Rodger Talbert, PCI Executive & Technical Director
Phone: (616) 915-2769
Email: rtalbert@powdercoating.org

Rodger Talbert began his career in coatings in 1976 working for a company that does custom coating and metal fabrication. He also worked for a company that designs and builds coating systems for seven years. He started his own business, R. Talbert Consulting Inc., in 1993.

Rodger has taught "Powder Coating" and "Finishing System Design & Operation" at Grand Rapids Community College, where he designed and implemented a Finishing Technician Certificate program and published six training manuals for paint pretreatment, liquid coating, electrocoating and powder coating classes. He is the editor of "The Powder Coater's Manual" and he is a member of the Technical Advisory Committee for the Iowa Waste Reduction Center. He also conducts periodic training workshops in powder coating, liquid coating spray technique, and systems design.

Rodger received his education in Business Administration at Aquinas College in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He has written and presented numerous technical papers for SME/AFP, PCI and CCAI. He has contributed to the SME Design for Manufacturing handbook on the subject of powder coating and is a contributor to the PCI Powder Coating Manual, The Complete Finishers Handbook.

As Technical Director for PCI, Rodger directs all technical services including the design of new systems for powder coating, liquid spray coating and electrodeposition. He will act as the technical liaison between PCI and the market place, focusing on training and education. Rodger will also work with coaters to improve existing systems through process improvement, retrofit, problem solving, lab testing and training.