BORN:
Budapest, Hungary, January 17, 1929
EDUCATION: elementary, high-school, technical college: Hungary; university: Montreal, Canada
DIPLOMA: Metallurgical engineer
LANGUAGES: English, Hungarian
ADDRESS: 2620 Hope Forest Drive, Las Vegas, NV 89134, USA
PHONE: 702-243-6185, FAX: 702-243-6355
E-mail:
alexira2002@yahoo.com or
borbely@prodigy.net
EXPERIENCE:
Project manager, Consultant.
Thirty-five years of experience in powder metallurgy and technology, material research, development and processing (silver, copper, tungsten, molybdenum, tungstencarbide, graphite), battery research and process development (alkaline, lithium, zinc-oxide, silver-oxide batteries).
Process design, technology transfer and implementation.
Consultant to Fortune 500 Companies (Duracell, DuPont, Polaroid, Rayovac, Chemmetals Inc.). Consultant to Duracell International (Brazil, Mexico, Belgium, Japan, United Kingdom).
Portfolio investment advisor, consultant to private parties.
WORK HISTORY:
1957-1965: TUNGSRAM LTD (now General Electric) Budapest, Hungary. Process Engineer, manager of Tungsten plant.
1966-1969: DOMTAR CHEMICALS, Powder Metallurgy Division, Montreal, Canada. Assistant Plant Superintendent.
1969-1973: P. R. MALLORY CO. (predecessor of DURACELL), Indianapolis, USA. Research Engineer (tungsten, tungsten-carbide, tungsten base heavy metals, electric contacts).
1973-1981: DURACELL RESEARCH CENTER, Burlington, MA. Project Manager, battery process and materials development.
1981-1987: DURACELL TECHNOLOGY CENTER, NORCROSS GA, Program Manager, Battery Process Development Department and Pilot Plant.
1987-1989: DURACELL RESEARCH CENTER, Needham, MA, Senior Project Manager. Design and implementation of the new lithium battery plant in the USA.
1989- present: TECHNICAL AND INVESTMENT CONSULTANT.
PATENTS:
US PATENT 3,865,608 (Method for coating a die cavity surface)
US PATENT 3,963,502 (Composition for application to die cavity surfaces)
US PATENT 4,126,54 (Process for treating silver oxide)
US PATENT 4,894,296 (Improved cathode for zinc-air battery cells)