Jeff Howard
Plant Manager at LiquidPower Specialty Products Inc. (a Berkshire Hathaway Company)- Claim this Profile
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Marc Conte Sr.
Jeff is a professional who understands the bottom line and works together with the team to bring about needed adjustments to achieve both success in business and a leadership team that works!
Douglas Schiller
I was incredibly impressed with Jeff Howard's work at Mamtek on many levels. He stepped into a challenging management environment and almost overnight established himself as a leader. He naturally boosts confidence and commands attention. He doesn't use "techniques" to lead. It's second nature. On the technical side, he was able to unravel tremendous complexity in short order and explain solutions to people with varying technical skills. He is pragmatic. Jeff never proposed strange, risky solutions. He recognized that the lab is the best place to test ideas and processes and expected demonstrable, repeatable results. I hope I have the opportunity to work with Jeff again.
Marc Conte Sr.
Jeff is a professional who understands the bottom line and works together with the team to bring about needed adjustments to achieve both success in business and a leadership team that works!
Douglas Schiller
I was incredibly impressed with Jeff Howard's work at Mamtek on many levels. He stepped into a challenging management environment and almost overnight established himself as a leader. He naturally boosts confidence and commands attention. He doesn't use "techniques" to lead. It's second nature. On the technical side, he was able to unravel tremendous complexity in short order and explain solutions to people with varying technical skills. He is pragmatic. Jeff never proposed strange, risky solutions. He recognized that the lab is the best place to test ideas and processes and expected demonstrable, repeatable results. I hope I have the opportunity to work with Jeff again.
Marc Conte Sr.
Jeff is a professional who understands the bottom line and works together with the team to bring about needed adjustments to achieve both success in business and a leadership team that works!
Douglas Schiller
I was incredibly impressed with Jeff Howard's work at Mamtek on many levels. He stepped into a challenging management environment and almost overnight established himself as a leader. He naturally boosts confidence and commands attention. He doesn't use "techniques" to lead. It's second nature. On the technical side, he was able to unravel tremendous complexity in short order and explain solutions to people with varying technical skills. He is pragmatic. Jeff never proposed strange, risky solutions. He recognized that the lab is the best place to test ideas and processes and expected demonstrable, repeatable results. I hope I have the opportunity to work with Jeff again.
Marc Conte Sr.
Jeff is a professional who understands the bottom line and works together with the team to bring about needed adjustments to achieve both success in business and a leadership team that works!
Douglas Schiller
I was incredibly impressed with Jeff Howard's work at Mamtek on many levels. He stepped into a challenging management environment and almost overnight established himself as a leader. He naturally boosts confidence and commands attention. He doesn't use "techniques" to lead. It's second nature. On the technical side, he was able to unravel tremendous complexity in short order and explain solutions to people with varying technical skills. He is pragmatic. Jeff never proposed strange, risky solutions. He recognized that the lab is the best place to test ideas and processes and expected demonstrable, repeatable results. I hope I have the opportunity to work with Jeff again.
Experience
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LiquidPower Specialty Products Inc. (a Berkshire Hathaway Company)
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United States
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Oil and Gas
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100 - 200 Employee
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Plant Manager
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Nov 2016 - Present
The manufacturing campus in Chickasha is centered around safely producing high-quality drag reducing agents (DRA). This technology is a chemical solution used by pipeline operators in the oil and gas industry and is used in more than 40 countries. The manufacturing campus in Chickasha is centered around safely producing high-quality drag reducing agents (DRA). This technology is a chemical solution used by pipeline operators in the oil and gas industry and is used in more than 40 countries.
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Pryor Chemical Company
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United States
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Chemical Manufacturing
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1 - 100 Employee
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Plant Manager
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Aug 2013 - Oct 2016
Full responsibility for a site manufacturing ammonia and urea ammonium nitrate (UAN). 8 direct reports and 150 employees total. Site had been mothballed for 10 years before recommissioning was started in 2009. I was hired to turn around the plant after it had experienced 3 years of declining output and profitability. I brought structure/discipline to the management team, fostered a PSM culture/program, hired engineering & reliability departments, and developed a strategic 5 year plan for the site. In the first year we increase ammonia output by 89% and UAN output by 36% breaking all production records for the site. We achieved these tremendous results by focusing on: safety/regulatory compliance, reliability and people. We have continued to drive year over year increases in our plant output by having the entire team focused on continuous improvement.
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Koch Industries
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United States
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Oil and Gas
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700 & Above Employee
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Engineering Leader
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Dec 2011 - Aug 2013
Koch Nitrogen Company, LLC owns and operates facilities in Oklahoma, Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska which produce anhydrous ammonia, UAN and urea. Koch Fertilizer Canada ULC, operates a production facility in Brandon, Manitoba, which produces primarily anhydrous ammonia, ammonium nitrate, UAN and urea. In addition, Koch Fertilizer, LLC owns storage and terminal assets in northwest europe with trading offices in Switzerland, France and United Kingdom. Managed an expanding team of 10 senior to PhD chemists, chemical and mechanical engineers. Responsible for Process, Control and Project Engineering as well as our Quality department in both our ammonia and urea ammonium nitrate plants.
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Site General Manager
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May 2011 - Sep 2011
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Medtronic
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United States
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Medical Equipment Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Controls Manager, Engineering Manager, & Plant Manager Positions
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2006 - May 2011
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Controls Manager
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2005 - 2006
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Colins & Aikman
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Farmville, NC
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Engineering / Maintenance Manager
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2003 - 2005
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Milliken & Company
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United States
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Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Process, Advanced, & Senior Process Engineering Positions
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1996 - 2003
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Education
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1990 - 1996
Clemson University
BS, Chemical Engineering
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