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Joel Shertok

Process Industries Consultants, Inc.

 

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First name
Joel
Last name
Shertok
Organization
Process Industries Consultants, Inc.
 

Contact information

City
Newark
State or Province
Delaware
Zip Code
19711
Country
United States
Phone
3025629759
 

Specialties and Services

Fields of Expertise
  • Biotechnology
  • Catalysts
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Competitive Intelligence
  • Divestitures and Acquisitions
  • Equipment
  • Expert Witness
  • Green Chemistry
  • Heat Transfer
  • Manufacturing
  • Mass Transfer
  • Nanotechnology
  • Operations Troubleshooting
  • Polymers
  • Process Troubleshooting
  • Product Development
  • Quality
  • Reaction Engineering
  • Regulatory Affairs
  • Research and Development
  • Separations and Purification
  • Soaps and Surfactants
Other Fields of Expertise
Industries and Services:

Product Development & Management | Process Development/Commercialization | Research & Development | Regulatory Compliance | Cross-functional Team Development | Marketing Studies | White Papers | Expert Witnesses
Summary
As a practicing Chemical Engineering/Materials Consultant, Dr. Joel Shertok’s expertise is in New Product Development, Commercial Manufacturing and Chemical Process Optimization. Dr. Shertok has leveraged his deep background in multiple technologies, chemistries and varied unit operations to develop programs to create profitable new products, resins, intermediates and processes.

Dr. Shertok has developed novel products over multiple technologies: specialty chemicals (polymers, polymerization coatings), carbon fiber composites, biotech-based nutritionals, membrane filtration, ion exchange and carbon based separations and formulation development.

As a senior Process/Product Development executive, Dr. Shertok has been involved in the decision making processes that go into the creation of new product/process strategies.

Dr. Shertok received his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey and his B.E., Chemical Engineering from Cooper Union, New York, New York. He has numerous patents. Dr. Shertok served as a Visiting Scholar in the School of Chemistry and Materials Science at RIT.
Services
The technical consultants at Process Industries Consultants are experienced, highly-motivated chemical engineers with proven track records of achievement and experts in numerous process and materials-related industries. Our expert consultants can analyze and troubleshoot projects currently in progress that need additional technical analysis as well as step in to help overcome hurdles to maximize profitability via innovative thinking, new perspectives and technical expertise.
 

Additional Information

Additional Info
Have calculator, will travel!

Dr. Joel Shertok is President of Process Industries Consultants, where he advises companies on chemical process practices and technologies to guide them in keeping their projects on track and on budget. He has a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Princeton University, and was a Visiting Scholar in the School of Chemistry and Material Science at Rochester (N.Y.) Institute of Technology. Joel has worked in a variety of areas, including (but not limited to) specialty and commodity chemicals, biotechnology, carbon-based purification, and formulated products for water treatment and food safety. In addition to these accomplishments, he also has a lifelong interest in European history, has held an Amateur Radio License since 1964, loves to write, speaks a little French and Hebrew, and has traveled all around the world. He lives in Newark, DE.
Experience
Dr. Shertok has worked for numerous organization in a variety of functions during his career:

1 - Union Carbide Corporation: R/D Engineer, Project Scientist, Group Leader - commodity and specialty chemicals Process Development

2 - Amoco Performance Products: Senior R/D Group Leader, Senior Product Manager - carbon fiber advanced composites

3 - Amoco BioProducts - Manufacturing Manager - development of 25-hydroxy vitamin D3 for poultry feed.

4 - Pall Gelman Corporation - Senior Director: Filtration Membrane Development

5 - Graver Technologies - Vice President/Technology: ceramic/membrane filters, ion exchange, powdered activated carbon

6 - Rochester Midland Corporation - Senior Vice President/R-D, QA, EHS - formulated products

7 - Advanced Plasma Solutions - Director of Technical Services: application of low energy plasmas

8 - Process Industries Consultants - President: process engineering consultants
More Experience
SELECTED CAREER ACHIEVEMENTS

 Plasma-Assisted Diesel Liquid (PADL): Managed program to create long-range, $80K/month study using electrical plasmas to react methane with diesel fuel creating an augmented liquid fuel: $1MM in new revenues.
 TiO2 Nano-particle Manufacturing: Technology expert for a Nanotech start-up to define process economics and external manufacturing for manufacture of TiO2 Nano-particles for photocatalytic application: potential $1MM in gross margins.
 Green Product Development: Formulated/commercialized novel “green” cleaners/floor finishes: $200K in new revenues.
 Novel Carbon Block Technology: developed/implemented novel patented process to make carbon blocks: $100K in revenue addition
 M&A Activities: Implemented 3 bolt-on acquisitions and Chinese JV for a water company; negotiated membrane development program with Russian-based nuclear laboratory. New technology generated $250K in incremental revenu
Honors and Awards
Amateur Radio Operator: WB2PPY
Education
B.E - Chemical Engineering - The Cooper Union (NYC, NY)

Ph.D. - Chemical Engineering - Princeton University (Princeton, NJ)
Patents
Patents:

• Patent Pending: Non-Caustic Cleaning Formulation for Heavy Food Soils
• 7,189,322, Charged membrane
• 7,507,697, Method for oxidative cleaning of food processing equipment
• 7,022,274, Gas sintered carbon block & method
• 6,849,185, Charged membrane
• 6,083,393, Hydrophilic membrane
• 6,039,872, Hydrophilic membrane
Publications
"Surface modification of polyethersulfone (PES) with ozone and UV photo-oxidation"
Ibrahim Cisse a, Shreen Sachdev a, Marc Toro a, Shin Lutondo a, Devon Shedden a, Kris-ten Margaret Atkinson a, Joel Shertok a, Michael Mehan b, Surendra K. Gupta c, and Gerald A. Takacs

"Enhancing the Wettability of Polybenzimidazole (PBI) to Improve Fuel Cell Performance"
Katerine Vega,1 Matthew Cocca,1 Han Le,1 Marc Toro,1 Anthony Garcia, 1 Andrew Fleischer,1 Alla Bailey, 1 Joel Shertok,1 Michael Mehan,2 Surendra K. Gupta,3 and Gerald A. Takacs*

"Surface modification of polyethersulfone (PES) with ozone"
Shin Lutondoa, Marc Toroa, Shreen Sachdeva, Joel Shertoka, Alla Baileya, Michael Mehanb, Surendra K. Guptac, and Gerald A. Takacsa
More Publications
- Author: “The Art of Scale-up” (Absolutely Abby Press / Absolutely Abby LLC) (www.artofscaleup.com) (12/2018)

- With S. G. Kassas, “Plasma Sparks New Cold Sterilization Technique,” Food Engineering, November 2017

- With S. Kilambi: “How Modern Businesses can Increase Their Productivity using Machine Learning” (Mirror Review – 1/2019)
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