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Brian has worked in the environmental business since 1986 when he began a ten-year career with Caligo Ltd., a Canadian company focused on the environmental impact of the automobile industry. In 1997 he started Hydrosolve Inc. and continued working with automotive manufacturers throughout the United States. He discovered that the one common thread between the big three auto manufacturers was the growing need for waste reduction and reduced energy costs.
Vice President - Deborah R. Lowis - Profile | Email
Ms. Lowis, Vice President and leader of AMCI's Process Optimization/Waste Minimization team, has 24 years of experience in automotive and industrial quality management and lean manufacturing. She is a project manager with expertise in construction, operations and oversight. She combines quality management and lean manufacturing experience with superior customer
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Director of Infrastructure - James M. Berardi - Profile | Email
As an entrepreneur, James started investing in properties as earily as 1975. Since then he has purchased three additional properties for Commercial and Residential use and has profitably and successfully managed all properties. He has joined the Energy Freedom Pioneers Group with enthusiasm. He will direct the Development and Infrastructure Department, using state of the art technology for the future advancement of EFP and the Alternative Energy Industrial Park. James Berardi graduated the Electrical Trades from Middlesex County (NJ) Vocational & Technical High School in 1967. He joined the United States Navy in September of 1967 during the VietNam War. In 1971, while serving in the Navy, James became a Licensed Electrical Contractor (#4693) in the State of New Jersey. Reentering the Navy during Desert Storm and Operation Hope, he served his second and third tour of duty as a Construction Electrician First
Class (CE1) Petty Officer with the US Sea-Bee's Construction Battalion. He served the US Military for 12 years earning three Honorable Discharges.
General Counsel and Secretary - Chris L. Stewart - Profile | Email
Ms. Stewart received her JD from Albany Law School of Union University (Albany, NY). Her resume illustrates her considerable expertise in commercial and residential real estate transactions, including representing banks. Her primary strengths include reviewing, drafting and negotiating contracts, as well as a deep grasp of corporate law. She endears herself to her clients by finding solutions to legal problems and making the law and contracts understandable for them.
Chief Technical Advisor, Energy Development, Site Engineering, Permitting Design
- Edward Christine, P.E. - Profile | Email Fifteen (15) years of environmental and energy consulting, engineering, contracting experience. Performed services for clients in various roles and experience levels including project engineer, project manager, operations manager, regional manager and director. Clients have included environmental consultants, residential, commercial and industrial customers and the
federal government. Manager of Sub Group Development, Asset Planning - Tim McLeod - Profile | Email
Tim has over twenty years experience in management, finance including P&L and balance sheet management, customer satisfaction, process optimization and consulting. Tim possesses a demonstrated ability to consistently exceed business targets and produce impressive operating and financial results through focused execution, product standardization, waste elimination and organizational restructuring. Land Development Specialist - Michael Rama - Profile |
Currently directing and coordinating a mixed use real estate resort development consisting of 150 single family homes, 600 condominium units, a 200 slip marina and a 100 room hotel for Portones del Mar. Responsibilities include taking the project from inception through the design process and the local approvals process. Duties also include hiring of executive staff and oversight of entire company, develop budgets, proformas and contract negotiation. Communications and Technology Specialist - Jennifer Lusch - Profile | Email
Jennifer is a local New Jersey educator, musician and webmaster who will be presenting our corporate message on the world wide web. Her experience, creativity and adaptability mirror the strengths of our company. Email
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EFP Biogas LLC Owners Brian Blair, Owner/Member - President, has more than 20 years of experience in development and implementation of waste management and clean energy projects earning him an award for environmental excellence. Ed Christine, Owner/Member - P.E., Director of Engineering, has more than 15 years of experience in energy and environmental engineering. His has pioneered innovative approaches to waste reduction and strategies for renewable energy. Mike Rama, Owner/Member - Director for Business Development, has nearly 20 years of experience with complex project planning and implementation, operations management, and capital markets. Tim McLeod, Owner/Member - Director of Finance, has nearly 25 years of experience in business start-up and management, finance and investment programs. Jim Berardi, Owner/Member Project Partners: Renew Energy A/S provides focused engineering in sustainable bioenergy production, and has over two decades of experience with the ADAM facility process in Europe.
Design services and overall project coordination are being provided by Renew’s CEO, Poul Ejner Rasmussen, who has 25 years of experience in the field of sustainable solutions through anaerobic digestion and nutrient sequestration.
Morton Jakobsen, Mechanical Engineer, is Project Manager for other Renew Energy anaerobic digester projects
Project Partners: Omni Environmental LLC was formed more than 20 years ago to provide state of the art scientific, engineering and regulatory services to clients in the regulated community, particularly in NJ. Key members of Omni:
Lance Miller, Director of Energy Services, expert in energy planning and regulatory processes; former Chief of Policy and Planning for the NJ Board of Public Utilities; former Assistant Commissioner for NJDEP.
Ray Ferrara, Ph.D., Principal and Founder of Omni, nationally recognized expert in environmental engineering and regulatory processes; recently appointed to the inaugural NJDEP Science Advisory Board; former faculty member at Princeton University and Head of Civil Engineering at Lafayette College.
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Advisors Environmental and Sustainability Advisor - Catherine Greener - Email |
Catherine Greener, a principle with Domani Inc. - one of the world's premier sustainability firms - has more than 20 years of experience in industrial quality management and lean manufacturing. She is an engineer and manager with expertise in industrial operations and process design. She combines her quality management and lean manufacturing experience with acute problem solving skills and an exceptional ability to uncover process waste. Ms. Greener has conducted training classes in continuous quality improvement and other disciplines, developed waste reduction programs and led problem-solving groups for manufacturing strategy. Additionally, she has experience in ISO 9000, ISO 14000 and six sigma.
Catherine received her MBA from the University of Michigan and has worked for the following firms: Rocky Mountain Institute (Commercial and Industrial team leader), ABB Flexible Automation (Director of Quality), DeAngelis and Company, Plante & Moran, Ernst & Young and General Motors. She is affiliated with the following groups - Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life (board member), Center for Sustainability Enterprise of Kenan-Glager Business School of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (advisory board) and vice-chair of the Michigan Interfaith Global Warming Campaign. Advisory Board - Paula Marie L. Ward, Ph.D. - Email |