Township of Union Public Schools

• Teacher of Chemistry, Union High School (effective September 2024)
• Leave Replacement Science Teacher, Kawameeh Middle School (January - June 2024): Preparing lessons, delivering instruction, and conducting student assessments in accordance with New Jersey Student Learning Standards for Grade 6 Science.

Science Teacher

Kardos Jusino Enterprises LLC

Kardos Jusino Enterprises is an investment and asset management company intended to support the principal’s personal mission to fund educational scholarships and programs including, but not limited to, women in STEAM initiatives as well as opportunities and programs focused on diversity and excellence in STEM.

Kardos Jusino Enterprises additionally supports the business, personal and philanthropic aspirations of the principal.

Principal and CEO

Public and Keynote Speaking Experience

Public and Keynote Speaking Experience in STEM education, motivation, inspiration, career advancement, engineering experience, leadership, graduate school, and personal development.

Organizations and events:

• McNair Achievement Program (NJIT)
• The National Society of Collegiate Scholars
• American Institute of Chemical Engineers (multiple occasions)
• Society of Women Engineers
• Society of Hispanic Engineers
• Technical Writing Course (NJIT)
• Open House at NJIT (multiple occasions)
• Experience Day at NJIT (multiple occasions)
• Newark College of Engineering Career Day for Visiting High School Students (multiple occasions)
• Female Student Recruiting Event Hosted by Admissions / Newark College of Eng. (NJIT)
• Albert Dorman Honors College Roundtable Event (NJIT; multiple occasions)
• Co-op Advantage Roundtable Hosted by Career Development Services (NJIT)
• NJIT Career Development Services - Industry Roundtable Events 
• Introduction to Chemical Engineering Course (NJIT; multiple occasions)
• Albert Dorman Honors College Recruiting Video
• First - Year Student Event (NJIT)
• Union County College (multiple occasions)
• Community outreach activities such as Engineering Career Workshops (various locations).

Also presented at industry-specific events such as OEMs, internal sites, third-party-sites, global sales meetings, safety meetings, etc. and in videos (Albert Dorman Honors College - NJIT; A Celebration of Hope - NJIT; Dr. Perna Process Lab - NJIT).

Keynote Speaker in STEM Education

www.optimizebooks.com

Motivational Book List:
➤Optimize for Victory: A Simple Approach to Overcome Challenges and Achieve Your Dreams
Amazon: victory.lisakardos.com

➤Optimize Your Productivity: The Counterintuitive Approach to Get More Done in Less Time (Today)
Amazon: getmoredone.lisakardos.com

➤Success Blueprint: Get Out of Survival Mode, Regain Control of Your Life, and Get Ahead at Work and in Life 
Amazon: successblueprint.lisakardos.com

(or http://optimizebooks.com/books for other retailers)

Dr. Lisa Kardos is best known for her first title, Optimize for Victory -- an Amazon Bestseller in Multiple Categories, including #15 in Women and Business.
Available at Amazon, iBooks, and Kobo.

Praise for Optimize for Victory:
"Drawing on her own experience, Kardos presents methods that work to help us overcome negative thinking, negative comments, and negative people in our quest for success in whatever endeavors we undertake. Whether you're a student, a business person, a teacher, or, for that matter, a household manager, you can benefit from the clearly spelled out practical principles that Lisa Kardos outlines in this book." -- Doug Erlandson TOP 50 REVIEWER 

"Solid advice from a clear thinking coach and mentor. Recommended."
 -Grady Harp, HALL OF FAME, TOP 100 REVIEWER, VINE VOICE
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🕵️‍♀️ To check out Lisa's mystery books written under her pen name, please visit http://lizziebenton.net.

➤Cannoli Cafe Investigations (Series): 
A Deadly Practice
Killing it in the New Year

Cozy Mystery Series (7 book prequel series to Cannoli Cafe Investigations):
➤Murder and Macaroons
➤Murder and Macaroni
➤Iced Cookie Murder
➤Murder and Bubbly
➤Murder, Purder
➤ The Executive
➤ The Ghostly Night
Praise for The Executive: 5 stars by Daniel N (Goodreads): "Mystery, crime, and a touch of romance make Lizzie Benton’s books a treat to read. This book is my favorite in the series. It kept me on edge from start to finish. Highly recommend."

