Mansoor Akhthar 🌎

Mansoor Akhthar has over 10 years of experience in product and business consulting, commercial operations, market development and innovation, business development, and materials technology research and development. In 2022, they began their work as VP, Product & Business Consulting for Genecis Bioindustries Inc. and Chief Commercial Officer for Ocean Material®. At Full Cycle, they served as Vice President of Product Development & Commercial Strategy, where they built a Goto Market Strategy for sustainable Biobased materials targeting a $350 Million Serviceable Addressable Market, offered strategic advisory to CEO, Senior Management and investors, managed Product, New Markets & Application Development functions, and developed biodegradable, compostable Polymer formulations and sustainable solutions. From 2020-2022, they were Director of Market Development & Innovation (R&D) at CHEMRES, where they provided Goto Market Strategy, Materials Consulting, Product Development, R&D, Sustainability, Biomaterials Applications & New Market penetration and Lab Analytical Tests. From 2018-2020, they were a Management Consultant - Business Development / Materials Technology R&D Expert at GLG, where they provided Materials Consulting, Client Engagement, Engineering Services, Failure Analysis, Analytical Tests, Simulation studies, and Market, Business Development, Innovation & R&D Advisory. From 2016-2017, they were Chief Technology Officer & Co-Founder of a Biomaterials Start-up, where they pioneered Biodegradable Nanocomposite fibers reinforced Polymer development for Medical and consumer goods market and filled USPTO on Biodegradable plastics and PHA compounding Technology. From 2017-2018, they were Director of R&D, Innovation & NBD - GF Americas, where they provided Commercial Advisory, Business Development, Front End Innovation & Technology Director, Product Management, Materials Engineering, Biomaterials development, Sustainable Packaging, Field Failure Analysis, Applications development, simulation study, Formulation Scale-up, Injection Molding, Extrusion, Plastic welding & 3D Printing services. From 2014-2016, they were Product Applications & Business Development Manager at CJ BIOMATERIALS, Inc., where they led raw materials, PHA polymer process Development, Scale up and Analytical tests, and Extraction of PHA, Applications & Business Development. From 2013-2014, they were Engineering Manager / Sr. Polymer Engineer at The AZEK Company, where they scaled up NBR, Thermoplastics- PP, TPO, TPU and other Thermosetting Composites through Molding, Additive Manufacturing and RTM Technologies. From 2012-2013, they were Technical Manager/ Sr. Polymer Chemist at Prysmian Group, where they integrated process technology involving Thermoplastics, Engineering Resins, Epoxy, Acrylates and Urethanes as adhesives, and identified key product lines and market drivers to render upto USD $4M on revenue.

Mansoor Akhthar holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business, which they obtained between 2018 and 2020. Mansoor also holds a Master of Science from the University of Florida, which they obtained between 2010 and 2011 in Materials Science and Engineering with a GPA of 3.91/4.00. In 2008 and 2009, they obtained a Bachelor's Degree Research Project from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras in Polymer Nanocomposites. Mansoor also holds a Bachelor of Technology from Anna University, which they obtained between 2005 and 2009 in Polymer Science and Technology with a GPA of 3.97/4.00. Additionally, Mansoor Akhthar has obtained certifications in Project Leadership from Georg Fischer in October 2017, Kaizen-Continuous Improvement from Belden Inc. in July 2014, and Lean Six Sigma from General Cable in August 2012.