Presenter

Thomas J. (Tom) Lange, (BsChE U. of Missouri, Columbia, 1978) is a 36 year veteran of Procter & Gamble, where he founded and led P&G's organizational Modeling and Simulation (M&S) group, retiring as Director of R&D Modeling & Simulation in January 2015. Tom spent his professional career modeling and simulating formulations, products, and production systems, using technology to span the scales from atoms to the store shelf. Analysis and optimization ranged from how hot air roasts peanuts and coffee, to how baby sizes affect urine leaks in a diaper. It spanned the disciplines from Consumer Modeling, Computational Chemistry & Biology, CAE Computer Aided Engineering (Structures, Fluids, Controls, Chemical Engineering, Empirical), and Production System Throughput & Reliability. Tom now spends his professional time consulting with public and private enterprises on ways to improve their competitive edge through the use of the latest computing based modeling and simulation tools.