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Craig Harting
COO
Global Green Solutions Inc.
Craig Harting, COO of Global Green Solutions, is responsible for Global Greensteam projects. Craig has 30+ years of experience in acquiring, developing, marketing and managing products and services for process industries worldwide. He was previously employed by Honeywell International Industrial Controls as vice president of global operations, where he managed 1500 project managers and engineers and directed project implementation for process industry customers. He also held the position of vice president of marketing, responsible for strategic direction of the business including $100M+ research and development projects and customer relationship strategies.
Joe Mitchell
Engineering and Operations Manager
Global Green Solutions Inc.
Joe has 30+ years of experience designing, building, and operating steam generation plants for the oil industry worldwide. For the past 11 years, he has consulted with the major oil and gas companies in California to enhance and optimize their steam production. Previously he was employed by Mobil Oil Corporation and Texaco Inc. in oil and gas production operations. Joe has designed and built more than 200 steam generators, including a project of 64 units where the first 22 units became operational in 26 weeks. He pioneered low cost reduced NOx technology for oil field combustors which enabled 167% increase in steam and oil production.
Nathan deBoom
Fuel Supply Manager
Global Green Solutions Inc.
Born in Chino, CA, Nathan comes from a family that has dairy farmed in Southern California for over 60 years. He has worked as an environmental specialist, chief of staff and executive director for the Milk Producers Council, a non-profit dairy organization serving the dairy industry in California. He also consults on agricultural- based renewable projects and participates in the development of environmental policy in public and regulatory agencies. Currently, he is chairman of the Agricultural Pool and Advisory Pool for the Chino Basin Watermaster, and a director on the Southern California Land Foundation. He is a past or present member of multiple technical committees for regulatory agencies, including the Air Resource Board, the South Coast Air Quality Management District, the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District Advisory Group, the State Water Board, the Central Valley and Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board, and the California Energy Commission and Sustainable Conservation.
Charles Verhoff
CEO
The Onix Corp.
Charles is a biomass combustion project consultant for the Global Greensteam team as well as president and CEO of The Onix Corporation. The Onix Corporation is a manufacturer of biomass fuel fired cyclonic burners and rotary drum drying systems. Charles, a native of Northwestern Ohio, has a B.S. degree in industrial engineering from The Ohio State University and is a third generation member of a large family-owned industrial/agricultural corporation that produces and exports pelletized feed, fertilizer and fuels. The Onix Corporation delivered its initial systems to the Verhoff family business 22 years ago, and has since provided hundreds of systems worldwide. Onix pioneered innovative combustion processes converting traditional difficult to burn solid fuels into environmentally friendly natural gas substitutes. These solid fuel sources include bagasse, charcoal, coal, corn, corncobs, dried peat moss, dried wood chips, horse manure, MDF, OSB, paper, paper sludge, sawdust, shavings, thermoplastics, thermosetting plastics, wood flour and wood waste. Onix has a research and manufacturing facility in Northwestern Ohio for preparation and testing of potential fuels and dryer feedstock.
Ted Conway
Engineering Manager
Processes Unlimited International, Inc.
Ted has 15+ years experience across multiple disciplines, including manufacturing, project management, and construction, including extensive experience in material handling projects and maintenance. He was employed for seven years at Lehigh Southwest Cement, where he begin his career as a maintenance engineer and was promoted to the position of maintenance manager, responsible for maintaining and improving a capital investment of over $250 million and managing a $12 million yearly budget. He was previously employed by Lortz Manufacturing, a Bakersfield steel fabrication, machining, and assembly firm, where he began as a project manager and progressed to plant operations manager, directly responsible for 70+ employees and $9 million in annual production. Ted has a B.S. in mechanical engineering from California Polytechnic University.
Wayne Bishop
Project Manager
PCL Construction
Wayne has 22+ years of experience in the energy sector. Before joining PCL Construction, Wayne was employed by AES, a global power company. His responsibilities included permitting, detail design, construction and operations of power plants up to 480 MW per unit and facilities up to 2000 MW, and project management for power projects up to $500 million. While working as a team leader at the 50MW AES Delano biomass power plant, he was responsible for root cause analysis of failures and providing recommendations for action as well as developing a 10-year business model with a new power purchase contract as to extend the business another ten years beyond its useful life cycle. He was also employed by CE-Natco, the largest manufacturer of surface equipment servicing the oil and gas industry worldwide. Wayne held several positions at CE-Natco, including general foreman and controls engineer. His responsibilities included construction, maintenance, automation and troubleshooting of steam generators, free water knock outs, automatic well testers, heater treaters, glycol units, amine units and flue gas desulfurizer.