Author

Lisa Kardos School of Excellence

The Lisa Kardos School of Excellence provides supportive consulting and coaching for your personal and professional success.

What this training and coaching will do for you:
1. Establish you as a leader or expert in your role.
2. Provide a system you can easily and consistently use for your personal success and career advancement.
3. Give you confidence, clarity, and support.
4. Provide a safe environment for you to ask questions, express concerns, and feel supported in your professional and personal growth.

Coaching is centered around the Design Your Success System (TM), which consists of ten focal areas:

•Assessment
•Design Blueprint Adoption
•Mindset Development
•Strategic Thinking Development
•Leadership in Problem Solving
•Influence and Relationships
•Prioritization
•Advanced Strategy and Positioning
•Confidence, "Assertiveness," and Values
•Comprehensive Plan

Additional resources are also available, such as:
•Productivity Optimization Training
•Team Leadership Training
•"Life Optimization" (Stress Reduction Practices) Training


→Visit http://learn.lisakardos.com to learn more or send Dr. Kardos a DM on LinkedIn.

Consultant

NJIT

Nominated for NJIT Excellence in Teaching Award in the category “Excellence in Instruction by Adjunct Faculty” 

Taught ABET accredited courses in Chemical Engineering: 
• Techniques for Process Simulation
• Thermodynamics
• Unit Operations Laboratory I & II
• Career Planning Seminar for Engineers
• Intro to Chemical Engineering
• First Year Seminar

Adjunct Professor, Chemical Engineering

• Advised undergraduate students for their curriculum and future professional career in the Chemical Engineering program in the Otto H. York Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering. Served as the Learning Community advisor on behalf of the department.

• Led a major project, in coordination with the Office of the Provost, to integrate a new electronic curriculum management system within the department.

• Participated and represented the department at the University Curriculum Committee, the Committee on Academic Affairs, and worked with the department curriculum committee.

• Additionally organized and served in various roles to support Open Houses, Experience Days, Career Days and other student recruiting events.

Coordinator, Undergraduate Program

Chemtura

Responsible for Technology at East Hanover site
• Three functions reported into this position: Research and Development, Technical
Service and Quality Control for Anderol Specialty Lubricants, a Division of Chemtura Corporation (primarily aviation
and industrial finished fluids).

• Managed, developed and supervised 9 permanent direct reports  (responsible for
16 total within department): Quality Manager, Scientists, Chemists, Engineers and
Laboratory Technicians

• Managed temporary technicians and co-op students additionally based on
need

• Managed several $M budgets for R&D/Technical Service and Quality Control

• Collaborated with Global Business, Sales and Technology Directors and Market Managers
to prioritize, advise and direct long-range plan projects and current projects; also acted as a
gatekeeper for projects as they progressed through Stage Gate

• Directed and mentored colleagues to improve work flow and efficiency on site – particular
emphasis in Quality Control

•  Provided support to customers directly and also through advisement and mentoring of
direct reports on customer inquiries

• Managed relationships with military; advise and help coordinate colleagues’ work on
product qualification with the military

•  Collaborated with other sites (Netherlands and China); East Hanover location led
Technology for Anderol business

•  Advised Plant Manager and Manufacturing/Production on product issues and provide
suggestions for improvement in manufacturing areas

• Implemented new metrics to site to measure effectiveness of processes

• Acted as focal point for AS9100 (Aerospace Quality System)

• Supported Procurement efforts to evaluate contingency sourcing of raw materials

•  Approved raw material specifications, management-of-change and new products

•  Supported and encouraged safety awareness and participation on site (90% Technology
colleagues are on safety committees)

Site Technical Manager

Infineum

Balanced resources - engineering and budget - for Americas Power Transmission Fluids (PTF) Deployment Team; focus was on Service-Fill applications

• Direct reports comprised of engineers and technicians

• Prioritized work responsibilities and customer support by working closely with Market
Manager and Sales Account Managers

•  Supervised and led direct reports; focused on colleague development

•  Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) contact; worked with Industry Liaison and
Marketing Manager to develop and manage Infineum relationships with OEMs

• Supported Americas customers

•  Advised and collaborated with Sales Account Managers

• Provided technical service to customers on issues, inquiries and product
rollout.

•  Formulated packages to meet customer expectations and needs.

