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Time is precious - so if you are interested in what I have to offer, download this document, print it at your leisure and send it to the relevant person in your organization - both of us will save time and money.
This is the technology of tomorrow - sans postal services.
In order to be able to understand my background I have to introduce three important words:
Motivator, Connector and Technology Leader.
A Motivator is an individual who has excellent diplomatic skills and ensures that those who work with him are driven to attain the goals that have been set for them. A motivator sticks by his principles and leads, by example, from the top. He can turn a sticky situation with his staff and superiors into a positive one for the good of the organization as he spurs action at all levels. He is never one for personal glory - as he has all the laurels he requires.
A good motivator is able to demonstrate that each action taken has a very personal benefit to the people who are influenced by the actions and decisions. Good motivators are few and far between.
A Connector is best described through this short news item:
Every company needs connectors - people equally skilled in technology and business. The late Sigfrido Lichtenthal explained how to identify connectors and how to use their skills:
A Technology Leader is a person who has a multidisciplinary background with a very broad vision, great common sense and a sharp logical brain, not necessarily skilled in the field he has been asked to be involved with, but who can lead a group of professionals based on his analysis of the global trends he pictures when he applies the science of technological forecasting to specific tasks.
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Being a chemist, he started work in a Rubber Research organization and developed, along with his colleagues of various disciplines from Agronomy to Rubber Chemistry, the concept of continuous tapping from the rubber tree with ethylene application to stop the clotting mechanism. However, he did not rush to implement such a radical development, as it could have thrown the entire rubber industry into turmoil.
He gradually redefined the role of the rubber tappers who would have otherwise lost their jobs. He gradually increased the yield and reduced the labor by redistribution of the labor into more rewarding tasks. When the continuous tapping of rubber latex from the rubber tree was introduced, about a decade after the original discovery, there was no disruption, strikes, unemployment or revolt.
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When fiber optics was at its very early stages in the mid-sixties, I made my pronouncement on what radical inventions could happen in the application field. Even today some of the concepts have not yet been discovered or implemented as the technology is still in the process of evolution. In the next few years one of the most radical of my inventions will find its place in the portals of history of technological innovation.
In the mid-seventies, when alcohol-based polymer producing industries were being closed, I was at the forefront of preserving this technology as the amount of crude oil in the world is not limitless and man will have to return to renewable sources of raw materials - alcohol being one of the most abundant. Something which will be understood a decade away.
More recently, at the tail end of the last millennium, I was been the one who has been shouting from the rooftop that the entire telecommunication industry is going to undergo a very radical revolution, such as may be seen by, for example, the introduction of the WAP enabled devices, Network Computer (NC) or TV top Internet Connectivity. This would allow penetration of Internet access into over 90% homes and industries, even in the third world, just as domestic appliances like radio, TV and telephones, and unlike the PC which will, at best, only make a 50% penetration. But this can only happen when the right technology which is in my hands is brought into play - so the future depends on my willingness to patent the invention and then license it.
My background, which major features
I highlight below, will demonstrate why I am considered a Motivator,
Connector and Technology Leader.
In an international organization
this is very important as I am able to quickly understand and
act on local customs - such as the bribery and corruption in
certain countries, the religious taboos in others or the social
norms in a third.
My technology background is extremely varied. I am a Chemist, a Polymer Technologist, and a Microelectronics Materials Engineer. I have worked as a Research Assistant, as a Business Development Director, as a Technical Director and as a Managing Director, and at all levels in-between. I have been employed and have employed people. I have been a farmer and an industrial worker. I have been employed and unemployed. I have been involved with creative processes and destructive processes. I have been a student and a teacher. I have had successes and had failures.
This combination is absolutely unique
and is the basis for someone to become a Motivator, Connector
and Technology Leader. Without such a varied multitechnological
background this would be impossible.
I am a good Communicator ,
having been a journalist, a reporter, an editor (especially of
scientific documents) and a writer of technical, socio-political
and cultural pieces of work. These communication skills are absolutely
vital if one intends to be a Motivator, Connector and Technology
Leader.
