Carlos Richer CV

CURRICULUM VITAE: CARLOS RICHER EDUCATION: Chemical Engineer ITESM, Monterrey 1974-1978 (Graduated with Honors). Master’s in Mechanical Engineering (M.S.), University of Wisconsin 1978-1980 Ph.D., 1980 – 1982 (not finished, compleated 54 of 72 credits), University of Wisconsin-Madison Graduate Studies: Business Administration, 1984-1986 ITESM, Monterrey. Total Quality Management Graduate (The Quality College, Crosby,1989) Business Administration 1992-1993 I.P.A.D.E. (MBA equivalent level) Case Studies in Business from 1993 to 1999 IPADE Monterrey. AD-2 Case Studies in Business from 2001 to 2004 IPADE Monterrey, AD-1 Graduated from the “Family Business Program” IPADE-BBVA Sep 2006 Graduated from the Innovation and New Technologies Program- ADIT-IPADE 2008-2009 WORK: Graduate Teacher Assistant, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, USA 1978-1979 Graduate Research Assistant, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA 1979-1982 Production Manager, Plásticos Omega 1982-1984, Tijuana, Baja California. Production Manager, Absormex S.A. de C.V. June 1984 to December 1999 Director General of Absormex S.A. de C.V. January 2000 to March 2005 30 years experience in the manufacture of disposable diapers. Produced the Best Mexican diaper: “Revista del Consumidor” Agosto 1997. Responsible for the first degradable diaper in the world. March 2000. First diaper Company in the world to get the ISO 9001 version 2000, December 2000 Produced the Best Mexican diaper, “Revista del Consumidor” 2003. Several patents in the area of diaper degradability and elasticized diapers. Several pending patents in the area of diaper diuresis and urine extraction by capillarity Member of the Board of Directors, Grupo Detcel November 2007-2010 Member of the Board of Directors, Plasticel November 2007-2010 RELATED ACTIVITIES: Director of Richer Investment, Diaper Consulting Company, April 2005 to present. Opened a Diaper Testing Laboratory, August 2005 to present. Guest Speaker, at Insight Conferences (2000, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008) all in USA. Guest Speaker at ABINT, Sao Paolo Brazil, 2010 Guest Speaker at the Nonwovens Symposium, Marrakech Morocco, 2010 Guest Speaker at INDA`s VISION 2012 New Orleans, Jan 2012. Guest Speaker at EDANA`s Outlook 2012 in Barcelona, Oct 2012 Guest Speaker at INDA`s Vision 2014 in Dallas, Jan 2014 Responsible for INDA’s Diaper Workshop at Vision 2013, Orlando USA, Jan 2013. Responsible for INDA`s Diaper Workshop at Vision 2014, Dallas USA, Jan 2014 Guest Speaker at China & Asia Disposable Hygiene Products Forum 2014, Guangzhou China, Oct 2014 Presented the very first prototype for the Disposable Personal Toilet in Geneva, Index 2014, Apr 2014 Audited many diaper companies in Asia, Middle East, Africa, and America. Active clients in 28 countries (including OEM`s, Raw Material Suppliers, and Diaper Factories) Owner of The Disposable Diaper Network Group at LinkedIn, the largest diaper network in the world. Owner of the Feminine Care Products Network, the largest feminine care network in the world.

Diaper Industry Consulting Services

Mr. Richer is very familiar with diaper raw material requirements, quality control systems, production equipment selection, patent issues and ways of improving the over all diaper performance and design using mathematical models. He is also quite good at analyzing products and patents to find weak and strong points and make recommendations for changes in the product design. Mr. Richer has experience with new diaper factory economic feasibility studies and plant layouts -They have a dedicated diaper testing laboratory of their own. He enjoys teaching technical issues to sales people, making sure they understand the advantages of the product they sell, using a simple easy to understand language. It has been correlated that a better informed sales force increases the market share of a company. He has also helped insurance companies and financial institutions with machine appraisals and damaged warehouses diaper claims. He has helped several independent inventors to write better patents and also helped them find potential clients for those inventions. On his Website you will find several useful links related to the disposable diaper industry, as well as links to websites of most of the manufacturers in the world. So feel at home, relax and take your time and please do not forget to save this link in your favorites folder, you will not find a better place for diaper links in the Internet. If you have some time please sign his guest’s signbook.