Dr. Andy Cooper is senior vice president of Research, Development and Engineering for Global Institutional and Specialty groups with Ecolab, serving a wide range of customers from restaurants, hotels and long-term care facilities to schools, commercial buildings, and grocery markets.  Dr. Cooper joined Ecolab in 1998 as a scientist and has been responsible for diverse innovation and customer support teams across Ecolab’s corporate technology, industrial, healthcare, life sciences and institutional groups.  He holds Ph.D.