Given below are some of my works, published and unpublished, covering the last 30 years of activity:
published as a RAPRA Literature Review,
sponsored by the British Plastics Federation (Building Group)
and the U. K. Government, Ministry of Technology, UK, between
1967 and 1969, 1970, pgs. 200.
Above all, the reason I am a Motivator, Connector and a Technology Leader, is because I am also a Teacher - I can teach others by intensive personal study which takes me to a level which enables me to earn the respect of my students. I use my communication skills to ensure that the ideas are conveyed to all levels within an organization, basically, because to be a good teacher, one has to be an excellent listener, to listen to the sounds that emanate from around and gauge how to teach.
I have taught many special subjects in the field of Polymers, Plastics and Microelectronics. Among the management subjects that I have taught recently are Project Management, Modes of Entry in International Marketing, Entrepreneurship and Financial Terminologies.
1960 - 1963 UNIVERSITY OF DELHI, Delhi, B.Sc. (Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics)
1963 - 1966 NATIONAL COLLEGE OF RUBBER
TECHNOLOGY, London, GPI (Polymer Science and Technology including
Business Administration)
1966 Graduateship of the Plastics Institute of London (GPI).
1969 Associateship of the Plastics Institute of London (API) .
1975 Associateship of the Plastics and Rubber Institute of London (APRI).
1978 Fellowship of the Plastics and Rubber Institute of London (FPRI).
1990 (Current status) Fellowship
of the Institute of Materials, London (FIM).
2000 (July)+ - Owner, ETNICA TMI International Procurement Service
1999 (July)+ - Chairperson of the ANM? Liikunta ja Kulttuuri ry (ANM? SCA- ANM? Sports and Culture Association).
1999 (Jan)+ - Member of the Finnish Tolerance Working Group of the Finnish Sports Federation representing the Pohjois-Pohjanmaa region of North Finland to promote Integration of Ethnic Minorities.
1998 - 2000 - Project Secretary, (ANM?) Will You Play With Me? Project, City of Oulu and the Pohjois-Pohjanmaa Sports Federation to use Sports as a tool for Integration of Ethnic Minorities.
1998 + - Elected Member to the Finnish Government Ethnic Minorities Advisory Board. Appointed by the Government of Finland for a term of 3 years.
1997+ - Advisor, National Equal Opportunities Network (NEON) of Finland.
1997+ - Vice Chairperson, Oulu Area Same Law For All Association.
1997+ - Amazon.com Associate as Findians Paradise Book Store.
1995+ - Web Editor - Findians Briefings, Kooler Talk, Seventh Heaven.
1994-1995 Managing Director, Findians Oy, Oulu, Finland.
1992-1996 Board Member, Findians Oy, Oulu, Finland.
1992 January - 1992 March Project Manager, Microelectronics Laboratory, University of Oulu, Finland.
1991 May - 1991 December Project Leader, Fineline Project,
Microelectronics Laboratory, University of Oulu, Finland.
1990 January - April 1992 Acting Chief Engineer and Laboratory Manager/Editor - Scientific English, Microelectronics Laboratory, University of Oulu, Finland.
1988 - 1989 Project Engineer and Coordinator/Editor - Scientific English Microelectronics Laboratory, University of Oulu, Finland.
1984 - 1987 Research Scientist / Editor - Scientific English Microelectronics Laboratory, University of Oulu, Finland.
1969 - 1984 Founder and/or Managing Director and/or Technical Director, Polymer Consultancy Services Ltd., Agropolymer Research Services Ltd., Flexpak Ltd., Polyprint Ltd., Industrial Engineering Services, Polymer Engineering Services/Polymer Development Services, Madras, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Cochin and Bombay, India.
1966 - 1969 (Research Assistant) Rubber and Plastics Research Association of Great Britain (RAPRA), Shawbury, Shrewsbury, Salop, England.
1964 (SUMMER) Trainee Farbenfabriken
Bayer AG, Leverkusen, West Germany.
