As the Founder and Director of First Garden City Consulting, I provide consulting and expert witness services for the chemicals and algae industries, covering polymers, catalysis, renewables, oil extraction, nutraceuticals, pharmaceuticals, and more. With over 40 years of experience in invention, innovation, and commercialization, I am passionate about sustainability, renewables, reducing GHG emissions, food production, and making our planet livable for future generations.I have been a key member of the teams that delivered the sustainable aircraft fuels that flew in the first commercial jet aircraft demo flights, and have deep expertise in all renewable fuels, opportunities, challenges, and bottlenecks. I am also an inventor and innovator who connects technical opportunity with market needs, and a distinguished corporate inventor in the American Society of Patent Holders. I have successfully won and managed external funding from federal agencies, totaling over $125 million to date, for various companies ranging from very large to start-up.
Listed skills include Biofuels, Chemistry, R&D, Renewable Energy, and 61 others.