Management Consultant Chemical Engineering

Kent Hood, CTO, Quest Plus, Technology/Financial & Marketing Analyst

P.O. BOX 2825 Spring, TX 77383-2825 Phone: 713-***-**** Email: **********@*****.***

Quest Plus: Innovative Technology/Commercial Development Lead:

Windows of opportunity to specific, fine-tuned forward thinking, advanced levels of stable asset return can be realized for many undervalued engineering technology corporations, locating optimum “solutions,” through specific benchmarking utilizing statistical real world predictive models.

The identification of opportune financial, process/energy/environmental technology can utilize leading-edge marketing insight capabilities, to reward timely decisions. Targeted short- & long-term solid business returns are realistic. Astute Corporations that utilize high valued outsourcing specialists can maximize commercialization return.

Strategic, BD process pathways for technology-based in-house R&D or M&A’s due diligence, to provide high intellectual commercialization opportunities. A highly targeted Business Development skill set, including firsthand comprehensive experience in the Clean Energy fields and Chemical Process as well as comprehensive. technologies. Responsibilities have included Corporate Lead of Gasification (LNG & Syngas of clean coal: providing product fuels equal or lower carbon footprint than natural gas), Process Systems Technologies, Director of Engineering and Environmental, directed towards applications, which have included Investor and Commercialization Processes & Financial Developmental Solutions.

Most recent responsibilities have targeted multiple/regional U.S. facility technological needs (in addition to selective high-profile Global based clients) for new leading-edge statistical software technological marketing and development.

Efforts have included diverse high-level, financial assessment for high-tech, Chemical & Energy, multi-faceted efficiency plant designs, to realize lead competitive debottlenecking development.

Program success has achieved success for clean energy conversion & natural gas based IGCC (Syngas) & GTL (gas to liquid) leading-edge profitability technology w/Power Marketing focus.

Skill set directed toward Technological Coordination & Instrumentation Process Advisory effecting. Proposal development skill base has focused upon emerging entrepreneur opportunities with previous interaction including: Consumer Utilities, Air Products, Air Liquide, Sales Mentoring, etc. Compensation is strongly competitive. Additional targeted client deliverables include Financial Optimization. My strongest skill set includes combining people skills with motivational mentor focus & people skills.

EDUCATION:

University of Washington/Oregon State University

PhD Chemical Engineering

Oregon State University

M.S. Chemical Engineering (ChE) & Master of Business Administration (MBA-Finance)

M.S. Civil/Mechanical Engineering (Environmental: w/Process Statistical Minor)

B.S. in Chemical Engineering

Registered Professional Engineer (P.E. ChE)

Corporate Management Skills Training Course & HazOp Georgetown University

Background Summary:

Served as management lead in domestic and global proposal, risk assessment, conceptual & project management for chemical process issues, technical & energy strategically development & environmental control design for integrated capital projects ranging from $1MM to $10B (domestic USA, Mid-East, Australasia, & S. America). Experience base includes the authoring & advising, including over 350 published technical papers & presentations for:

Design, training, start-up & facility manager for R&D for a $1B+ Chemical Process & Power Plant

U.S. Presidential Award Winner (1988 and for 1991) for Power Optimization and Environmental Control Technology Innovation (only one selected to have served as the primary lead for two such teams).

EPC Capital Project BD, Study & Estimate, Audit Mgr for Chemical, O&G and Energy processes.

LNG & Process Debottlenecking Development Manager (LNG, Chemical & Environmental)

Project Upstream Viability Studies – Chemical Process (steam reformer), Crude Oil Gasification, Delayed Coking & Oil refinery, catalytic studies, program planning & upgrade strategies, per R&D financial benchmarking.

Chemical Products Control Technology Design Risk Assessment for multiple Patented Processes.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:

Quest Plus, Cardno/PPITechnologies, U.S. (2/2014 to Current)

Business Development, Program Management Consultant (PMC) & Financial Assessment Director

* Serving as PMC (Project Management Consultant) on innovative modular based refinery & selective chemical process projects & program coordinator in the S/SE U.S. Responsibilities include project coverage as technical advisor on "solutions" assessment and benchmarking for small to medium process systems: LNG, Gasification plant utilizing modular techniques, interfaced with new pipeline sourcing development.

* Fox TV, Technology & Environmental process media lead advisor (i.e., “Toxic Trouble,” March 1, 2017)

Ignite Energy Resources, Australia & U.S. – 1/2010 to 1/2014

Project Due Diligence/Owners Engineer: Business Development Technology Management Lead

* Providing Clean Coal & Biomass technology development firm with Power Generation analysis (PFD & P&ID realization & review) and alternative assessment, including new investor opportunities. Reviewed poorly managed company for Biofuel, Syn-crude, Catalyst development and ULSD. Inferior decision making, concerning extensive low value coal assets in Australia, using investor ownership based in U.S., Australia & Canada. This effort realized savings of $45+ MM, realized from minimal short-term due diligence, on existing power grid and Business Development strategy options.

Arup Energy, Houston, Texas – 6/2007 to 12/2009

Associate Principal, Senior Global Engineering Manager & Business Development Lead

* Global Process / Energy Project Management lead in Oil & Gas and Clean Power Generation for promising energy markets covering upstream to downstream opportunities. Effort included unconventional fossil fuel Carbon Conversion Technology (CCT) & emerging Alternative Energy Project development effort. Position focus was as an upper level European, technical advisory resources throughout North & South America, China, S. Africa and Australasia. Client rapport was focus:

Project Management Consultant –Unconventional, innovative alternative Energy (CCT) & LNG

Lending Bank, Investment Due Diligence and M&A support: Credit Suisse, Schlumberger, etc.

