Senior Associate Consultant Rich Geoffroy

Senior Associate Consultant
Rich Geoffroy

Rich Geoffroy is a Connecticut-based polymer and plastics expert witness with a specialization in plastic pipe expert witness work.  Rich has held several positions in product and material evaluation, coatings and adhesives, and membrane development for electrochemical applications.  Rich is widely recognized by the plastic pipe industry for his time as Department Manager for Springborn Laboratories where he directed the largest Plastic Pipe Evaluation Center in the world.  Following that role, Rich established his own plastics engineering and consulting practice, Polymer Services Group, in 1985. Mr. Geoffroy provides advice, consultation, and expert witness services for major multinational corporate clients on programs involving polymer development, product design and engineering, and process development.  Rich is a recognized specialist in plastic materials, processing, design, and testing and evaluation.  He has been an active member of many professional associations and is currently serving as the Chairman of ASTM Committee F17 on Plastics Piping Systems.​​
  • Awarded ASTM’s highest award, the ASTM Award of Merit, for his many years of service to ASTM
  • Extensive experience in plastic pipe, polymer blends, membranes, molded and extruded products, electrically-conductive moldings and coatings.
  • Equally competent in all forms plastics processing including extrusion, injection, blow molding, vacuum forming, etc. 
  • Extensive litigation experience in patent litigation, personal injury, and product liability, and has worked with both foreign and domestic plaintiffs and defendants.
  • Ability to develop test methods, perform product service-life prediction, risk assessment, and probable-cause failure analysis.
  • Experience in performing stress analyses and chemical and physical evaluations.
  • Marketing and sales performance experience
Experience
Private Practice
1985 - Present
Somers, Connecticut
Director of Engineering & Applications
  • Provide polymer expert advice, consultation, and legal testimony to major multinational corporate clients.
  • Contributing to polymer development, product design/engineering, and process development. 
  • Perform stress analyses, and chemical and physical evaluation. 
  • Develop test methods, perform product service-life prediction, risk assessment, and probable-cause failure analysis.
  • One of the most experienced polymer expert witnesses active today.
Springborn Laboratories, Inc.
1978 - 1985
Enfield, Connecticut
Plastics Engineering Group Leader
  • Directed the largest Plastic Pipe Evaluation Center in the world. 
  • Provided technical, financial, and operations management of a plastic product evaluation laboratory. 
  • Responsible for marketing, sales and performance of client programs.

Ionics, Inc.
1972 - 1978
Watertown, Massachusetts
Department Manager
  • Responsible for projects involving design and development of polymeric components and membranes.
  • Evaluated plastic materials and adhesives for use in electrochemical applications.

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