CTO

• Mar 2016 - Present

Saola Energy is a technology company primarily focused on renewable diesel and tech services to the renewable fuels industry. Oversee full design of renewable diesel plants, including but not limited to process simulation, 3D modeling, line list, P&IDs, and isometrics. Technical service and full plant design of biodiesel plants with a focus on enzymatic biodiesel. Technical service and process upgrades for ethanol plant (sieve bottles, turbines, fermenters, etc.). Saola Energy is a technology company primarily focused on renewable diesel and tech services to the renewable fuels industry. Oversee full design of renewable diesel plants, including but not limited to process simulation, 3D modeling, line list, P&IDs, and isometrics. Technical service and full plant design of biodiesel plants with a focus on enzymatic biodiesel. Technical service and process upgrades for ethanol plant (sieve bottles, turbines, fermenters, etc.).

Director of Engineering

• Mar 2014 - Mar 2016

WB Services is a full service renewable fuels company that is committed to providing its customers powerful solutions with personalized service. -Design and support for integrated renewable diesel production facilities that produces denaturant, fuel gas, and steam for use at the existing facility. -Provide solutions for ethanol plants to increase yield, utility efficiencies, and throughput, while reducing carbon intensity. WB Services is a full service renewable fuels company that is committed to providing its customers powerful solutions with personalized service. -Design and support for integrated renewable diesel production facilities that produces denaturant, fuel gas, and steam for use at the existing facility. -Provide solutions for ethanol plants to increase yield, utility efficiencies, and throughput, while reducing carbon intensity.

Senior Engineer

• May 2012 - Mar 2014

- Lead research and model development on crude compatibility for commercial and refinery planning. - Evaluate shale (tight) crude tendencies toward crude preheat and crude furnace fouling. - Provide technical service for eleven refineries through interpretation of lab scale process simulations and analytical test. - Provide both technical service and R&D support to improve needle coke quality and production. - Lead research and model development on crude compatibility for commercial and refinery planning. - Evaluate shale (tight) crude tendencies toward crude preheat and crude furnace fouling. - Provide technical service for eleven refineries through interpretation of lab scale process simulations and analytical test. - Provide both technical service and R&D support to improve needle coke quality and production.

Associate Engineer

• Jun 2010 - May 2012

- Provided both technical service and R&D support to improve needle coke quality and production. - Provide technical service for eleven refineries through interpretation of lab scale process simulations and analytical test. - Provided both technical service and R&D support to improve needle coke quality and production. - Provide technical service for eleven refineries through interpretation of lab scale process simulations and analytical test.

VP of Engineering and Co-Founder

• Sep 2008 - Jun 2010

ION Engineering is a clean tech start-up company with over $20 million in investments. ION Engineering focuses on carbon capture and natural gas “sweetening”. - Highly involved in all stages of ION Engineering’s start up, including; license agreement, establishing industry connections and partnerships, and securing investments. ION Engineering is a clean tech start-up company with over $20 million in investments. ION Engineering focuses on carbon capture and natural gas “sweetening”. - Highly involved in all stages of ION Engineering’s start up, including; license agreement, establishing industry connections and partnerships, and securing investments.

Lead Process Engineer

• Feb 2008 - Sep 2008

Evergreen Energy is a clean coal startup company moving from a full scale demonstration plant to commercialization. - Worked with Bechtel Power Corporation to minimize technical risk for commercialization by conducting test at a demonstration plant - Executed conceptual and detailed design engineering for a commercial scale coal upgrading facility, minimizing both operating and capital expense to make the overall economics of the plant viable on a site by site basis Evergreen Energy is a clean coal startup company moving from a full scale demonstration plant to commercialization. - Worked with Bechtel Power Corporation to minimize technical risk for commercialization by conducting test at a demonstration plant - Executed conceptual and detailed design engineering for a commercial scale coal upgrading facility, minimizing both operating and capital expense to make the overall economics of the plant viable on a site by site basis

Process Engineer

• Jun 2006 - Jul 2007

Advanced Refining Technologies (ART) is a joint venture between Chevron and Grace that focuses on catalyst sales and tech service for Chevron’s hydrotreating and hydrocracking technologies to domestic and international companies. - Prepared proposals for hydrotreating catalyst systems for companies worldwide, resulting in catalyst sales equaling $25 million in revenue - Used kinetic modeling to determine proper hydrodemetalization (HDM) and hydrodesulfurization (HDS) catalyst layers for client specific feeds - Determine product yields for client specific feeds - Provided on-site oversight for catalyst loading, sulfiding, and start-up of hydrotreating units for both domestic and international refineries - Performed site specific tech service for customers that resulted in a premium over competing technologies Show less

Enlisted

• Jul 1994 - Jun 1997