Waste to Energy Technology (leading-edge commercial & confidential military based)

FOSTER-Wheeler: Technology/Business Development Lead for Licensor: 3/2005 to 5/2007

* Technical proposal development for Delayed Coker Unit (DCU) projects in response to ITB targeting major refinery debottlenecking for a range of clients (PFD & P&ID review), world-wide (India, Africa, Russia, USA, Central & South America, Canada – Upstream to Downstream: Total: Oil Sands,) etc.

* Technology Development, Client Business & Project Development, Lead Process & supervision of project, process & discipline engineers engaged in the preparation of economic studies & conceptual evaluations, for LNG projects in Indonesia, Canada & U.S. (included Liquefaction & LNG Receiving Terminals). Clients & vendors included Exxon/Mobil, CL&P, Canaport LNG, etc.

* IGCC, gasification-based pre-FEED including CFD & LP use for power project development for Kuwait (feedstock, economic & environmental impact evaluations included: crude oil, refinery residuum, petroleum coke, etc.), GTL - natural gas to low-sulfur-diesel “LSD,” CTL – coal based syn-gas to LSD, etc. Former principal clients & primary vendors included Exxon/Mobil, Shell Global Solutions, GE-Gasification, Kuwait (KNPC), Qatar Petroleum, etc.

Quest Plus, L.L.C., Houston, Texas – 2/2003 to 2/2005

Director Energy & Engineering Project Development

* Has served as technology BD process & environmental liaison/advisor to equity clients (Cheniere) & a range of utilities (Southern Co., Entergy, Intergen,).

* Served as energy field expert process witness / due diligence consultant to O & G industry-based clients directed toward renewable and alternative energy technology Syn-Gas project development.

* Provided insight as an energy process advisor for investment, commercial & utility clients considering shale gas, developmental retort, steam reformer and gasification-based treatment, as energy & comprehensive product alternatives.

Halliburton - Kellogg Brown & Root (KBR), Inc., Houston, Texas, (2/1997-2/2003)

Technology Manager: LNG, Gasification, Power and Chemical Processes for Major EPC Co:

* Established a commercial development plan for technology development of an ultra-clean fuel gasification process between KBR & Southern Company, a major regional utility & included technology development with the Transport Reactor, PDU (process demonstration unit) focused on a CDU (commercial demonstration unit). Actions utilized incorporated staff studies for optimum selection risk assessment, financial modeling, environmental impact & determination of future expected market share. U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) funding used.

* Championed & provided primary market and R&D plan for an innovative heavy liquor gasification development for Syn-gas generation, which included three of the company's, patented solid based gasification process components (two in syn-gas desulfurization) to achieve environmental process compliance with more efficient energy generation (PFD & P&ID review and Debottlenecking Analyst).

* Led technical team as control system, technology manager, project manager, lead product, & emerging financial market advisor on detailed EPC studies targeting lowest cost & environmental metrics. Coordinated the conduct of a range of variable technical analysis, for BP America, ExxonMobil, etc. utilizing customized in-house simulations. Project site targets included: Trinidad and a middle-east site, Ras Laffan.

Simpson Investment Company, San Francisco, California and Seattle, WA: (2/1991-1/1997)

Corporate Technical Advisor / Business Manager for Privately Owned EPC Programs:

* Pioneered the establishment of a new position aimed at coordination of company corporate and facility environmental, engineering program and program management. Activities involved coordination of independently M&A operated engineering teams into one cohesive group.

* Led planning and implementation as primary project manager of the installation for existing LNG train power design, in order to take advantage of facility power needs and regional power generation incentives.

* Created/Managed/Coordinated intra-company cooperative pilot trials on a unique designed steam reformer targeting hydrogen rich generation of liquid organic and renewable solid feed streams.

Weyerhaeuser Company, Seattle, WA (Fortune 100, R&D to Commercialization

Corporate Capital Projects Manager / Environmental Group Lead: 6/1985 to 1/1991

* Established a high-level rapport as a Corporate Process Advisor & engineering staff program manager between Corporate & mill technical staff at a new state-of-the-art chemical & power process.

* Evaluated/Created/Managed the key design considerations in order to reduce analysis, operating and maintenance costs. The Process & Environmental program effort achieved the Presidential Award for Technical/Environmental Innovation, presented by the Vice President of the U.S., 1988 & 1991, presented at Washington, DC. This included extended interaction with, at the time, U. S. VPs, including, but not limited to U.S. President H. W. Bush &, VP Daniel Quayle, later subsequently included U.S. VP Richard Cheney (starting with time at Halliburton).

NCASI (National Council for Air & Stream Improvement, 260 Madison Avenue, New York

Environmental Principal Lead for North America

* Efforts included interaction with over 150+ chemical plants & NG, Oil, Coal, Renewable Residuals, Nuclear & Hydro power for comprehensive installations in the U.S., in a capacity under broad non-profit research, coordinating leading PhD Chemical Engineering and Chemist staff, in order to evaluate a wide range of dangerous process toxics such as (Dioxins & Furans).

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