Magareth has over 25 years of experience in the field of advanced materials, specializing in ceramic formulations, materials processing, and new product development. She has held management positions in both manufacturing and R&D within U.S. and European firms producing electronic, mechanical, chemical, and structural components. She holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and an M.S. in Ceramic Engineering.
Experienced in fuel cell technologies, advanced separations, water and wastewater treatments as well as polymer and inorganic membrane materials, Ms. Crull has worked with BCC for 30 years. She has authored 100 technical/marketing reports, helped establish 10 technical newsletters, and assisted in numerous special consulting studies. Her specialty is market evaluations and commercialization of new technology. B.S. School of Engineering, University of Mississippi and M.S. Chemistry, University of Missouri.
Mr. Schlechter has over 30 years in the chemical industry, and specializes in plastics market research. He has been with BCC for over 15 years. B.S., Chemistry; M.S., Organic Chemistry; M.B.A., Marketing.
Dr. März is experienced both as a food scientist and technical economic analyst in the field of food and feed ingredients. He has made significant contributions to technology, and performed industry and market analysis of vitamins, colorants, enzymes, organic acids, amino acids, and other fermentation derived food and feed ingredients, with BCC multi-client and custom studies. Dr. März has been with BCC for over 7 years. M.Sc., Chemical Engineering; Ph.D., Economics and Management, University of Stuttgart, Germany.
An analytical chemist, space station quality assurance manager, and software-testing manager, Mr. Saxman conducts analyses of the energy, materials, portable products, and virtual reality industries. He is editor of BCC's monthly newsletter Battery & EV Technology News and an authoritative voice in the advanced and commercial battery industry. Mr. Saxman has been with BCC for over 22 years. B.S., Geology, Indiana University.
Mr. McWilliams is a partner in the Boston-based international technology and marketing consulting firm, 43rd Parallel, LLC. He is also the author of numerous BCC studies, including several studies of emerging technologies in life sciences and advanced materials.
Robert Eckard has more than a decade of experience in the energy and environmental industries. Robert manages a specialized technical consulting company that serves these markets, and also works as a subcontractor under the US Dept. of Energy. Robert has produced research reports for BCC that cover markets for residential and commercial solar thermal technologies, industrial and utility-scale solar thermal technologies, distributed energy generation, energy-efficient technologies, and utility-scale electricity storage technologies.
Ms. Hanft is the editor of the BCC newsletter, Membrane and Separations Technology News. Her BCC marketing/technical reports are in the area of membranes and related technologies. Ms. Hanft has been with BCC for over 7 years. BFA, University of Houston.
Melissa Elder is an experienced healthcare market analyst specializing in prescription and over-the-counter pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and emerging healthcare technologies. Ms. Elder has more than 13 years experience in the healthcare industry, specializing in market research for the past 10 years. This experience has given her substantial insights into pharmaceutical market analysis. Her work in the medical community, including emergency room medical training and healthcare information system coordination, has enhanced her ability to provide insight into many healthcare markets.
After a successful career at IBM, Mr. Moran has written extensively as a researcher and editor at BCC. He edits Display Development News and is the author of numerous BCC market research documents. The topics of his reports range from various deposition technologies to electronic displays, electronic publishing, solar energy and fiber optics. Mr. Moran has been with BCC for over 25 years. B.S., Economics, University of Pennsylvania.
A former English teacher, Ms. Corbitt has extensive experience as a technical writer and researcher. Since 1986, Ms. Corbitt has been writing BCC marketing/technical reports related to the specialty chemicals and food industry. She is the editor of BCC's monthly newsletter Food Ingredient News and has contributed to Battery and EV Technology News and other BCC newsletters. B.A., English/Mass Media/Psychology, Houston Baptist University.
Dr. Weisenbach received a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Arizona in 1993, based on a dissertation which studied the fabrication and characteristics of sol gel optical waveguides. As a researcher at Sandia National Laboratories, she worked on the development of thin film zeolote filters for gas separation. Since 1996 she has authored a number of BCC Market Opportunity Reports covering topics in optics and transportation including the intelligent transportation market. Dr. Weisenbach has been with BCC for over 8 years.
Trained as a journalist, Col. Hooker spent half of his military career abroad specializing as an intelligence officer and foreign area specialist. He has authored studies on advanced batteries, fuel cells, environment and military Applications. He has worked with BCC for 10 years. B.S. Journalism, University of Mississippi.
Dr. Lindsey is editor of both The Intelligent Highway and Inside ITS. She also writes market research reports analyzing specialty and commodity chemicals and chemical processes. She has been with BCC for over 17 years. Ms. Lindsey has a PhD from Texas A & M.
His work in industry included 21 years at Abbott Laboratories in R&D and manufacturing management. Dr. Forman has researched and written more than 30 multiclient market research reports on a variety of subjects ranging from building construction materials, to several studies on plastic packaging. Polymers and packaging are specialty areas. He has been with BCC for over 12 years. B.A., MIT; M.A. and Doctorate, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL.