Hydromer Expands its Operational Executive Team With Two New Leaders

Hydromer Inc. has added two new members of its operations and financial team as it continues to scale for growth in the rapidly increasing medical and industrial coatings and surface modification markets.

Wendy Perez is now the company’s director of Finance. Perez is a highly experienced financial leader who brings over 18 years of knowledge and experience to Hydromer from her career with firms such as NASCAR, Siemens AG, C.R. Bard, Harsco Corporation, Verizon Communications, and ATARI. Perez is a results-driven senior manager with in-depth experience in IFRS, U.S. GAAP and Statutory Accounting Principles, reporting and compliance, fraud assessment, auditing and internal controls (Sarbanes Oxley).

Perez’s academic background includes a master’s degree in finance from Indiana University, a master of Laws degree from the Thomas Jefferson School of Law, an MBA from Suffolk University and a bachelor of science degree in accounting from the City University of New York. In addition, Perez is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) and is in the process of completing her certification for Certified Management Accountant (CMA).
 
Shan Wickrananayake, Ph.D., is now the director of Manufacturing Operations. Wickrananayake is a leader in materials sciences and a process expert with over 10 years of industrial experience in composite polymer compounding, formulation and processing. He successfully developed five patents, and more than 10 advanced polymer formulations. Prior to joining Hydromer, Shan was the senior project leader at AkzoNobel Performance Coatings and Packaging for both America and Canada. Prior to that role he served as the laboratory manager and principal investigator – R&D engineer at AECOM Technology Corporation. 

Wickrananayake has a Ph.D. in materials science and engineering and an master of science degree in materials science and engineering, both from the University of Michigan. He also earned a bachelor of science degree in polymer chemistry and computer science and statistics from the University of Peradeniya in Sri Lanka. 
 
“I am thrilled to welcome both these incredibly talented individuals to the Hydromer family. As a global leader in bio coatings, polymers and industrial surface modification products now since four decades, we understand that the best way to empower our customers with performance enhancing products is with high performance people like Wendy and Shan,” said Peter M. von Dyck, Hydromer’s CEO.
 
Hydromer Inc. is an innovative ISO 9001:2015 technology-focused company that invents, develops, patents, licenses, manufactures, and sells hydrophilic polymer-based products for commercial markets including medical device, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, industrial plastics, cosmetic and personal care. Hydromer also provides highly specialized medical coating services to industry through its U.S. Food and Drug Administration-registered and ISO 13485:2016 certified medical products subsidiary.