Abena Antwi
Associate Director-Product Designer at Burt's Bees
Associate Director-Product Designer  at Burt's Bees
Highly talented professional with 20+ years of product development in Global skin and color categories. Extremely creative  with a focus on cutting edge innovations.
Burt's Bees
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Durham, North Carolina, United States
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Associate Director-Product Designer
Burt's Bees
https://www.linkedin.com/company/burt%27s-bees
Proficient in aesthetics, trend spotting , shade development, fragrance interpretation, new material applications with a strong focus on quality. Strong partnerships with many manufacturers and raw materials chain supply.
 Insight into  clinical claims substantiation , training education, consumer communication, competitive patterning and packaging development.
Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area
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Product Designer
Burt's Bees
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Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area
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Product  Designer and External Relationship Manager
Burt's Bees
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Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area
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Associate Research Fellow/ Innovation Lead
Burt's Bees
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Lead Innovation Scientist
Burt's Bees
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All Natural Personal Care Products

•Formulating while noting required input from regulatory, safety, micro, and processing functions to meet project needs on a timely basis 
•Manage multiple priorities during the changing dynamics of projects and organizational needs. 
•Prepare formulations and conduct stability testing.
•Supervise and trouble shoot pilot or scaled up batches in production
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Senior Scientist
L'OREAL USA
Skincare & Suncare Formulation for ( Kiehl's, Biomedics, Softheen Carson,Ralph Lauren,Skinceuticals and La Roche-Posay)

•Worked independently formulating and reformulating OTC and Non-OTC creams and lotions,Cleansers Self Tanner,Colored lip products
•Researched information on raw materials to improve formulas
•Successfully formulated Ethnic skincare line for Softsheen Carson while collaborating with marketing. 
•Successfully worked on multiple projects simultaneously until product launch
•Displayed a good working relationship with support groups to make sure everything is up to date.
Senior Chemist Skincare&Suncare
L'OREAL USA
Worked with chemist and marketing to formulate both skincare and color cosmetics.
Worked with chemist researching technology to improve product
Learned the fundamentals of formulating and batching oil-in-water and water-in-oil emulsions.
Direct experience using homogenizers, Silverson to learn how to createemulsions and disperse pigments.
Research Chemist
Master's Degree
Masters in Cosmetic Chemistry
Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus
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Science
Chemistry ACS
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Kean University
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Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Area
Tonya S. Lane
Product Development Scientist II at Burt's Bees
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Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Area
Julia Bethune
Associate Director at Burt's Bees
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Raleigh, NC
Tacye Hughes
Global Insights at Burt's Bees
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Durham, NC
Tom Fitz
VP Sustainable Engineering at Burt's Bees Inc
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Durham, NC
jay goldstein
Director of Finance- Burt's Bees at The Clorox Company
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Cary, NC
Celeste Lutrario
Vice President - Global Research & Development at Burt's Bees
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Raleigh, NC
Yola Carlough
Director of Sustainability at Burt's Bees
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Wake County, NC
Thomas Washington1
materials management team leader at Burt's Bees
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Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Area
Irma-Marcela Somarriba
Outbounder at Burt's Bees
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Beverly, MA
Michele Green
Director, Customer Development at Burt's Bees
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Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Area
Jill Kuzo
Senior Supply Chain Lead at Burt's Bees
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Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Area
Bruce Butler
Maintenance Manager at Burt's Bees
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Durham, NC
Anthony Smith
Plant Production Manager at Clorox - Burt's Bees
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Garner, NC
Ryan Linderman
Packaging Design Engineer at Burt's Bees / Clorox
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Durham, NC
Maria Campagna
Sr. Supply Chain Lead at Burt's Bees
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Pleasanton, CA
Steve Winchell
EVP of Product Innovation at The Parent Company
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United States
Jackie Stegner
Merchant and Assortment Director  at Hallmark Cards
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        Its been a pleasusre working with Abena at Burt's Bees. She brings a wealth of formulation experience with her which she has used to develop a new line of lotions, sugar scrubs, acne line of products and other facial cleansers. Her formulas are very unique and show her creativity and innovation. Abena is very cooperative and embraces  teamwork wholeheartedly. Many times she has shown her leadership and problem solving skills when we worked together on technology transfers and process development of her projects. I highly recommend her work. Isabelle Hansenne-Cervantes
      
          



            
              
        
              
  

    
        Abena has worked in my team when I was at L'Oreal . She is a hard worker and pro-active person. Abena is a smart woman , consumer insigh oriented. It is really pleasant to have her in the team because she brings a lot of fun .
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