Water Chemistry, Sanitizers, Pool Care

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Professional Experience

During the last 32 years Mr. Lowry has co-owned two chemical manufacturing companies and a publishing company, been technical director for the world's largest retailer of pool and spa supplies, been technology officer for an ozone manufacturer and been consultant to numerous corporations from DuPont, Olin, Albemarle and FMC to small one-man operations.

He has written seven pool and spa water chemistry books, published more than 120 technical articles, written 29 “white” papers, written a monthly column for a major trade publication, given more than 500 water chemistry seminars and has certified more than 1500 students to be CPOs. In addition, he has formulated, invented, developed and introduced more than 109 new chemical products into the pool and spa industry. He is one of the leading chemical experts in the pool industry.

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1991 to 1995
Leslie’s Swimming Pool Supplies
Chatsworth, CADirector of Technical Services. Formulated 12 new chemical products which increased chemical sales by 78% in the first year; found better sources for purchasing raw chemicals which lowered costs; reformulated six existing products, provided efficacy testing of proposed vendor and competitor chemicals; recommended which products should be sold by retail operations; established a formal water chemistry and product knowledge training program for all retail store staff; provided telephone support to all 400 company-owned retail stores on water problems, product chemistry questions and vendor-related issues; assisted in establishing a Plan-A-Gram system for retail store display; produced Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) for 29 chemical products; reviewed container labels of 67 products for chemical and technical correctness; established a Quality Assurance Program for incoming chemicals; wrote 29 Technical Bulletins (white papers) on various water chemistry subjects; produced and wrote a three-and-a-half hour training video on water chemistry; wrote a 150-page consumer book titled “Leslie’s Swimming Pool Maintenance Manual;” manager of the Regulatory Affairs Department which was responsible for Federal EPA and 28 state registrations of all pesticides; and supervisor for all safety programs.

1991
DEL Industries
San Luis Obispo, CAVice President - Technology. Researched better methods to produce more ozone from existing generators, researched novel methods of ozone production for possible inclusion in the product line; developed better analytical methods for determining ozone output of all ozone generators; reverse-engineered all competitor’s ozone generators as well as all other alternative sanitizers; rewrote all technical and consumer literature to include using a halogen and conform with current NSPI and accepted water chemistry standards; was a known, recognized authority when dealing with Health Departments, schools, universities and other municipal or governmental regulators.

1986 to 1991
Service Industry News
Chino, CA President: Founder and co-owner of a twice-monthly pool industry trade publication aimed at service technicians. Chief financial officer; sales manager, wrote 72 chemical technical articles; wrote three books that have become standards in the industry - Service Industry News Guide to Chlorine, Service Industry News Guide to pH, Alkalinity, Water Testing and Water Balance, and Service Industry News Guide to Alternative Sanitizers. Edited, rewrote and typeset the National Swimming Pool Foundation Certified Pool Operator’s (CPO) Course Manual; purchased the rights to and rewrote the book Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Pool Care ... But Didn’t Know Where To Ask, took the newspaper from an original circulation of 2500 to more than 15,000 service techs nationwide; increased average issue page count from 20 pages to 32 pages; increased advertising to editorial ratio from 18% to 52%; increased brand loyalty for advertisers at the service tech level; provided a vehicle for manufacturers to reach service techs; learned a great deal about writing, editing, layout, design and advertising; showed many advertisers how to reach service techs.

1977 to 1986
Leisure Time Chemical Corp.
Ontario, CAExecutive Vice President and Technical Director. Cofounder and co-owner of a spa and pool specialty chemical manufacturer. Formulated or developed 62 chemical products. purchased all raw materials; purchased all tanks, reactors, filling, capping, blending, packaging , and printing equipment; built an explosion-proof room for filling chlorine products; was the production manager; set up quality control procedures, responsible for all Regulatory Affairs; gave over 400 seminars on water chemistry to service techs, retailers and pool operators; owned a retail spa store, owned a portable fiberglass spa manufacturing facility; setup a computerized batching system for chemical production; built a new 40,000 square foot plant facility specifying virtually everything from sloped floors with underdrains to underfloor electrical. In 1986, we printed and filled more than four million bottles of product. Company sold to Laporte of London, England in January, 1985.

1973 to 1977
Robarb, Inc.
Decatur, GA

Vice President and General Manager. A pool specialty chemical manufacturer. Formulated and developed two products; sold products by day and manufactured products at night; developed a small line of aquarium products.

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