People

Expertise

Dr. Doug Usifer, Managing Director, joined Headwaters from Atlas Advisors. He has over 20 years of experience in several sectors of the specialty chemical industry, including nutraceuticals, food ingredients, adhesives/ sealants/ coatings, minerals, catalysts, polymers, and pharmaceutical fine chemicals.

Languages Spoken

English

Career

Dr. Usifer worked at National Starch as Business Director, Food Emulsions and Encapsulation, where he was General Manager of a $40MM global specialty food ingredients business, with full P/L responsibility as well as sales, marketing, product development and technical service. Dr. Usifer also worked on M&A transactions including National Starch's acquisition of Penford's resistant starch business.

Prior to National Starch, Dr. Usifer worked at Engelhard Corporation in several capacities, including Business Development Manager, Corporate New Ventures; Marketing Manager, Special Effect Pigments; Manager, Technology and Market Development, Performance Additives/Specialty Minerals. While at Engelhard, Dr. Usifer worked on M&A transactions including the acquisition of Mearl Corp, a US producer of pearlescent pigments and iridescent films. He previously worked at Cambrex Corporation and Hoechst Celanese.

Dr. Usifer holds an executive MBA in Finance from Rutgers University, Ph.D. and MS degrees in Organic Chemistry from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and a BA in Chemistry from Saint Michael's College.