Sales Manager

PROFILE

A highly versatile wastewater treatment specialist with background as

both chemist and chemical engineer with over 20 years managing and

coordinating industrial and municipal projects. Projects included general

wastewater treatment and disposal, technical development, pilot plant

design and operations, designing and installing advanced treatment

processes, training operators, delegating manpower and administration,

implementing advanced concepts, and continued technical support to improve

performance, safety, regulatory compliance, and company profitability.

Included hiring of qualified personnel, contractors and consultants, and

managed 5 to 25 persons commensurate with the scope of the projects.

Expert in wastewater treatment technical issues and in the handling

and applications of specialty chemicals in refineries, chemical and

petrochemical plants, mining operations, and municipal plants for the

processing of waste streams including spent caustics, tank & process

blowdowns, cleaning waste streams (e.g. plant turn-arounds), BS&W's, out-of-

spec products, process washwater streams, plant process water, cooling

water circuits, biological wastes, and hazardous waste treatment and

disposal. Responsibilities also included sales & marketing of new design

concepts, chemicals and services to target and reach objectives, reduce

costs, financial and forecasting models, and produced work flow

illustrations to keep track of performance and budgets. Responsible for

budgets ranging to $5 MM annually per account. Presented weekly and

monthly progressions, manpower reports, and safety audits to both company

Board, employees and customers.

Major projects included pretreatment of industrial hazardous wastes,

primary treatment and clarification, biological treatment and augmentation,

secondary treatment and clarification, sludge dewatering, tertiary

treatment, and final outfall quality and monitoring. Developed and used

specialty chemicals to improve performance and prevent upsets. Specialty

chemicals included inorganic and organic polyelectrolyte coagulants and

flocculants, chemical oxidation, oxygenation, and mutant microorganism

enhancements.

Expert in all aspects of wet chemistry including manual and automated

instrumental methods of analysis. Extensive electrical and electronics

background including PLC control systems, panel layouts and programming.

Highly experienced in EPA and multi-State environmental regulations for

waste, wastewater, and air quality monitoring and reporting per RCRA, Title

V, CERCLA, SARA Title III, and NPDES regulations with additional expertise

in FIFRA, HAZMAT, DOT, and IATA classifications. Provided sales and

consulting services to dozens of customers and their applications.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

TECHNICAL SERVICES MANAGER

Peragen Systems, LLC, Houston, Texas 9/2001 - Present

Pioneered and managed Technical Department for environmental

wastewater treatment engineering in the development of new peracetic acid

disinfectant, formulations and applications. Responsibilities included

reaction chemistry, process design and development, fabrication and

operation of pilot plant, microbial analysis, PLC control systems, and

working with customers in their applications. Applications included

wastewater treatment & disinfection, potable water treatment, fuel

desulphurization, aseptic packaging, plus other specialty commercial

applications to epoxidize natural oils into environmentally friendly

chemical intermediates like renewable organic polyelectrolytes used in

wastewater treatment. Hired employees, contractors and consultants, and

managed 5 to 15 persons on a regular basis. Commercialized new advanced

water and wastewater treatment processes. Awarded US Patent.

Major Accomplishments at Peragen:

. Technical Service. Pioneered the Technical Services Department and

constructed the on-site and field laboratories.

. Pilot Plant. Designed and commissioned pilot plant process to

manufacture new grades of treatment oxidizers.

. Pilot Plant Applications. Designed, fabricated, and operated pilot

plants to evaluate new applications.

. Full Scale Process. Designed, installed, and started-up full scale

manufacturing and applications processes.

. Marketing. Applied new oxidizer and disinfectant in dozens of new markets

and applications.

. Registration. Responsible for EPA registration applications under FIFRA.

. Kinetics. Determined kinetics of peracetic acid formation and

applications modeling.

. Customers. Worked with many new customers to apply oxidizer product into

existing operations.

. Desulphurization. Designed organic-oxidation systems for refinery

desulfurization of fuels.

. PLC. Configured and fabricated Allen Bradley PLC control systems,

electrical panels, and programming.

. CFR. Responsible for EPA and State compliance under RCRA, NPDES, Title V,

SARA, and CERCLA per CFR 40.

