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Expert has worked for over 50 years in the pulp and paper industry. All phases of mill operations (20 years) plus 30 years of consulting on mill operations, feasibility studies, capital cost project development, audits, due diligence, expert witness, bank's engineer, and related fields.

Expert has a background of 57 years of consulting, operating and technical experience in the manufacture of pulp and paper. He managed a major consulting staff as well as production and technical departments. Key technical spokesperson and has lead and/or participated in over 200 studies, including more than 30 international studies. Studies combine innovation, operating expertise, state-of-the-art technology with business sense. Successful record of accomplishments in engineering studies, process improvements, new equipment installation and start-up, production and implementation of cost-cutting measures.

Expert's specialty is front end studies, i.e. studies that combine the attributes of project capital costs estimates, manufacturing cost analysis, operations optimization, facility assessments and due diligence.

Other positions held:
-- Manager, OPTEC Group (2 years). Responsible for direction and activities of the OPTEC Group. Activities included: development of computer-based tools for process calculations, coordination with pulp and paper sales and marketing, personnel development and recruitment, organizing and conducting studies, maintaining Rust’s high-tech profile through presentation and publication of papers, budgets, and the group’s marketing plans.
-- Technical Manager, OPTEC Group (2 years). Responsible for conducting studies and reviewing the technical merits of studies performed by the group’s other members. Conducted studies that ranged from as specific as dioxin, box plant assessment, and site selection for a new Kraft mill to as broad as mill wide optimization for a new two machine fine paper mill and evaluation of the production capacity for two Brazilian mills.
-- Senior Staff Engineer, OPTEC Group (2 years). Responsible for the conduction of studies either as part of a team or solo. Investigated numerous problems in both paper mills and pulp mills. Studies required interviewing mill operating personnel, analysis of operating and engineering data, developing operating cost profiles, development of capital cost estimates, writing reports and making presentations.
-- Paper Mill Superintendent. Supervised the operation of seven paper machines producing approximately 2,800 tons per day of unbleached saturating Kraft, linerboard and bag paper. Activities included crew training, process improvements, budgeting and cost controls. Accomplishments include: setting a production record (1,038,656 tpy), cost cutting measures during bad business cycle, and increased production rates.
-- Machine Supervisor. Directed the operation of one paper machine. Initially assigned to a 220 tons per day lightweight bag machine, but moved to a problem plagued corrugating medium machine producing 350 tons per day. Eliminated the process problems that kept this recently rebuilt machine from achieving the designed production rates. Eventually the machine was converted to a heavy weight sack paper machine.