CEO

CHARLES A. FEGHALI

********@**********.*** - Office: 703-***-**** - Cell: 703-***-**** - McLean, VA

CEO: MANUFACTURING, CONSTRUCTION & GREEN ENERGY

• President (twelve years) of $420 million privately held paper manufacturing and

packaging company with eleven facilities

• Founder of green energy start-up company

• Managed design, construction, and startup of multiple large capital projects including

$200 million, 30 megawatt alternative energy cogeneration plant

• Extensive international experience in North America, Europe, Middle East and Africa

• Management consultant to multinational construction and manufacturing companies

• Elected by peers as representative in industry associations

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

NEW GREEN ENERGY SYSTEMS (NGE), McLean. VA 2010-Present

NGE Systems designs builds and operates renewable energy biomass power plants. Steam and

electricity are sold to customers helping reduce dependency on fossil fuels

President

• Conducted energy studies and proposals for manufacturing companies including Procter and

Gamble, KapStone, Green Bay Packaging to assess feasibility of building biomass boilers for

energy needs.

CAF CONSULTING, McLean, VA 2010-Present

Manufacturing, construction and management consulting

President

• Projects in North America, Europe, Middle East and Africa for multiple businesses including

construction, road infrastructure, bridges, real estate development and manufacturing

• Restructured organizations and coached executives in delivering proper financial returns

• Opened new markets for company expansions.

• Reinvigorated large development project of 578 hectares of mixed use buildings.

• Improved sales mix for building construction company from all captive to 35% non-captive

projects.

INTERSTATE RESOURCES, INC. (IRI), Arlington, VA 1984-2010

Affiliate of Industrial Development Company, INDEVCO

Privately held group with 35 paper, packaging, energy and plastic operations in the United States,

Europe, South America and the Middle East

Managing Director

• Managed the design construction and start-up of $200 million, 30 megawatt alternative

energy cogeneration plant: first biomass energy island of its type in U.S., designed to

reduce dependency on fossil fuels by utilizing techniques that produce steam and electricity

using alternative and renewable fuels.

• Served as general contractor/owner’s representative. Procured all equipment. Oversaw

scheduling of all activities. Hired subcontractors for mechanical, electrical, civil and

instrumentation.

• Managed the purchase and processing of incoming fuel. Setup PPA (power purchase

agreements) with customers.

President and COO

$420 million company with 940 employees, including paper mills, timber, corrugated container

operations, sheet plants, and sheet feeder in Eastern United States

Charles A. Feghali

• Grew company from $207 million in sales and 780 employees to $ 420 million in sales and

940 employees.

• Increased income from operations six fold within 12 years. Improved Return on Capital

Employed ranking among benchmarking peer companies from 6th to 1st place.

• Instituted first strategic planning process in company. Articulated corporate strategy.

• Orchestrated acquisitions and joint ventures, including state of the art $18 million chip

mill/sawmill operation, specialty box plant, sheet plant, and ownership in corrugated sheet

feeder facility.

• Turned around operations, including paper mill where top management team was changed

and strategy redirected resulting in bottom line improvement from loss of $190K to profit of

$175K per month in less than a year.

• Managed $70 million capital investment in company’s largest asset, including supervision of

engineering firm.

Vice President and General Manager, United Corrstack, Inc, Reading, PA

New “mini-mill” producing 440 tons per day of recycled medium

• Designed, planned, managed and completed $50 million construction project of this new

recycled paper mill, including negotiations with local government.

• Started-up ahead of schedule and under budget.

• Renegotiated five-year union contract with improved terms.

• Repositioned product to compete with virgin wood semi-chemical paper mills and penetrated

new customers.

• Increased production output by 40% over design specifications.

Vice President

• Saved 25% on multimillion dollar purchases of equipment and raw material for IRI and

affiliates.

• Managed installation of major pieces of equipment at three affiliates.

Mill Manager, Interstate Intercorr Corporation, Reading, PA

50-year old mill producing 90 tons per day of recycled medium and specialty paper

• Turned around mill from losing to profit-making operation, avoiding plant closure.

PROCTER AND GAMBLE, Cincinnati, OH, Project Engineer and Project Leader

• Handled appropriation, scheduling and coordinated team effort. Established funding and

procurement strategy.

BECHTEL, INC., San Francisco, CA, Civil Engineer

• Arizona Nuclear Power Plant: design and project management of water reclamation facility.

UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI, Cincinnati, OH, Instructor, Graduate School of Construction Mgmt

EDUCATION

STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Graduate School of Engineering, Stanford, CA

Master of Science, Construction Engineering and Management, with Distinction

IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY, Ames, IA

Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineering, with Distinction, Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society

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Charles A. Feghali

EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT COURSES

• Advanced Management Program, 12 weeks, Harvard Business School

• Creating and Sustaining the High Performing Organization, Darden, University of Virginia

• Developing the Strategic Leader, Center for Creative Leadership

• Financial Analysis for Strategic Management, Penn State University

• The Executive Program for Growing Companies, Stanford University

• The Accounting and Financial Management Program, Columbia University

• Leadership for Extraordinary Performance, Darden, University of Virginia

• Finance and Accounting, Wharton, University of Pennsylvania

OTHER

• Advisory Board member, ACME Corrugated Box Company

• Served on Board of Directors: American Forest & Paper Association, Fibre Board Association,

and International Corrugated Case Association

• Elected Chairman of Fibre Board Association

• Former Chairman of the Containerboard Committee, American Forest & Paper Association

• World Presidents Organization (WPO), prior member of Young Presidents Organization (YPO)

• Recipient of Ellis Island Medal of Honor Award

• Professional Advisory Board member, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

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