Ross M Patten Email & Phone Number

Tigard, OR

Developing systems to convert waste plastic into high-value petrochemicals- Successfully managed the permitting of Gen6, a first-of-a-kind, continuous feed, plastic-to-oil plant.

Sanford, FL

• Built and led a team that developed a municipal sewage sludge dryer and gasification system, which is now being deployed nationally.
• The new technology was patented – “Fluidized bed biogasifier and method for gasifying biosolids.”

Houston, TX

• Industry leader in municipal bio-solids management, land application, composting, drying, and incineration
• Executed the turnaround of a $10M bio solids service company and grew it to a $500M company, the nation’s largest organic residuals company.
• Led the identification and acquisition of 21 companies to grow a full-service vertically-integrated company.

• Private equity investment group
• Acquired early-stage companies and managed them to the point of sale.
• Closed 10 sales with revenues of $100M+ in a two-year period.

Portsmouth, NH

• National leader developing waste-to-energy facilities for municipal government
• Developed waste-to-energy projects.
• Grew and managed a portfolio of $500M+.

Houston, TX

• Solid waste company providing collection, landfilling, waste-to-energy, and medical waste services. Merged with Allied Waste/Republic Services. BFI grew to a national presence, fulfilling it's corporate mission of.
• Managed National Accounts Marketing.
• As a leader in Corporate Development Planning, identified best practices in acquired service businesses; effectively promoted adoption of improved business models and ideas across the portfolio of subsidiary businesses.
• Lead developer on a $450M waste-to-energy facility.