• Reformulated products to cost-optimize or improve product performance based on
customer and market needs

•  Met with OEMs to define goals

•  Coordinated testing plans with third-party sites

•  Analyzed performance tests (friction, wear, oxidation, etc.)

• Coordinated and analyzed internal quality tests for commercialization

•  Collaborated with Supply Planning, Procurement, Law, Occupational Health and Safety,
Manufacturing Technology, Sales and Marketing and Global Technology Leaders to
commercialize and transition products to manufacturing.

• Collaborated with Development Team to bridge gap between Factory Fill and
Service Fill

•  Communicated with and supported Europe and Asia Pacific regions when needed

•  Assisted in Field Testing data collection/analysis

•  Led global fuel economy project; worked with Industry Liaison in Germany and
coordinated testing in Germany; collaborated with a supplier to modify the
prototypes.

•  TechNet Chair (Technology safety organization on site)

•  Volunteer on Breast Cancer Awareness Team and Recognition Team

•  College Recruiter for NJIT graduates

•  Auditor for OIMS (Operations Integrity Management System)

Section Leader: Americas Power Transmission Fluids Deployment Team

Blending Process Specialist for the Americas

• Supported all blending-related manufacturing issues at these plants

•  Created and maintained Process Control Standards for each plant

• Acted as liaison between Technology (R&D) and Manufacturing

• Developed solutions with Americas plants on non-conformance issues; at times assisted
other blending plants with issues in Singapore and Italy. Guided and worked with plants
to effectively troubleshoot.

• Utilized LIMS and SQA programs to monitor quality of products.

•  Facilitated new product transfer from Technology Development and
Deployment groups (Crankcase, Two and Four-cycle and Transmission Fluids)
to manufacturing

•  Accountable for approving new formulations for new additive package
commercialization

•  Transitioned products from the laboratory stage to the commercialization and
manufacturing stages

• Assisted R&D Technologists and Chemists in modifying formulations to avoid
component interactions and stability/quality issues

• Collaborated with Marketing and Technology (R&D) on risk-based decisions

• Worked with Procurement on basestock and purchased raw material issues

• Developed presentations and delivered direct support to key external customers
to resolve product handling issues.

• Aided recertification effort of drums worldwide

• Issued manufacturing and customer specifications for current products and new
products based on quality principles and practices

• Initiated, developed and coordinated cross-functional study to analyze the
effects of raw material quality from component units to the blending units

• Assisted in safety reviews of laboratories

• Led laboratory technician in experiments; reviewed data and analyzed results;
often findings directly applied to improvements in cycle time or product quality
in the plants

• Laboratory Coordinator effective January 5, 2009 through July 2009 – oversight
of the Manufacturing Technology Laboratories to manage safety and
organizational issues

Manufacturing Technology Specialist – Lubes Package Blending

Plant Technical Section, Bayway Chemical Plant.

• Responsible for operation of three units (one continuous, two batch).
Continuous unit consists of reactor, refrigeration, neutralization/settling,
finishing, and flare sections.

• Conducted root-cause analysis to yield effective troubleshooting for all unit
issues.

• Improved feedstock quality resulting in improvement of reactor control, product
quality, maximum stream day capacity and commit capacity.

• Developed relationships with raw material suppliers in order to implement
improvements in raw material quality for units.

• Managed inventory of raw materials for effective unit operations.

• Conducted Commit Capacity Analysis and worked with Supply Planning to
forecast. Utilized SAP.

• Established a new startup procedure for unit.

• Conducted plant trials in manufacturing new grade of product.

• Advanced capacity increase projects, reactor control improvements, and several
efficiency projects.

• Worked with Environmental Engineers to monitor and limit VOC emissions and
adhere to MON regulations.

• Conducted HAZOPS on units.

Process Engineer

Firmenich

Worked on projects for Process Engineering and Health, Safety and Environmental Affairs

Co-Op Student / Summer Intern

Dr. Lisa Kardos is a science educator with academic, industry, and business experience. She earned her B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Chemical Engineering from New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT). A STEM advocate, she has served as a Keynote Speaker at many events over the years; she also founded Kardos Jusino Enterprises LLC, an organization committed to supporting student programs and scholarships in STEM fields.

When Dr. Kardos is not teaching, she enjoys helping others as a consultant, as well as writing. In addition to writing and publishing personal development books, she also writes mysteries under her pen name, Lizzie Benton.

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