Stephen Rice Email & Phone Number

Mount Pleasant, SC, US

Pine Bluff, Arkansas, US

Responsible for design and budgets for aggressive expansion projects including large scale sustainable carbon from biomass. Technical interpretation of opportunities to substitute sustainable carbon for coal in complex applications.

Pine Bluff, Arkansas, US

Project management and design of 85 MTPH upgrade of green hammermilling island, rotary dryers, biomass furnaces and dry hammermilling island. Managed vendor specifications, contracts, installation and commissioning of a 12 month compressed schedule.

Providing design and system supply for: Biomass combustion systems for wet or dry fuelsDrying all forms of Forest Products materialsProduction of carbon products from cellulose based materials

North Charleston, US

• Managed design and manufacturing of industrial dryers, biomass combustion systems, conveying systems and pollution abatement equipment to optimize operational efficiencies. Customers represented a wide range of.
• Relationship management of premier clients
• Optimized outdated product lines through value engineering
• Evaluating International product lines and services (North America and Europe)
• Negotiated and partnered with domestic and international entities for expansion of product lines
• Managed conversion of 50 years of legacy engineering files from AutoCAD to Inventor and Solidworks 3D modeling

North Charleston, US

• Directed the reengineering of RFP system, standardized estimating and proposal generation in industries requiring long sales cycle management. Led business development efforts resulting in a $560 million pipeline. Key.
• Transitioned manual sales tracking to automated CRM system
• Implemented lead management system
• Value engineered various product lines for competitive improvements
• Directed domestic and international sales efforts

• Served as President and CEO of start-up venture of $185 million residential real estate community in Western North Carolina. Developed master plan, budgeting, and infrastructure build-out of Poplar Ridge, a gated.
• Identified market opportunities for premier home development in Asheville, NC
• Executed master development planning of 270-acre community
• Recipient of multiple awards for premier design involving steep slope construction
• Selected for national advertising media campaigns

• Managed and led start-up of Kilntek, the 5th largest US manufacturer of Lumber Dry Kilns and Biomass Gasification systems. Led organization for design and manufacturing equipment for lumber drying and combustion.
• Established platinum client base – Fortune 100 companies in the Forest Products Industry
• Developed product line for biomass gasification systems
• Integrated sophisticated European technology into US market with process changes
• Implemented fully automated BOM for integration of engineering, purchasing and manufacturing

• Served as Managing Director of four engineering divisions throughout the US and Canada for the largest sawmill manufacturer in the world. Responsible for product lines of lumber dry kilns, biomass combustion systems.
• Global design and engineering – merged product lines of US and Canadian facilities
• Conducted international negotiations for importing European controls and methodologies
• Lectured globally on state-of-the-art Forest Products technologies
• Actively involved with European alliances and international trade showsServed as Director of R&D for the development of heat recovery systems, electronic process control systems, and studies on heat transfer and energy.

Master Of Science (Ms), Wood Technology And Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Wood Science And Technology; Business Management