John is Director of Regulatory Afffairs for Grant Industries, Inc. He is a prolific technical writer and contributes to the company's patent writing, marketing and advertising projects. Gormley is the webmaster for Grant's web site (www.grantinc.com) and enjoys developing new products for Grant's Hair Care business unit. His main scientific interests are polymer chemistry and vitamin biochemistry. John enjoys teaching the silicone chemistry module at Fairleigh Dickenson University for their cosmetics program. He has contributed to six issued US patents and six pending patents. John is a member of the SCC has supported various technical poster sessions and given a podium presentation at the IFSCC in Edinbrough Scotland on computational calculations for surfactant mildness.

He has a broad corporate background having previously held new technology positions at Uniqema, Mona Industries, National Starch, Unilever, and Abex Corp. He has contributed to a number of successful commercial projects, some replacing older materials with safer and greener options.as well as being a proponent of businesses working closely with regulatory agencies to develop realistic solutions to on-going issues.