B.S., Chemistry, Purdue University, 1976

S.M., Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1978

M.B.A., Finance, The Ohio State University, 1982

 

Qualifications

Mr. Hattery joined Emc² in November 2007.  Prior to starting as Director of Operation for Emc², Mr. Hattery worked in the Advanced Materials Applications group at Battelle Memorial Institute for almost 30 years.  In his last assignment at Battelle, Mr. Hattery was responsible for the operations and financial success of one of the largest independent materials research groups in the United States.  He led over 100 staff across multiple geographic locations that performed on the order of $25 Million in research and development work per year.  Mr. Hattery was intimately involved in developing and implementing strategies that were critical in maintaining the group’s cutting edge research efforts and growing the group at a CAGR greater than 12% since 2000.  On his watch, this group earned eight R&D 100 awards between 1997 and 2006.  R&D 100 awards are industry recognized as one of the top 100 commercially significant innovations within the given year.  From an operational and control standpoint, Mr. Hattery has been responsible for staffing, progress, and reporting on more than 200 projects conducted by his group each year.

In his more than 29 years at Battelle, Mr. Hattery’s experience has encompassed technical, programmatic, and line management responsibilities.  He has managed or provided technical leadership for several multi-year, multimillion-dollar efforts for trade associations (e.g., Electric Power Research Institute on aging of buried high-voltage dielectric insulators; Gas Research Institute on life prediction for buried plastic pipe and  identification and development of the next-generation high-pressure distribution piping system).  He also has managed staff in performing government programs (e.g., DOE evaluation of new insulation materials for dielectric cables; DoD Determination of the Susceptibility of Materials When Exposed to Chemical Agent; Evaluation of Materials of Construction for Joint Strike Fighter).  Mr. Hattery’s security clearances have permitted him to lead technical and business efforts for on large government programs, exceeding $20 million per year.

Over his career, Mr. Hattery has been a significant contributor to more than 1,000 projects ranging from deep-sea submersibles to the space shuttle, and from nanomaterials to megaprojects such as materials selections for the Alyeska Pipeline.  His technical areas of specialization encompass polymer characterization technologies, assessment of material resistance to extreme environments (e.g., high temperatures, radiation, marine corrosion, and chemical agents) and the application of polymers in products.  He has developed methods to predict the service and shelf life of a diverse range of products ranging from composite helicopter blades to insulated electric cable to intravenous fluid administration sets.  Mr. Hattery has managed projects dealing with every aspect of product development, from synthesis and raw materials specifications for commercial polymers to product assurance/quality assurance for finished goods, such as implantable medical devices used as joint replacements or in catheterization and angioplasty operations.

Relevant Experience

Project/Program Management.

·       Government Client Sensitive Programs.  Led the Materials Durability and Accelerated Aging Group, providing technical and financial leadership on two major government client sensitive programs.

·       Forensic Analysis.  Led the efforts of more than 20 staff and subcontractors in rapidly identifying and evaluating client field samples.  The program had as many as 100 sample sets in a single year and peaked at approximately $10 million/year in size.  Provided both technical and management support to this program.

·       System Development.  From 1997 to 2002, served as the Financial Manager of a large system development program for a government client.  During this period, the program grew to encompass 150 full-time staff, along with 10 subcontractors and consultants.  Established a program management schedule; developed work breakdown structures; determined earned value; negotiated contracts and agreements with subcontractors and consultants; led facilities modernization and renovation valued at more than $5 million; made monthly and quarterly presentations to client staff; and worked with Task Leads and line management across several Battelle product lines to ensure that client technical and product deliverables were met.

·       Materials Susceptibility to Chemical Warfare Agent.  For Edgewood Research, Development and Engineering Center (now Edgewood Chemical/Biological Center), led a multi-year, multi-task program to identify the resistance of more than 200 materials to specific chemical warfare compounds.  Included in this work was some of the first use of molecular modeling algorithms to predict material resistance “in silico” and comparison to laboratory results. 

·       Gas Research Institute “Pipe Dreams Program.”  In the early 1990s was selected by the Gas Research Institute to lead an international team of A&E firms (Fluor Daniel), scientists, pipeline engineers, futurists, and business scenario development specialists to create a total vision of the methods for distributing natural gas and other gaseous or liquid fuel out to the year 2020.  This work was a $3 million, 1-year effort that was extended for an additional 2 years, with additional funding of more than $1.5 million.  Many of the ideas resulting from this program have already become industry practice, such as composite piping system, quick-disconnect unions for attaching gas appliances, detectable plastic gas lines, and slip-lining of new piping material inside old, corroded pipe to minimize service disruption and maintenance cost associated with trenching and backfill.

 

Technical Leadership.

·       Materials Selection.  Participated in numerous programs to identify performance parameters and operating criteria for thermosets, thermoplastics, and composites in industrial, consumer, and government applications.  Work has involved comparative analysis of competing materials technologies and selection of the most appropriate materials based on performance factors.  Conducted screening tests of materials for down selection into military applications where chemical agent hardness is required.

·       Packaging.  Conducted several programs focused on materials and economics for packaging items such as electronics, foodstuffs, military MREs, and industrial products.  Invited speaker at a 1997 Eastman Chemical seminar on packaging products and processes for the next millennium.

·       Characterization of Extruded Dielectric Cable.  Lead analytical polymer chemist for EPRI and DOE projects to characterize changes in field-aged and laboratory-aged polyethylene insulation in high-voltage electric cables.  Techniques used included thermal analysis; molecular weight analysis; microscopy, both optical and emission (SEM, TEM); as well as additive analysis by chromatography to follow changes in cable physical and morphological properties that could affect breakdown characteristics of the cables.  Analytical results led to several correlations between the environment and breakdown behavior as possible mechanisms for cable failure.

·       Polymer Characterization  Contributed to projects to characterize the service life and degradation rates of products such as urethane foam and laminated tabletops. Characterized the purity of compounds ranging from nitroglycerin to epoxy prepregs and was instrumental in determining the effect moisture had in lowering the glass transition of epoxies used as blade coatings for military helicopters.

Professional Recognition and Affiliations

Author or co-author of approximately a dozen papers on service life testing and radiation effects on polymers

Member, American Chemical Society and several of its divisions

Member, Society of Plastics Engineers

Member, American Management Association