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Columbia, Louisiana, Us

Strategic Biofuels is developing a series of deeply negative carbon footprint plants that cost effectively convert forestry waste from responsibly managed and sustainable plantation forests into clean-burning renewable transportation fuels. Strategic Biofuels brings value to the environment and the communities where we work. We reduce the greenhouse gas emissions by over 100% compared to fuel production from fossil fuel sources. We create a new use for forestry waste materials known as residuals, thus improving economic returns in the timber industry. We bring high paying jobs to the rural areas where we operate. We offer investment opportunities meeting environmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria to qualified investors.

Executive leadership of Technology Development, Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations, Human Resources, Intellectual Property, Health Safety and Environmental, and IT.Upon hiring drove a strategic review of existing development programs to establish a realistic, practical perspective and establish well defined requirements for commercialization. Programs included petrochemical technologies, consumer products, and cosmetic manufacturing equipment. Eliminated 60% of existing programs for not meeting critical criteria and restructured the business from a “national labs” type institution into a commercial, market driven organization.Delivered and validated the performance of licensed technology including commissioning, start-up, and operation of the Velocys reactors and catalyst at the 3.8 million gallon/yr renewable diesel and wax plant for Envia Energy, a joint venture with Waste Management, NRG, and VPI. Managed the development of the complete licensor package including the process design package, development of the supply chain for the reactors and catalyst for the 15.1 million gallons/yr Red Rock Biofuels renewable jet fuels plant currently under construction in Lakeview, OR.Identified critical human resource needs for commercialization. Established systematic development, mentoring, and empowerment of young talent while bringing in key external talent where required. Directed the international joint development and demonstration program with Toyo Engineering, Modec, and Petrobras at the Petrobras’ refinery in Forteleza, Brazil. Developed employee centric Health, Safety, and Environmental program resulting in zero lost time accidents for over 6 years and achieved an unprecedented perfect score twice on OSHA 3 years recertification audits.

Directed Operations, Engineering, Technical Services, Software Development, QA/QC, HR, HSE, and IT.Corrected major dysfunctions in meeting client needs for processing and communicating inspection data to demonstrate compliance with OSHA Process Safety Management (PSM) regulations for 8 geographic regions of BP North American Gas (BP NAG) covering inspection of over 13,000 well sites and 100 gas plants. As a result, restructured the entire work process producing a 45% improvement in efficiency and an 77% reduction in re-work in a single year. These operational improvements ultimately led to the acquisition of FTS by SGS, the world’s largest testing, inspection, and verification company.Developed an innovative program with the local community college to provide training in critical skills to increase the pool of qualified job applicants. This allowed rapid expansion from 60 analysts to 200 analysts. Conceived and executed development of an expert system creating both standardized risk ranking and remediation recommendations for inspection findings. Implementation by BP NAG substantially reduced maintenance costs and resulted in them being a finalist for BP’s Helios global innovation award. Reorganized the Asset Integrity Management sales and marketing organization to focus on new client development to address over-dependence on BP. Recruited and trained new sales staff. Selected and implemented Customer Relationship-Management software (Salesforce.com). As a result, new client sales increased from a $2 million base to $13 million in first 12 months.

Managed a team of radio advertising sales executives for the group’s 4 radio stations (KYFM, KWON, KRIG, KPGM). Refocused non-performing personnel and provided direct support with difficult clients. The resulting average revenue growth for the sales executives was 20%. Identified unique selling propositions for clients and collaborated with them to design advertising campaigns to grow top of mind awareness, increase customer traffic, and grow revenues. Managed key accounts and expanded my individual account portfolio resulting in doubling revenues.

Managed $15 million annual R&D budget to convert natural gas, coal, or animal fats to fuels and lubricants. Headed development and integration of three technologies: autothermal reforming; Fischer-Tropsch synthesis; and hydrocracking. The hydrocracking technology was later commercialized to convert animal fats to renewable diesel fuel at the Dynamic Fuels plant in Geismar, LA. Established a rigorous development review process for new and existing projects. Integrated the Business Development and Finance groups into the review process to ensure clear commercial success criteria, well defined budgets, and realistic schedules. Terminated over 30% of existing projects because they did not meet the needed criteria. Revised remaining programs to better meet corporate objectives. Achieved $4 million savings the first year while simultaneously accelerating critical projects.Created an innovative strategy that overcame an existential threat from one of the largest multinational corporations that claimed ownership of all intellectual property in a field critical to Syntroleum. Implementing the strategy resulted in the multinational corporation ceasing such claims. Directed EPA emissions testing of renewable diesel fuel in a program funded by Chrysler Motors. Demonstrated substantially lower emissions and established the viability of this class of fuels to meet performance requirements for Europe, US, and California. Coordinated an Engineering study with Amec, a multinational Engineering Procurement and Construction firm, to design and provide process guarantees for an Australian 10,000 barrel/day synthetic lubricant plant.Launched corporate-wide HSE program achieving over 3 years without a lost-time accident.

Turned around Catalytica’s quality plagued OEM sensor manufacturing business (Advanced Sensor Devices) by implementing a total quality management program resulting in 95% reduction of product returns from customers, 90% reduction in re-work, and 30% reduction in total manufacturing costs.Re-invigorated a program to develop a compact stack gas pollution monitoring instrument that could operate outdoors instead of in a laboratory environment. Rebooted the project and secured $4 million in funding from the Gas Research Institute (GRI). Established clear success criteria, restructured the team, developed the supply chain, and delivered the instrument on time and on budget. Advised on the selection of qualified manufacturers reps to distribute the pollution monitor. Led training of manufacturers rep network and provided technical sales support. The successful commercial deployment of the air pollution monitor resulted in the acquisition of Catalytica’s Advanced Sensor Devices business by Monitor Labs in 1996.Managed joint development program for conversion of natural gas to liquid hydrocarbon products with multinational consortium including Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Stat Oil, PetroCanada, and Koch Industries.Lead process development for recycling waste hydrobromic acid used in fine chemicals manufacturing to bromine.

Brought in to overcome the company’s past failures to transfer catalyst products developed in the laboratories to toll manufacturers. Established the requirements prior to technology transfer: 1) reformulate the products for ease of manufacturing and cost effectiveness; 2) identify the critical variables in the manufacturing process and put them under statistical process control; and 3) develop a robust QA/QC process. Successfully transferred the catalyst manufacturing for the STAR process® to United Catalyst (now Clariant AG) for toll manufacturing. The STAR process® remains in use in the chemical process industry. Developed effective manufacturing processes for regenerable sulfur absorbents (Z-Sorb), arsenic scavengers, dehydrogenation catalysts, and polymerization catalysts. Directed manufacturing of the first commercial production lots.

B.S., Chemistry

Ph.D, Inorganic Chemistry