Third Coast Commodities specializes in trading physical commodities and servicing the biodiesel industry. With our market knowledge, logistical expertise and personal relationships, we provide a reliable stream of feedstock for the biodiesel industry. Third Coast knows the fats, oils and grease(FOG) markets and provides guidance to our customers on trends and market outlook so they can minimize risk and maximize profits.

-Developed and executed a procurement strategy to increase volume and decrease price as we doubled average monthly production from merger in mid 2014 to 2015.-Increased corporate cost planning by extending procurement cycle from an average of 1.5 weeks to 3.0 weeks.-Strategically developed sales outlets for both raw materials and final product to allow for better understanding of opaque markets. -Negotiated procurement contracts for 1mm+ gallons of raw materials a month.-Worked with logistics and accounting personnel on deal execution and payment.

-Worked with various New York City agencies to develop successful hazard mitigation FEMA applications.-Traveled to various sites to survey Hurricane Sandy damage to assist in damage assessment.-Finalized grant applications under a tight deadline to increase likelihood of funding-Lead inter-agency meetings designed to educate and encourage successful filings

-Develops relationships with biodiesel plants, feedstock providers, and wholesale purchasers of biodiesel.-Heads RINs(Environmental Credits) trading desk.-Manages operations from contract execution to product delivery to reconciliation.

-Created guidelines and manage risk associated with the carry of physical inventory to maintain sales margins-Developed relationships to create outlets for Fusion Renewables' RINs (environmental credits)-Established and profitability ran a RINs Trading division.-Manage risk associated with Fusion Renewables' RINs inventory-Manage the used cooking oil division. Through proper allocation of resources, the division was able to increase revenue 900% from 2011 to the first half of 2012-Sell processed used cooking oil to Biodiesel plants and traders-Procure feedstock for tolling relationships with Biodiesel plants-Control logistics for feedstock purchases and sales from deal execution to processing of payment

-Discover price irregularities and execute trades based on an options pricing model-Provide liquidity in cocoa and frozen concentrated orange juice options market-Analyze markets and manage risk for open positions though strong use of the option Greeks

-Coordinated youth running programs throughout the New York City area-Acted as a liaison between the main office and multiple sites-Developed coaches and created workouts based on individual site needs

-Managed coaches and site staff-Organized team runs-Developed training programs-Coached over 100 runners each year through marathon training

-Conveyed market information to options traders-Entered and tracked orders in various commodities markets