abena antwi
Associate Director-Product Designer at Burt's Bees
associate director-product designer burt 's bee
highly talented professional 20+ year product development global skin color category . extremely creative focus cutting edge innovation .
Burt's Bees
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Associate Director-Product Designer
Durham, North Carolina, United States
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Burt's Bees
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Product Designer
Proficient in aesthetics, trend spotting , shade development, fragrance interpretation, new material applications with a strong focus on quality. Strong partnerships with many manufacturers and raw materials chain supply.
 Insight into  clinical claims substantiation , training education, consumer communication, competitive patterning and packaging development.
Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area
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Burt's Bees
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Product  Designer and External Relationship Manager
Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area
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Burt's Bees
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Associate Research Fellow/ Innovation Lead
Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area
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Burt's Bees
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Lead Innovation Scientist
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Burt's Bees
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Senior Scientist
All Natural Personal Care Products

•Formulating while noting required input from regulatory, safety, micro, and processing functions to meet project needs on a timely basis 
•Manage multiple priorities during the changing dynamics of projects and organizational needs. 
•Prepare formulations and conduct stability testing.
•Supervise and trouble shoot pilot or scaled up batches in production
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L'OREAL USA
Senior Chemist Skincare&Suncare
Skincare & Suncare Formulation for ( Kiehl's, Biomedics, Softheen Carson,Ralph Lauren,Skinceuticals and La Roche-Posay)

•Worked independently formulating and reformulating OTC and Non-OTC creams and lotions,Cleansers Self Tanner,Colored lip products
•Researched information on raw materials to improve formulas
•Successfully formulated Ethnic skincare line for Softsheen Carson while collaborating with marketing. 
•Successfully worked on multiple projects simultaneously until product launch
•Displayed a good working relationship with support groups to make sure everything is up to date.
L'OREAL USA
Research Chemist
Worked with chemist and marketing to formulate both skincare and color cosmetics.
Worked with chemist researching technology to improve product
Learned the fundamentals of formulating and batching oil-in-water and water-in-oil emulsions.
Direct experience using homogenizers, Silverson to learn how to createemulsions and disperse pigments.
Masters in Cosmetic Chemistry
Master's Degree
Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus
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Chemistry ACS
Science
Kean University
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US Patent for Natural personal care cream to powder compositions Patent (Patent # 9,744,115)
9744115
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Tonya S. Lane
Product Development Scientist II at Burt's Bees
Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Area
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Julia Bethune
Associate Director at Burt's Bees
Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Area
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Tacye Hughes
Global Insights at Burt's Bees
Raleigh, NC
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Tom Fitz
VP Sustainable Engineering at Burt's Bees Inc
Durham, NC
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jay goldstein
Director of Finance- Burt's Bees at The Clorox Company
Durham, NC
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Celeste Lutrario
Vice President - Global Research & Development at Burt's Bees
Cary, NC
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Yola Carlough
Director of Sustainability at Burt's Bees
Raleigh, NC
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Thomas Washington1
materials management team leader at Burt's Bees
Wake County, NC
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Irma-Marcela Somarriba
Outbounder at Burt's Bees
Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Area
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Michele Green
Director, Customer Development at Burt's Bees
Beverly, MA
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Jill Kuzo
Senior Supply Chain Lead at Burt's Bees
Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Area
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Bruce Butler
Maintenance Manager at Burt's Bees
Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Area
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Anthony Smith
Plant Production Manager at Clorox - Burt's Bees
Durham, NC
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Ryan Linderman
Packaging Design Engineer at Burt's Bees / Clorox
Garner, NC
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Maria Campagna
Sr. Supply Chain Lead at Burt's Bees
Durham, NC
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Steve Winchell
EVP of Product Innovation at The Parent Company
Pleasanton, CA
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Jackie Stegner
Merchant and Assortment Director  at Hallmark Cards
United States
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        Its been a pleasusre working with Abena at Burt's Bees. She brings a wealth of formulation experience with her which she has used to develop a new line of lotions, sugar scrubs, acne line of products and other facial cleansers. Her formulas are very unique and show her creativity and innovation. Abena is very cooperative and embraces  teamwork wholeheartedly. Many times she has shown her leadership and problem solving skills when we worked together on technology transfers and process development of her projects. I highly recommend her work. Isabelle Hansenne-Cervantes
      
          



            
              
        
              
  

    
        Abena has worked in my team when I was at L'Oreal . She is a hard worker and pro-active person. Abena is a smart woman , consumer insigh oriented. It is really pleasant to have her in the team because she brings a lot of fun .
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