Walt Bassett
About
Walt Bassett is from Morrisville, North Carolina, United States. Walt works in the following industries: "Real Estate". Walt is currently CEO at Bassett, Rogers & Brewster LLC. Walt also works as Member of the Board (twice former Chairman) at Polymer Center of Excellence, a job Walt has held since Jan 1995. In Walt's previous role as a Vice President of Development & Engineering at Alievio, Walt worked in RTP North Carolina until Sep 2021. Prior to joining Alievio, Walt was a Director of Strategic Product Development at SunTech Medical and held the position of Director of Strategic Product Development at Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area. Prior to that, Walt was a Director - R&D and Product Planning at PerkinElmer from Jan 2011 to Jan 2012. Walt started working as Director of R&D; Technology, Pre-Development & Core Research Support at MILLIPORE (EMD - MERCK Millipore) in Jan 2008. From Jan 2004 to Jan 2008, Walt was Global Head: R & D (DSM - Engineering, Fashion Wear & Specialty) at NOVARTIS / CIBA VISION. Prior to that, Walt was a Vice President of Operations and R&D at Cooley Group, based in Pawtucket, RI from Jan 2003 to Jan 2004. Walt started working as Vice President Operations & Engineering at Weiss-Aug in Aug 2000.
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Walt Bassett's current jobs
Creating passive investment opportunities in Real Estate. Focused on Cash Flow, long term stability and preservation of capital.
The Polymers Center of Excellence is a not-for-profit 501(c)6 organization created by the state of North Carolina to increase knowledge, provide technical support, and assist in the development of emerging technologies in the plastics industry
Walt Bassett's past jobs
Relying on 25+ years of R&D leadership in the Life Sciences, Materials and Medical Device industry, I thrive on solving complex technical problems based on customer needs. I enjoy creating teams that can drive toward commercial success in less time using best practices from the 6-Sigma and lean manufacturing tool-box.
Responsible for driving technical innovation for New Product Development and providing customer technical solutions for Blood Pressure Monitoring and Analysis.
Lead multifunctional team in developing complex analytical systems supporting the Chromatography business. Product R&D focused on electro-mechanical, optical and software development efforts. Managing a 65 member team consisting of scientists and engineers (ME / EE), software, and SQA engineers.
Leading cross-functional teams, driving disruptive technology in the Life Sciences / BioTech sector. Looking for breakthrough opportunities in Upstream, Downstream and Process Analytical Tools, combining support from Analytical, Microbiology and Virology.
Drove innovation and new product development for Contact Lens and related R&D for the FreshLook (R) Color Contacts and supported the Specialty market for gas permeable lenses. Also led new developments for process engineering, focused on the O2Opitx, FreshLook and Specialty businesses. Managed clinical trials for Class 2 & 3 Medical Devices. Launched FreshLook One Day (daily disposlble color contacts)
Directed over 200 employees in 3 different locations (Rhode Island [2], South Carolina). • Introduced New Product Development (NPD) process to reduce cycle-time in R&D and eliminate low value projects. • Compiled / analyzed customer complaints, identified $2.4 M potential cost avoidance and created 3 teams to solve issues.
Weiss-Aug is a leader in insert molding and precision metal stamping, with approximately $25 Million in sales worldwide. Markets include medical, automotive, computer peripherals, electronics and appliances. Reported to the president/owner, responsible for P&L for all manufacturing & engineering operations within the company (>$20M) Accountable for production, design, molding, quality, IT, metal stamping, purchasing, quoting, tooling fabrication, engineering, development and automation. Directed over 200 employees.
GE Plastics is the worlds largest ($7 Billion) Engineering resins /compounding business. Director R&D and Tech. Marketing Manager, Product R&D Operations Manager, Product R&D GE - ULTEM & HPP Manager, Process Chemistry Sr. Chemist, Product Development GE - VALOX/CPP
New material development for Contact Lenses. Driving understanding for Polymeric Silicon Hydroxide structure property relations, especially regarding Oxygen Permeability.