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Channahon, Il

Responsible for production operation in plant process area. Manage operation of 2 interesterification reactors, 2 deodorizers, a bleaching reactor, 2 hydrogenation reactors, and a crystallization system. Also responsible for raw material unloading into the plant via railcars, tank trucks, and barges.- Developed process for crystallization unit to separate Palm Oil stearine into needed fractions.- Led projects to make needed equipment upgrades for this new process.- Implemented equipment and process to cost effectively recover 1.7 million pounds of offgrade product.

Mapleton, Il

Managed overall operation of Amines Plant, producing alkyl chlorides, amines, quaternary ammonium compounds, amine oxides.- Led cross-functional effort to improve quat production capacity by 11%- Led production efforts to convert underutilized reactor to improve quat production capacty by 22%

Jacksonville, Fl

Responsible for CST distillation and pinene processing.- Developed process steps to recover beta-pinene from alternate feeds, valued at $345K per year.- Developed method to eliminate second distillation to purify alpha-pinene from alternate feed sources, valued at $180K per year.

Jacksonville, Fl

Production Engineering for front end processing at Flavor & Fragrance facility.- Modified isomerization process to use aqueous KOH instead of flaked KOH, improved material handling and odor control.- Production lead for installation of two new cooling tower systems and a continuous distillation column.

Savannah, Ga

Managed operations preparation and plant startup of sterols extraction plant built by the Arboris, LLC joint venture between Arizona Chemical and Harting, SA. Acted as plant liaison with the Engineering, Procurement, and Construction Management contractor.- Selected and hired operations staff (16 employees).- Managed operating procedure development & training- Prepared commissioning and startup plans.- Managed plant commissioning & startup- Earned world-class Gallup Employee Engagement results

Savannah, Ga

Managed overall operation of Tall Oil Acidulation Plant and Resin Plant. Also managed Shift Supervisors for Savannah plant.- Increased crude tall oil production 12% while reducing effluent BOD concentration by 50%.- Coordinated elimination of the Shift Supervisors and implementation of the Lead Operator concept.- Increased solution resinate production by 23% - Staffed and implemented expanded Resin Plant line-of-progression.- Increased resin in-spec shipments from 95% to 99.5%.

Savannah, Ga

Managed overall operation of Tall Oil Distillation Plant producing tall oil rosin and fatty acids.- Increased plant capacity by 17% with minimal capital investment.- Improved internal customer focus to dramatically improve product consistency for internal customers.

Savannah, Ga

Supervised the operation of the Tall Oil Distillation Plant. Responsible for distillation tower operation, tank farm management, and maintenance coordination.- Participated in project to increase the plant capacity by 9%- Developed pass change procedure to improve operating mode changes, improving product consistency and yield.- On special assignment, managed the site's achievement of ISO-9002 certification.

Savannah, Ga

Supervised Resin Plant

Savannah, Ga

Process Control Engineer in Paper Mill 3 years, then Chemical Products Div for 2 years.

Franklin, Va

Hardware and Software maintenance for computer process control systems.