BUSINESS MANAGER

MPRox, Inc., Dickinson, Texas Now dba MPR Services, Inc. & Tessenderlo

Kerley, Inc.) 6/1997 - 9/2001

Commercialized the MPRox Business Unit for the treatment and disposal

of refinery and chemical plant hazardous wastes using a novel treatment

process. Initially responsible for all aspects of commercial development

including marketing, sales, process design, treatability, pilot plant

fabrication and operations, proposals, contracts, process fabrication,

installation, and process start-up. Company's success lead to being

purchased by Tessenderlo-Kerley, Inc. Marketing and Sales included first

introduction of technology into US refineries, obtained samples and sent to

company laboratory, analyzed the samples and determined amenability to

process, performed treatability studies and operated pilot plant, wrote and

presented customer proposals, wrote and executed contracts with suppliers

and customers, setup and installed process on-site, started-up processes,

plus continued customer support. Worked on local RCRA and Title V

monitoring, permits and reporting plus OSHA and NIOSH compliance. Hired

employees, contractors and consultants, and managed 5 to 15 persons on a

regular basis. Commercialized new advanced water and wastewater treatment

processes. Awarded US Patent

Major Accomplishments while at MPR:

o Business Unit. Pioneered the MPRox wastewater treatment business unit

from conception to a successful business.

o Process Development. Advanced the chemistry, design and construction of

transportable and on-site process units.

o Marketing. Marketed and sold advanced processes for the treatment and

disposal of hazardous wastes.

o Integration. Integrated pretreatment process in several existing

wastewater treatment plants.

o Sales. Created largest single account sales in company history.

Other Key Responsibilities:

o Director. Directed the sales & marketing, laboratory, engineering,

fabrication, and technical services departments.

o Strategy. Developed and executed strategic, tactical and administrative

plans.

o Financials. Evaluated financial planning and forecast modeling.

o Workflow. Oversaw internal workflows, manpower and organizational

development of several subordinate managers.

o Forecast. Determined profit performance goals and responsibilities.

o CFR. Managed permits, monitoring, and compliance under EPA 40 CFR.

GENERAL MANAGER

Texas Technology, Houston, Texas 4/1985 - 6/1997

Managed projects for the remediation of wastewater, hazardous wastes,

disinfection, and final disposal. Conducted site remedial investigations,

feasibility studies, pilot plant design and operations, process design and

implementation. Designed and implemented full scale processes for

emergency remedial response, chemical treatability studies, biological

augmentation, and technical support. Fine tuned expert skills in

analytical chemistry including manual and automated instrumental methods of

analysis. Developed an expert understanding of EPA and multi-States water

and air quality regulatory requirements, monitoring and reporting under

RCRA and Title V regulations. Managed the workflow and personnel including

teams of professionals, employees, and customers ranging from 5 to 25

persons.

Major Accomplishments while at Texas Technology:

< Analytical. Fine-tuned skills in GC/MS, UV/VIS, ICP (AA), IC, IR, manual

and auto-titration.

o Developed automated in-line analytical instrumentation.

< Refinery. Developed various treatment processes and implemented at many

refineries and TSD's.

o Spent caustic deodorization and detoxification.

o Process blowdown waste treatment

o Oxidation treatment of lagoon wastes.

< Chemical VOC Emissions. Successfully treated transient chemical odors

and refractory compounds, just a few here:

o Methyl mercaptan, ethyl mercaptan, butyl mercaptan

o Methyl pyridine

o Adipic acid, adiponitrile, hexamethylenediamine

< Biological. Conducted biological treatability studies and plant

augmentation for treating new process effluents.

o Routine operations and monitoring of aerobic, anoxic, and anaerobic

biological wastewater treatment plants.

o Startup of dead biological plants adding new biological augmentation

after severe freezes.

o Augmented biological plants with mutant strains to recover from toxic

shock upsets.

o Augmented biological plants with mutated nitrogenous microbes after

ammonia and cold weather upsets.

< Sludge Conditioning & Dewatering. Developed numerous sludge conditioning

programs for solids recovery.

o Performed tens of dozens of dewatering applications using oxidation and

polyelectrolyte treatment therapy.

o Utilized many types of dewatering equipment including belt, plate &

frame, and centrifuge.

< Clarification. Implemented various clarification programs to enhance

solids separation.

o Performed tens of dozens of clarification applications using oxidation

and polyelectrolyte treatment therapy.

o Applied unique organic polyelectrolyte to remove hardness from

chloralkali brine feedstock.

o Increased supplemented dissolved oxygen in sludge blanket to prevent

inversion and improve nitration.

