Fluorescence and High Visibility for Textiles was a 2-day virtual event recorded on February 23-24, 2022. The program features industry leaders and experts discussing a variety of topics including color, innovation, technology, detergents, laundering, reflective tape, testing, and product.
Nelson Houser, retired, Archroma US
A graduate of North Carolina State University with a BS in Textile Chemistry, Nelson has served in various technical and management positions with dyestuff and chemical suppliers, and wet processors. Nelson retired in 2019 as technical manager from Archroma US.
Previous associations include Vice-President of Technical Service for M. Dohmen USA, Vice-President Technical Marketing for Burlington Chemical Company, LLC, Technical Director with the Textile Products Division of Ciba-Geigy Corporation and Technical Manager with American Color and Chemical. Manufacturing experiences include management and technical positions with M. Lowenstein, Burlington Industries, and Beaunit Corporation.
Steve Simonson, SimonsonWorldWide LLC
Steve received a BS and MS in textile chemistry from North Carolina State University. He received the first Chairman’s Award from Burlington Industries for developing a machine/test method for evaluating waterproofness of fabrics. Steve is retired from Elevate Textiles/ITG Burlington Worldwide, where he worked for 41 years.
Rachel Applegate, Procter & Gamble Scientist
Rachel is a Scientist from Procter & Gamble. Over her 10-year career as a formulator, she has developed an expertise in whiteness technologies and test methods for liquid laundry detergents.
Katie Aune, 3M Personal Safety Division Application EngineerScientist
Katie is an Application Engineer within the Personal Safety Division of 3M. She services 3M™ Scotchlite™ Reflective Materials for applications in various markets where visibility is a crucial role in safety (transportation/oil and gas/utilities/fire). She also has considerable experience with various high visibility and fire standards for safety compliance.
Ken Butts, Datacolor Global Key Account Team Manager
With over 30 years’ experience as a solutions consultant in the textile/apparel industry, Ken has analyzed existing product development processes and implemented effective color management solutions for over 40 of the world’s most well-known retail/brand apparel companies and their global supply chains. Ken is a past chair of RA-36 and regular speaker at AATCC’s annual Color Management Workshop.
Roland Connelly, RoLyn Group Color Consultants
Color Supply Chain Consultant
Roland is a color & lighting consultant with RoLyn Group. Prior to consulting, he was the Director, Global Digital Supply Chain, for X-Rite as well as the Director of Enterprise Color Management with GretagMacbeth. Until 2003, he was President and co-owner of SheLyn and before that, worked as a Color Lab manager for 18 years with Burlington. Roland has over 50 years experience in color management and control. He is a frequent lecturer and author of numerous papers studying a range of subjects, from Colorant Formulation to Instrumental UV Calibration. Roland has served as President of AATCC, Chair of RA36-Color Measurement, member of Board of Directors, and many other committees. He is the recipient of the AATCC Chapin Service award. He is also a former ISCC President, board member, Interest Group Chair, and recipient of the 2020 ISCC Macbeth Award. He is active in ASTM E-12-Color and Appearance and the CIE, and has committed many years of service as the US spokesperson for color measurement in ISO TC38, Textiles.He received his BS in Textile Science and MS in Color Science from Clemson University
Michael Hayes, 3M Personal Safety Division
Application Engineer
Mike is an Application Engineer within the Personal Safety Division of 3M. He services 3M™ Scotchlite™ Reflective Materials for applications in various markets where visibility is a crucial role in safety (transportation/oil and gas/utilities/fire). He also has considerable experience with various high visibility and fire standards for safety compliance.
Sravanth Kanukuntla, SGS North America Inc
Sr. Technical Manager
Sravanth has over 15 years’ experience in the textile industry and is responsible for Technical Consulting and Business Development in the Textile, Apparel and Accessories Segments. He represents SGS Global Quality Assurance Service for established and prospective clients and supports the SGS Sales Team and Textile Laboratories.
Randy Mumford, Archroma Technical Manager, Brand Performance Textiles
A graduate of North Carolina State University College of Textiles, Randy has spent over 30 years in the chemical industry in various technical and commercial roles.
Michael Murphy, e-Dye Ltd Senior Advisor
Performance apparel and manufacturing career since the mid-70’s in the US and in Asia since 1981, including textile development, technical laminations and most recently solution dye under the e.dye® brand name.
Erika Simmons, AATCC Technical Director
Erika is an experienced textile professional with more than twenty years of Quality Control, lab management and standards development experience. Erika received her BS in Textile Engineering from NC State University and MBA from Wake Forest University.
Denise Statham, Workwear Outfitters/ Bulwark Protection
Director of Technical Services
Denise has a 35-year tenure in the flame resistant and high visibility segments of the protective clothing industry. She has spent her career in technical/R&D roles with leading fabric and garment manufacturers and is a named inventor on multiple U.S. patents. Denise has leadership roles and voting rights on many standards-writing committees within NFPA, ASTM and ISEA. Her current responsibilities include evaluating new fabrics and related technologies, achieving & maintaining product certifications, and providing technical support to colleagues and customers.
Werner Tissen, DyStar Colours Distribution GmbH
Global Business Development Manager
After Werner finished his study as a graduate engineer in textile dyeing and finishing in 1985, he worked for 5 years as a dyehouse manager for R+T Textil-Ausrüstung GmbH & Co Jersey KG in Berlin, the capital of Germany. Afterwards he joined Hoechst AG and worked for 5 years in different departments. Since 1995 Werner has been working for DyStar as Global Business Development Manager particularly for dyeing polyester and polyester blends.
Gregg Woodcock, Hanesbrands Inc Senior Manager Quality
Gregg is a graduate of Philadelphia College of Textiles and Science as well as the Institute of Textile Technology. He started at Burlington Industries in the Knitted fabric division and, since 1996, has been with Sara Lee Knit Products/National Textiles/HanesBrands. His current role is Senior Manager Quality responsible for Laboratory Testing, Quality Analytics, and Consumer Star Rating Analytics. He is also the Chair of RA88/Home Laundering Technology for AATCC.
