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Infographic – How to Excel As A Product Formulator

Posted on May 16, 2014 by George Deckner — 2 comments

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Make sure you check in at all nine of these stops on the road to success as a product formulator! Based on George Deckner’s original article, which includes extended commentary and 3 more pointers, this infographic from Prospector gives you real advice from a 40+ year veteran personal care formulator. Read the full article here…

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Filed Under: Personal Care & Cosmetics Tagged With: Professional Development, Infographic

About George Deckner

George Deckner brings over 40 years of experience as a formulating chemist to his role as a personal care and cosmetics industry expert at Prospector. His rich professional background in innovative product development, research, material science and exploratory formulation, as well as a passion for developing products that make people’s lives more comfortable and happy, inform the articles he writes for Knowledge.ULProspector.com.

In addition to lending his industry expertise to Prospector, George consults with personal care and cosmetics suppliers. He founded his consulting practice, Deckner Consulting Services, after retiring from Procter & Gamble in 2013, where he was a Victor Miles Research Fellow. While at Procter and Gamble, he worked in skin care product development, global fragrance development, and most recently oral care product development in the Oral Care Advanced Technology Innovation Group. Before being appointed a Victor Miles Research Fellow, he also served as Associate Director of Exploratory Formulation for skin care product development.

While at Procter & Gamble, George was one of the top inventors, with 354 granted and filed global patents (201 U.S. patents). He helped develop many of the core platform technologies used in skin care today with numerous products commercialized under the Olay, Bain de Soleil, Clearasil, Noxzema and SK2 brands.

Previously, George was a Senior Chemist and Manager in the area of skin care product development, as well as the Director of Exploratory Formulation for Charles of the Ritz Group. During this time, George received the President’s Cup Award for outstanding business contribution and developed numerous marketed skin care products under the Bain de Soleil, Jean Nate, Yves Saint Laurent and Charles of the Ritz Brands.

George is a current member of the Society of Cosmetic Chemists and is on the scientific advisory board for Cosmetics & Toiletries Magazine. He is a frequent guest lecturer for numerous key global suppliers, as well as for local and national SCC meetings.

George is an avid tennis player and follower of the sport. He lives in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Learn more about Deckner Consulting Services…

2 Responses to “Infographic – How to Excel As A Product Formulator”

  1. Pascale Clement says:
    May 21, 2014 at 7:58 am

    Well summarized and nice graphics.
    I especially like the develop world-class raw material science expertise ! How many people have no clue what they are working with and just goes by commercial name…
    Thanks for this articles who are always pleasant to read and contain valuable information !

  2. Mai Pham says:
    May 27, 2014 at 11:17 am

    It is always pleasant reading George’s articles. They are always valuable, well summarized, to the point, no jargons, and very informative for a young formulator like me. Thank you for sharing your expertise. I really appreciate it. Best regards.

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