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Expert's firm is a contract research organization that helps industry bring cost-effective clean energy and clean water solutions to life, on time and at reasonable risk. Like other contract research firms, they offer consulting, planning, financial forecasting and project management. Unlike other research firms, they offer a comprehensive package of "new business startup" practices of proven value:

Focus on the Finish Line - they work backwards. They create a vision of where they want to be at the end of the process, from both a market "positioning" and a technology perspective.

Platforms - Use "patient capital" to invest in a fundamentally better "platform", which will allow rapid and inexpensive introduction of variations and improved models as time passes. This is also called "Multi-Generational Product Development".

Options - In innovation, things don't always go as expected. The probability of success can be greatly enhanced by identifying multiple options. If one approach fails, a backup is ready.

"Trim the Tree" - One can't have it all. To get something, one must often give up something. Early decisions to trim non-essentials from the project scope promote faster and less expensive development efforts.

A practical methodology of risk assessment and mitigation to safeguard the profitability of New Product Development projects, customized equipment projects, and other projects with novel or "first time" aspects leading to elevated risk.

He was hired by Continental Corporation to diagnose the contributing factors to explosions they had been experiencing in their coal gasifiers. Subsequently hired to perpare written operating procedures consistent with safe operating practice.He was hired by Cleaver Brooks to perform math modeling of their heat recovery unit, and recommend changes for improvement.He was hired by Siemens Water Technologies to prepare test approach and interface with Engineer for NY City when wastewater aeration equipment failed first round of testing. Equipment subsequently passed test.Traveled to Sweden a number of times over six months to successfully troubleshoot a fluidized bed wastewater process.Traveled to Singapore in two unrelated instances of troubleshooting mechnical failures and material failures in process equipment. Presentation on findings left clients satisfied.