RAPRA, UK. Several tens of investigative jobs for Companies such as ROLLS ROYCE, CIBA, ICI, BP, etc.
PRIVATE CONSULTANCY. Work conducted
for several tens of companies such as BASF, JOHNSON and JOHNSON,
CARBORUNDUM UNIVERSAL, ICI, etc.
1969 - 1984 AUTOMOBILE TYRES and
TUBES/BIAXIALLY ORIENTED POLYPROPYLENE FILM (Electrical/Bubble
Process - Packaging/Stenter Process)/ TECHNICALLY SPECIFIED CRUMB
RUBBER/EXTRUSION COATING (Paper and Textiles)/PLASTICS IN BUILDING
- CASE STUDY ON DURABILITY/ POLY(VINYLACETATE) EMULSIONS/ PULTRUDED
PRODUCTS/RIGID and FLEXIBLE PVC FOAMS/RUBBER LATEX GLOVES/TUBULAR
QUENCHED POLYPROPYLENE FILM.
1966 - 1984 AUTOMOBILE TYRES and TUBES/BIAXIALLY ORIENTED POLYPROPYLENE FILM (Production by Stenter and Blown Bubble Processes) (Packaging and Power Factor Capacitor Uses)/EXTRUSION COATING/INJECTION MOULDING/PLASTICS IN BUILDING/PRINTING TECHNOLOGY (Flexographic and Rotogravure Techniques, Photopolymeric Plates)/TECHNICALLY SPECIFIED NATURAL RUBBER/RUBBER TECHNOLOGY (Production of foam mattresses, pillow, gloves, latex thread, motorcycle and cycle seats, etc.) THERMOFORMING
1984++ Polymers in Electronics/Polymers
in Microelectronics/ Piezo and Pyroelectric Polymeric Composites/Electroceramics
/Microelectronics Science and Technology/ High Temperature Superconductors/Lasers
in Microelectronics/ Composite Electromechanical Devices for
Micromovement Applications in Manufacturing Processes
1. 1966 - 1969 Evaluation of the Variables of the Brabender Plastograph, RAPRA RESEARCH REPORT NO. 65
2. 1967 - 1969 High Shear Viscometer Study of Melt Flow Index of Polyolefins, Unpublished RAPRA REPORT
3. 1967 - 1969 Case Study - Durability
of Plastics used in Building in UK. Unpublished BRITISH PLASTICS
FEDERATION/ RAPRA REPORT
1. 1984 - 1990 Polymer/Ceramic Blends Microelectronics and PTC Properties
2. 1984 - 1989 Speciality Gas Sensors based on Thick Film Technology Industrial and Automotive Industries
3. 1985 - 1987 Power Hybrid Technology
4. 1985 - 1986 Technoeconomic Research Future of Electronics Active and Passive Components
5. 1987 Piezo Polymer Composites
6. 1988 - 1990 High Temperature Electroceramic Superconductors
7. 1991-1992 Fineline Techniques in Microelectronics
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If you have the need for an individual with any or all of these characteristics, irrespective of what field of activity you are involved with, (Adhesives, Agro-Polymers - the materials of tomorrow, Computer Science, Electronics, Information Technology, Journalism, Marketing, Material Science, Microelectronics, Personnel Management, Plastics, Polymers, Project Management, Publishing, Rubber, Scientific Editing, Teaching, Telecommunications, Research, etc.) and if you are prepared to pay the right amount for such an individual, then you have to look no further. Your search has ended. We can talk terms.
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It is difficult to work in a company
which institutes firewall standards that do not permit a free
working and communication environment. Only freedom with adequate
security built on trust with the staff can yield long term benefits
for any company concerned about human values.
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What I have given above are the key aspects of a Motivator, Connector and Technology Leader. I am probably the only one of this breed who is on-line. If you have seen something that interests you in the above, call me - night or day.
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Jacob Matthan
Torikatu 33 A 5
FIN-90100 Oulu
Finland
Tel and Fax: +358 - 8 - 531 5335