Hygiene Sciences & Public Health Advancements Vice President
GOJO Industries, Inc.
James W. Arbogast, Ph.D. joined GOJO Industries, Inc. in 2002, and became the Vice President of Hygiene Sciences and Public Health Advancements in 2014, after a variety of technical leadership roles in Skin Care Science, Product Development and New Technology. Dr. Arbogast entered the field of consumer product development after receiving his Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from the University of California at Los Angeles in March of 1992. Prior to joining GOJO, he gained experience in the consumer products industry with Clorox and Dial.
Dr. Arbogast has been directly involved in the formulation and national launch of hundreds of products in the laundry, air freshening, hair care, skin care, and hand hygiene markets. Under his leadership, the Skin Care Science team has conducted numerous field outcome studies with hand hygiene products to determine their real-world effect on skin condition and infection related rates, Additionally, there have been many contributions to advancing the science of hand hygiene around microbiology, clinical studies, analytical chemistry, drug stability and new product development.
Dr. Arbogast has made numerous presentations at major scientific conferences, popular press articles, has been an inventor on ~70 patents and co-authored 49 manuscripts published in peer-reviewed literature. He has 30 years of experience in consumer product development with the last ~23 years focused on skin care, hand hygiene and surface disinfection applied to improved public health outcomes. He resides in Bath, Ohio with his wife and three children.