CONSULTANT

Rhus is an industry pioneer working exclusively in the field since 1976. His experience includes product development, formulation science, regulatory compliance and marketing. He has worked with local, national and international corporations including Nature’s Products, Swiss Caps and Organica USA.

Rhus’ skills sets include:

• Formulating nutritional supplements
• Launching nutritional products
• Producing labeling information for supplements
• Developing marketing programs for products and product lines
• Reviewing product advertising for accuracy
• Developing custom products
• Reviewing product specification sheets and internal documents
• Resolving technical and production problems related to supplement manufacturing

Rhus’ professional experience includes work at leading companies and his own consulting firm. Here is an overview of his responsbilities and duties at:

Nutrition Industry Consultants, Principal:

• Serviced local and national accounts with technical, legal and marketing assistance
• Provided labeling information, supplement facts panels and structure/function claims
• Formulated 14 new supplements for leading pharmacy company

Nature’s Products, Product Development Manager and Formulator:

• Formulated new products for branded label and national private label accounts
• Approved product specification sheets, certificates of analysis and internal manufacturing documents.
• Represented company as corporate contact for customer inquiries.

Organica USA, Director of Purchasing:

• Developed and directed vitamin marketing program
• Managed product introductions
• Produced copy for monthly newsletter

Life Extension Foundation, Product Development Advisor:

• Researched new ingredients for state of the art nutritional supplements
• Corrected errors in existing products and labels to assure compliance with FDA regulations
• Approved marketing materials for accuracy of product information

Arnet Pharmaceutical:

• Formulated solid dose and hard shell capsule products
• Assist production with issues that need troubleshooting

Swiss Caps USA:

• Provided customers with technical assistance for softgel capsule manufacturing
• Developed custom products for sales department to offer preferred accounts
• Headed Material Review Board to evaluate customer’s quality issues