp.), Wm. Andrew Publishing, Norwich, New York (1999).
Technical Articles (Partial Listing):
"Flame Retardants" Specialty Chemicals Magazine (England- 2001); "Weaving Out Opportunities-Specialty Chemicals for Textiles (1998) Chemical Market Reporter;" “In Search of Innovation- The Technology Transfer Conduit, HAPPI (2000)."Silicone Wonders: The Silicone Elastomers" GCI (2001); “Skin Care that Really Works”, Skin, Inc. (2003);"Special Delivery" Parts 1 & 2, GCI (2003); Super (Naturals) & Botanicals”, Part 1 & 2, GCI, (2003); Polyox® Water Soluble Resins; Poly (ethylene oxide); "More Solutions to Sticky Problems- A Guide to Getting More from Your Brookfield Viscometer", Brookfield Engineering Laboratories, Inc. (1984).
Technical Conference Presentations (Partial Listing):
Co-Organizer, Colloid & Surface Science Symposium, National Meeting American Chemical Society (ACS) (2003); Session Chair: "Colloid and Surface Chemistry of Personal Care Products and Pharmaceutical Delivery Systems" (2003); Technical Advisor to Global Beauty Congress (2003); Technical Advisor to HBA Product Development Conference (2001); Session Chair: PCITX Technical Conference: Delivery System Symposium, (2006), NYC; PCITX Technical Conference: “New High Performance Ingredients and Technology III”, (2005), NYC; New Developments in Skin & Personal Care”, HBA Global Expo 2004; "Controlled Release Technology" ACS (2002).
Patents:
Over 20 patents on polymers, antifoams, personal care, fire extinguishing agents, lubricants, emulsions, antifoams & silicones.
Education
M.S. Chemical Engineering: Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn (1966). Developed color toners for three- dimensional Xerox process under grant from Naval Weapons Test Laboratory
B.S. Chemical Engineering: Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn (1964)
• Fundamentals of Textiles, Clemson University (1995)
• Regulatory Compliance for Flammability of Children’s Sleepwear, ASTM
• Skin Care Science for the Cosmetic Chemist, Fairleigh Dickenson University (2004)
• Expert Testimony in Litigation, Law Seminars International (2004), Training in Courtroom procedures
Consulting Practice:
All States
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