Robert Griffin Email & Phone Number

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Ottawa, Canada

I lead a team of senior research professionals spanning the entire range of cellulose ethanol production technology, including Iogen's next generation improved pretreatment process. I have also recently assumed responsibility for Iogen's engineering team working on the ramp-up of Costa Pinto 2G ethanol plant.

Ottawa, Canada Area

Responsible for leading a team of senior research professionals spanning the entire range of cellulose ethanol production technology.

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Lead team of 3 – 5 laboratory research and chemical engineering staff responsible for bench-to-pilot process development and scale-up.Responsible for developing innovative products from waste streams, with revenue potential of $1.5M/yr and waste diversion savings of $500K/yr.

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Matrix manager for 10 – 14 laboratory research and chemical engineering staff with 2 direct reports. Extensive program management responsibility for integrating research and operations schedules to achieve process design objectives and data requirements. Worked closely with corporate partners on technology stage gate process evaluation. Prepared and delivered routine technology status presentations to CEO, senior management team, and investors outlining progress against performance targets. Authored extensive technical and engineering documentation for process design and economic analysis.

Ottawa, Canada Area

Supervised final construction of $10M demonstration plant upgrade.Led plant commissioning and startup team, with supervision and scheduling of plant engineers, operations, and maintenance staff. Developed a safety culture that resulted in plant startup with no LTI's. Developed startup procedures and checklists following generally accepted best practices.

Ottawa, Canada Area

Developed theory, and performed laboratory study which confirmed cause, of severe process fouling that forced unit shutdown after three days of operation.Created predictive chemical equilibrium model to assess potential solutions.Designed demonstration plant process upgrades to resolve severe fouling; design was proven successful in subsequent commissioning phase.

Ottawa, On, Canada

Responsible for operations scheduling, upgrades, and troubleshooting for five unit operations, encompassing half of the total plant. Improved component reliability from weeks to months in high erosion service through design improvement and metallurgy and coating selection.Consistently met or exceeded process uptime targets.

Ottawa, Canada Area

Core member of small team performing initial instrumentation, controls, and operations checks.Developed start-up, shutdown, and emergency operating procedures for approximately half of the total plant. Resolved critical design issues for flash vessel operations without impacting schedule.

Ottawa, On, Canada

Led team of three laboratory research staff on kinetic, process, and yield studies for front-end processes. Developed pretreatment kinetic model that has guided process design at Iogen for past 12 years.Worked closely with engineering team to ensure laboratory program provided critical data for process design.

Ottawa, Canada Area

Equipment installation at pulp and paper mill sites with presentations to senior mill management on enzyme efficacy. Developed VBA program to automate analysis of pulp mill data and enzyme benefit reports. Laboratory studies on efficacy of Iogen enzyme preparations to reduce bleaching cost.

Msce, Chemical Engineering

Bsc, Chemistry