Edward L. Laurent

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Montgomery, IL 60538-2402

630-***-****

Employment History

Water & Oil Technologies, Inc., Montgomery, IL- President

June 1988 to Present

An Illinois corporation providing specialty chemicals, establishing treatment sequence formulations for specific water and wastewater clarification, service, consulting, and technology specifically customized for individual client’s needs in the oil, water, and wastewater treatment industries, specializing in biodegradable natural polymers, as well as corrosion and scale control.

National Starch and Chemical, Bridgewater, NJ: Regional Sales and Marketing Manager, 10 Midwestern states.

June, 1984 to June, 1988

Supervised and field tested new or existing company products for product development; sale of chemicals for scale control in boilers and cooling towers for industrial water treatment industry; technical service to water treatment and oilfield industries; chaired seminars re testing results etc.

Allied Chemical Corporation, Inc. Morristown, NJ; Application Specialist and Technical Sales Representative

March, 1980 to June, 1984

Sales and Service of polymers and alum in ten state Midwest territory. Increased territory sales

from $5 million to $20 Million in industrial and municipal sales.

Dearborn Chemical Company, Lake Zurich, IL; Technical Sales Rep, East Central Illinois

September, 1978 to March, 1980

Sales of chemicals for boilers, cooling towers, wastewater treatment, boiler fuels; conducted corrosion, energy, and microbiological field studies for treatment requirements. Among top 10 company salesmen in both new accounts and total sales two years in row.

Televue Sewer Service, Urbana, IL; Manager

1978

Engineering supervisor in the inspection and maintenance repair of industrial and municipal sewers

Clark, Dietz and Associates; Lab Chemist

1977

Collection and analysis of wastewater samples

Kraft Foods, Inc. Champaign, IL; Chemist

1976

Analytical quality control in cheese processing laboratory; also monitored plant wastewater.

Village of Rantoul Wastewater Treatment Plant, Rantoul, IL; Chemist-Sewer Plant Operator

1973-1975

Daily plant maintenance and operation; wastewater treatment analysis

Patents:

Method of Solids Recovery For Use in Animal Feed or as a Fuel Utilizing Natural Flocculants;

December 14, 1993

Method for Treating Process Waste Streams by Use of Natural Flocculants; February 6, 1995

Method for Treatment of Cellulose Fabrics to improve Their Dyeability with Reactive Dyes;

March 26, 1996

Education:

B.S.., Illinois State University, Biological Sciences,1973

M.S. studies, University of Illinois, Food Science,1975-76

Illinois Commercial College, Real Estate, 1976; Real Estate broker license : 1977

Oil well Corrosion, University of Texas, 1981

Oilfield Corrosion Field Analysis, Tulsa University, 1982

Environmental Law, University of Illinois,1985

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