Mike Kelly
Air Quality Manager
Vector Environmental Inc.
Mike is the president and CEO of Vector Environmental Inc. He has 30 years experience in air quality management and planning. Mike began his career in 1979 as an air quality engineer for a major oil company. In 1992, Mike left the petroleum industry and founded Vector Environmental Inc. He provides consulting services for a wide variety of air quality related activities including federal and local permitting, dispersion modeling and air quality impact analysis. Mike continues to work closely with the petroleum industry in California and frequently serves as an industry advocate.
Alan Van Zandt
Control Systems Manager
Global Green Solutions Inc.
Alan has 30 years control systems experience. His previous positions include oilfield process applications with CE-NATCO, automation engineer responsible for large material handling applications with National Cement, and control systems principal designer for Fluor Daniel. He also worked as an independent control systems consultant. Alan has extensive knowledge of relay logic, pneumatic and electronic control systems. He has developed specific expertise in software applications development, including custom PLC programs for Allen Bradley, GE, Sylvania, and Modicon, applications on Fisher, Honeywell, Foxboro, Rosemount, Cosa, TECO, Taylor, Yokogawa, ABB, Action Instruments, West, Wonderware, Nematron, and Xycom systems. He wrote the first universal steam generator program for Mobil Oil, which was used on 108 units without modification, and developed standardized and reusable "function block" ladder logic code for National Cement. He has extensive application knowledge of burner systems from North American Manufacturing, Mitsubishi, Hauk, Maxon, and Eclipse.
David Wolfer
Control Applications Manager
Innovative Engineering Systems
A professionally licensed electrical engineer with 20 years experience in project management, design and implementation of industrial power and control systems, David is president of IES, a company of hands-on technical professionals. IES specializes in working closely with clients from conceptual design through implementation with a cross section of in-house engineering, design, programming and implementation talent. IES is staffed by California licensed electrical and control systems engineers who primarily focus on turnkey design and implementation of systems for petrochemical, food processing, and manufacturing facilities. The company is a California licensed C10 electrical contractor, a U.L. listed industrial panel fabricator, and a Wonderware systems integrator.
Ralph Miller
Heat Train Integration Manager
Ventura Engineering
Ralph has 36+ years of experience in consulting engineering, primarily focusing on the design and cost estimates for industrial mechanical and process systems, including utility systems, building services, manufacturing processes, mechanical conveying, industrial ventilation, pollution control, heating and air conditioning, and fuel systems. Ralph is manager of mechanical/process design teams and coordinates design of mechanical systems for projects with other design disciplines including electrical, structural, and control instrumentation. He has completed designs for chemical plants, boiler plants, pharmaceutical processes, food and pet food manufacturing, distribution centers, and other industrial facilities including wood pellet manufacturing and heat recovery.
Les Toth
Power Train Manager
Processes Unlimited International, Inc.
Les has extensive experience designing electric generation systems and power plants and has been in the power generation business since the early 1970s, primarily
Involved in engineering, design, construction and permitting of renewable energy power projects. His responsibilities have included interfacing with fuel suppliers and utilities and managing the environmental and regulatory process through multiple governmental agencies. Les is a California licensed professional engineer (mechanical) and has an M.S. degree in mechanical engineering from California State University Northridge with emphasis on thermodynamics, Rankin Cycle power generation and large rotating machinery. His experience also includes successfully managing the pre-development requirements and the engineering and permitting process through the California Energy Commission for a 500 MW natural gas fueled combined cycle power plant in Northern California. Les was also vice president of engineering and construction for Pacific Energy, responsible for the development, engineering, permitting and construction of over twenty-five renewable energy power plants using landfill gas or wood chips as fuel.
Jon Carrithers
Safety and Risk Manager
Scenario Regulatory Management Systems
Jon has 28 years of experience managing environmental, health, safety (EHS) and crisis response issues for the former Mobil Oil Corporation and other clients. At Mobil, Jon worked in oil and gas production, EHS Engineering, and as an internal crisis and EHS management system consultant. His responsibilities included risk assessments and developing risk and crisis management systems for Mobil business affiliates in South America, the Middle East, Central Asia, and Africa. Jon has been the owner of Scenario Regulatory Management Systems for the past eight years. His clients include industrial, maritime, and construction industry companies. Jon has an M.S. in systems management from the University of Southern California and is a graduate of Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo with a B.S. degree in mechanized agriculture.
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