Experience

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  Blue Skies Energy LLC

  • Warren Michigan

  • Development Director

    • 2014 - Present
    • Warren Michigan

    To expand the companies current landfill gas to pipeline quality methane production program in Michigan and Ontario. This involves developing new landfill gas programs through the use of site appropriate production procedures in conjunction with effective end use programs.

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  R4R Rewards for Recycling

  • Davison Michigan

  • Technical Advisor

    • 2010 - Present
    • Davison Michigan

    This company provides an Affinity Rewards Program to Waste Haulers, Municipalities, and or their DPW's, plus Apartment complexes or Condominium associations throughout the USA and Canada.I am responsible for the companies intellectual property and a pending US patent application. As of mid 2014 R4R has over 1,000,000 members who can now access their Rewards via fully operational iPhone and Android Apps and our new mobile web site will go online when the City of Detroit's Recycling Rewards program starts up in November of 2014. These mobile sites will allow our members to instantly report a recycling event as they obtain discounts from merchants within their community, or at hundreds of other location within the continental USA. In addition the new mobile site will allow Users to ask a Favorite merchant to push discount coupons and vouchers to their R4R account on a preset schedule.

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  Richfield Equities

  • Birmingham Michigan

  • Partner

    • 2001 - Sep 2012
    • Birmingham Michigan

    Responsible for re-opening 300 acre landfill in Davison Michigan that had been closed for 10 years.Worked with State, County and Local Government to obtain County Plan approval, a Host Community Agreement and an agreement with the State DNR to reopen and relicense the facility. Obtained and developed over $15m in municipal contracts between 2003 and 2010 in conjunction with Crossroads Consulting.This company is in the process of being liquidated as the roll-over bank financing for landfill devlopment was withdrawn by Comerica bank in 2011.

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  Mitech Services

  • Bad Axe Michigan

  • Founding Partner

    • May 1991 - Dec 2000
    • Bad Axe Michigan

    Integrated waste management company with municipal, industrial and commercial hauling operations and a Class II landfill. Responsible for Municipal and Industrial Sales, Landfill Operation and Development and Government Relations

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  Norton Hambleton Engineering

  • Ann Arbor Michigan

  • Partner

    • Apr 1980 - Dec 1990
    • Ann Arbor Michigan

    Engineering Design Services to major utility companies such as American Electric Power, Indiana Power and Light, Wisconsin Power and Light, and pacific Gas and Electric.

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  Xysys Systems

  • Ann Arbor Michigan

  • President and Founder

    • Jan 1985 - Nov 1990
    • Ann Arbor Michigan

    Developed 3D CAD software system to emulate and edit the three main CADS systems used in the automotive design community, that is PDGS (Ford Motor Company), Catia (Chrysler Corp) and CGS (General Motors and EDS).

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  Delta Engineering

  • Farmington Hills Michigan

  • Partner

    • Oct 1987 - Oct 1990
    • Farmington Hills Michigan

    Oversaw CAD systems and developed additional functionality for surface modeling. System was used in automotive die design programs for Ford, General Motors and Chrysler Corporation

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  Bimac Incorporated

  • Saline Michigan

  • Founder

    • Apr 1973 - Dec 1980
    • Saline Michigan

    Manufactured asbestos free refractory materials used in steel making plants in Canada USA and United Kingdom. Customers were British Steel, Stelco, Dofasco, Great Lakes Steel, Ford Steel and US Steel.Patented several novel products, including asbestos free lightweight exothermic insulators and smokeless exothermic materials.

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  Bimac UK

  • Chesterfield England

  • Founding Partner

    • Mar 1972 - Feb 1973
    • Chesterfield England

    Manufactured refractory coatings and asbestos free exothermic insulators for foundries and Steel makers in the United Kingdom.

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  Foseco Metallurgical Inc.

  • Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

  • Product Manager

    • Sep 1970 - Feb 1972
    • Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

    Product Manager in Refractory Coatings and then in Insulation group for Foundry products. First employment position in USA. Moved from Fosec International in Birmingham England in 1970. Obtained US Immigrant status during this time period.

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  Foseco International

  • Birmingham, United Kingdom

  • Foseco International Ltd.

    • Jun 1969 - Aug 1970
    • Birmingham, United Kingdom

    I joined Foseco International directly from the University of Manchester where I was a Teaching Fellow in the Institute of Science and Technology. I worked in the Foseco International Product Development Center in Birmingham England examining a number of basic systems for refractory coatings, foundry sand additives and high temperature insulators. I was offered a position in Foseco International USA and moved there in 1970. After several months in the USA I joined Foseco Incorporated as Product Manager and I have lived in the USA ever since.