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Buford, Ga, Us

Buford, Georgia, United States

Starting up a new synthetic conveyor belt manufacturing plant in the Atlanta area. Main process operations are impregnating, coating, laminating and embossing. Machine- and product-oriented focus on improvement in quality and efficiency. Started up PVC lines in March 2022 for 3 months, made the move to full-time in May 2023.Tasks a.o.• starting up 4 new lines: PVC coating/laminating, PVC/PU embossing, PU dipping and PU coating/laminating• new product development• implementing Lean principles, complexity reduction, raw materials savings, waste reduction and quality improvement• maintaining and optimising conveyor belt constructions and chemical recipes to improve quality, cost effectivity, safety and adherence to environmental regulations• troubleshooting and solving product anomalies• training new personnel

Heerhugowaard, North Holland, Netherlands

Production of synthetic conveyor belts. Main process operations are impregnating, coating, laminating and embossing. Product-oriented focus on improvement in quality and efficiency.Tasks a.o.• developing and optimising process and product for hundreds of conveyor belt types. PVC, silicone, polyurethane and timing belt product ranges• implementing Lean principles, complexity reduction, raw materials savings, waste reduction and quality improvement• maintaining and optimising conveyor belt constructions and chemical recipes to improve quality, cost effectivity, safety and adherence to environmental regulations• troubleshooting and solving product anomalies• training new process engineers

Heerhugowaard, North Holland, Netherlands

Oct 2018 Vice ChairmanApr 2021 ChairmanTasks a.o.:- leading a team of 9 in conversation with the directors and guiding the conversation towards concession- chairman for all 8 locations in The Netherlands, including AMMEGA headquarters and the highest revenue factory location- proposing initiatives for the sake of employer and employee- evalutating and advising on mandatory consultations and approvals, e.g. financing, upper and lower management restructuring, moving locations- chairing consultation meetings

Amersfoort, Utrecht, Netherlands

Volunteer work at a shooting association a.o.• programming and maintaining programmable logistic controllers and frequency converters for conveyors that move the targets• barkeeper• excavation of bullet collectors

Wormerveer, North Holland, Netherlands

Assembly and testing of a supercritical gasification pilot plant, including process engineering and process control design. Employee since the founding of the company.Tasks a.o.:• designing, developing and building a supercritical water biomass gasifier, focus on processing wet streams such as manure and sewage sludge• setting up the graphical interface for operating the pilot plant in Mitsubishi Adroit Process Suite• building from scratch a complete software package for energy balance, mass balance, temperature profile, sizing, scaling, financials and subsidy applicationo setting up an alphanumerical model in Visual Basic for process design based on physical transport phenomena: sizing and scaling from pilot plant to industrial installation, temperature profiles required for safety certifications and selection of material and equipmento setting up a financial model and maintaining relations for drawing in financers and innovation and exploitation subsidies, performing a biomass potential studyo setting up a chemical model for estimating gas yields from different biomass • programming the PLC (gasifier control unit) in GX Works 2

Goutum, Friesland, The Netherlands / Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Groen Gas Nederland is an NPO knowledge and partner platform to benefit the growth of the bio methane market in The Netherlands. Employee since the founding of the company.Tasks a.o.:• setting up the knowledge centre and organizing systems for sharing knowledgeo structure and contents of the website (http://www.groengas.nl), sizable research library, reports (see publications), acquisition of projects, maintaining relationships with partners, setting up position papers and company policy, maintaining news outletso technical specialist: organising symposium “Innovative Techniques for Biogas”• pioneer work in supercritical water gasification and torrefaction• contributions to Bio-LNG program: technical aspects, market and business case, determining chances and bottlenecks, setting up a position paper (see publications)• payroll specialist in (inter)national projects:o setting up structure and content for a Dutch-German database of active research, Interreg IVa, “Biogene Methanerzeugung aus Wasserstoff&deutsch-niederländische Datenbank Biogasforschung (BMW-DND)”, Fachhochschule Münster, DNL Contact (2013-2014), location Steinfurt (DE)o compiling a green gas road map to 2030 (see publications): biomass potential study and analysis of cost to society, Agentschap NL (presently RVO), ECN, De Gemeynt, (2013-2014), location Utrecht (NL)o composing a model for calculating and comparing financial and ecological chains, Interreg IVa, “Assessment and Management of GroenGas Supply Chains”Universität Oldenburg, LEI Wageningen UR, (2012-2014), locations Delft (NL) and Oldenburg (DE)o developing the position paper green gas, about the relevance of gas in the Dutch energy mix, possibilities for renewing gas usage and the value of green gas in different routes, ECN, (2013), location Amsterdam (NL)o injection of green gas into the natural gas grid troubleshooting, Interreg IVa, “GreeN GaS InNet”, Fachhochschule Münster, CAH Vilentum, (2012-2014), location Steinfurt (DE)

Enschede, Overijssel, Netherlands

Graduation research at the University of Twente, department Thermo Chemical Conversion of Biomass. Subject thesis: Influence of the vapour phase conditions on the pyrolysis process in absence of char.Tasks a.o.:- building and validating a consistent pyrolysis set-up- determining the effect of temperature and residence time on the yield and composition of the acquired oil- supporting analyses, a.o. Karl Fischer and KOH titration, SEC (Size Exclusion Chromotography, also known as Gel Permeation Chromatography), GC, GC/MS, FTIR (Fourier Transfer Infrared Spectroscopy), NMR (Nucleo Magnetic Resonance Imaging), TGA (Thermo Gravimetric Analysis), MCRT (Micro Carbon Residue Tester), precipitation / filtration and elemental analysis.- transfer of knowledge in tesis "Influence of the vapour phase conditions on the pyrolysis process in absence of char"- during research period assisted Bachelor students with pyrolysis related assignments on multiple occasions- transferring analysis skills to employees and students

Raalte, Overijssel, Netherlands

Laboratory assistant at the Bouwhuis Enthoven B.V. egg processing factory. Performing quality control analyses in both the chemical and microbiology laboratory.

Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Netherlands

Graduation internship at research institute TNO. Subject thesis: Separation of particles in fermentation broth by means of magnetism.Tasks a.o.:- constructing and validating a consistent set-up for the retrieval of renewably produced aromats out of a fermentation column by magnetising particles- setting up an analysis method for determining the effectivity of the in-situ separation, replacing X-Ray Diffraction (XRD)- developing my own, cheap and quick quantative analysis technique for determining the purity of magnetite and the extent of magnetic properties in magnetised particles- integration with other research: magnetising Solvent Impregnated Resins for separation of this in-situ absorption medium

Heerde, Gelderland, Netherlands

Internship Dalli – soap factory De Klok B.V.. Performed research on defects that appear during pressing of dishwasher tablets. Subject internship report: Applied forces during the tablet pressing process.

Hengelo, Overijssel, Netherlands

- Training new coworkers- Managing kitchen staff and handling incoming orders- Performing daily HACCP food health and safety checks- Various duties, including but not limited to preparing meals, logistics, handling complaints and cleaning

Master Of Science, Chemical Engineering, Process Technology

Activities and Societies: Graduation research at the University of Twente, department Thermo Chemical Conversion of Biomass. Subject.

Bachelor (University College), Chemical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Internship Dalli – soap factory De Klok B.V., graduation internship at research institute TNO.

Pre-University Secondary Education, Nature And Technology + Economy 1 And Ict