< Deepwell Disposal. Designed a pre-treatment process to remove sulfides

from deepwell injection fluids.

o Enhanced deepwell injection with pretreatment to remove solids and post-

reactive compounds.

< Incineration. Conducted treatability studies to determine compatibility

in incinerator feedstock.

o Evaluated various feedstocks for BTU and dry solids contents in pre-

incinerator operations.

< Bulking. Applied oxidation therapy to destroy filamentous bacterial

outgrowth causing plant upsets (flotation).

APPLICATIONS-RESEARCH CHEMIST

Solvay, Houston, Texas 1/1980 - 4/1985

Responsible for research and development in both environmental

applications and industrial manufacturing processes using hydrogen peroxide

and other peroxygens. Provided technical services to company customers

including troubleshooting of organic peroxide intermediates for the

epoxidation of natural oils.

Major Accomplishments in advanced technology while at Solvay:

< UV Light Catalysis. Pioneered ultra-violet irradiation of hydrogen

peroxide for enhanced performance.

< Hydrogen Sulfide. Developed process for the catalytic oxidation of

hydrogen sulfide in geothermal fluids.

< Heavy Metals. Conducted programs to remove iron and manganese from

potable ground water supplies.

< Decomposition. Determined safety standards for venting of decomposition

products from hydrogen peroxide.

< Phenol Spill Remediation. Managed deployment of chemicals and manpower

to combat a major phenol spill.

< Sludge Conditioning. New sludge conditioning and dewatering process

using peroxygen chemistry.

< Swimming Pools. Conducted trial applications of percarbonates for

swimming pool disinfection.

< Organic Synthesis. Insitu generation of performic and peracetic acids to

epoxidize natural oils.

PUBLICATIONS AND SYMPOSIA SPEAKER

. "Chemical Oxidation Of Hazardous Solid Wastes In Sludges And Lagoon

Sediments"

. "The Chemical Treatment Of Waste Sludges"

. "Practical Applications Using Chemical Oxidation For Solving Toxic and

Hazardous Waste Problems

. "Practical Solutions To Solving Toxic And Hazardous Waste Problems Using

Chemical Oxidation Methods

. "Case Studies On Clean Air Compliance During Remedial Actions For The

Control Of VOC's

. "Chemical Oxidation of Wastewaters and Soils"

. "The Growing Role of Treatability Studies in Service Companies Part 1"

. "The Growing Role of Treatability Studies in Service Companies Part 2"

. "Remedial Peroxygen Pre-Treatment Programs"

. "Conduct and Use of Jar Testing Procedures for Sludge Conditioning"

. "Biomonitoring, Oil Refiners Waste Control Council"

. "Respirometry for Process Control"

Full citations and dates will be gladly provided upon request.

PATENTS

U.S. Patent 7,012,154; Continuous Process For On-Site And On-Demand

Production Of Aqueous Peracetic Acid.

U.S. Patent 6,576,144; Method And Apparatus For Pretreatment Of Wastewater

Streams By chemical Oxidation.

U.S. Patent 4,017,842; Swimming Pool Alarm System And Method With

Adjustable Sensitivity.

Foreign Patents, 25 Countries; Continuous Process For On-Site And On-

Demand Production Of Aqueous Peracetic Acid; Based on U.S. Patent

7,012,154.

U.S. Patent Pending, Application No. 2006/0025627 A1 Continuous Process For

On-Site And On-Demand Production Of Aqueous Peracetic Acid, Continuation

In Practice.

U.S. U.S. Patent Pending, Application No. 2009/006352; Method Of Improving

Efficiency Of UV Photolysis Of Peracetic Acid For Disinfection And

Organic Destruction.

Full citations and dates will be gladly provided upon request.

EDUCATION

Graduate Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, University Of Houston, 1981.

Graduate curriculum towards Masters of Science in Chemistry, University Of

Houston.

Electrical Engineering (Electronic and Electrical Systems).

Computer Science (Source Code Programming).

Computer Software Skills: Most major business, scientific and CAD programs.

Website development & programming, including HTML and XML.

An expanded version of my work history, publications, patents and

accomplishments is available upon request.

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