Dr. Anshuman Shrivastava received a PhD in plastic engineering from the University of Massachusetts, Lowell, and is working as a Technology Manager, Molding for GEON Performance Materials at PolyOne. He is leading a team of product development scientists and technical service engineers to support existing customers and exploit new markets and product opportunities for rigid PVC molding business. His expertise includes reactive and nonreactive compounding and molding of polymers for cycle time reduction, improving crystallization kinetics, nanolayered silicates, and enhancing electrical and thermal conductivity of plastics, specializing in new product and process development, polymeric materials, and regulatory process and compliance.