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Expert has 47 years of experience in the forest products industry. At Weyerhaeuser, he initiated the
Fiber Raw Materials Technology program that developed and implemented processes and quality
assessment methods to maximize the value of wood and non-wood fiber sources. He managed
departments that focused on fiber raw materials and pulping and bleaching processes. A shift in career
focus took him to the occupational safety and health field as Director of Technology Safety and Western
Region Pulp and Paper Safety Coordinator. He returned to R&D as a Senior Scientific Adviser and was
regarded as the leading expert in his field, frequently providing on-site technical support from the forest
through the pulp mill.

Expert's involvement in technical associations has allowed him to build a global contact network. Now
aided by the internet, he can quickly make contacts to access the experience and expertise of others,
learn of new technology and business developments and obtain data that would not be available through
other sources.

As a consultant, his focus continues to be on fiber raw materials supply, processing and quality. Based
on his broad experience at Weyerhaeuser, he is able to provide a unique perspective to mills that do not
have access to the in-depth technical support that he can provide. His forest-to-product view allows him
to bridge the gaps that often exist between fiber suppliers and fiber users. In this way, implementation of
solutions have longer-term impact and benefits.

As an educator, Expert can not only teach his knowledge to others, but is skilled in developing courses that
meet the unique needs of adult learners. In TAPPI, he participated as Board Education Chairman of the
program that obtained certification of their education products by the International Association for
Continuing Education and Training. IACET's programs certify learning at all levels, including university
curriculum.

Expert has served as an expert witness in a variety of cases, including a shipboard fire on a boat
carrying wood pulp, spontaneous combustion of waste wood in home construction, injury of a worker
doing welding in a Kraft pulp mill digester and two wood processing equipment patent infringement
cases. He is experienced in preparation of testimony, deposition statements and court appearances.

Occupational safety and health has been an active part of Expert's career. Shortly after starting work at
Weyerhaeuser, he joined the local volunteer fire department near his home. His leadership and
teaching skills resulted in being promoted to Station Lieutenant and Training Officer. At work, he lead
safety committees and developed a process for analyzing project safety prior to beginning new work or
going out to mills for sampling and testing. When the Weyerhaeuser Technology Center identified the
need for a stronger emphasis on safety, Expert was chosen to be the Director of Technology Center Safety.
This role was expanded to include the Western Region pulp and paper mills as Western Safety
Manager. This focus on safety continues in Expert's consulting work. While working on projects in the field
or at mills, he includes identification of safety hazards and opportunities for improving the safe behavior
of employees in his reports. He has personally never had a serious workplace accident or injury.

He has provided gate to digester audits at two New Zealand pulp mills to determine methods of optimizing the use of conifer and hardwood plantation species.He is leading a team on a retainer basis to increase the yield of pulp from woods, woodyard and wood products residual sources. The organization is made up of woodlands, woodyard and pulp mill segments that have historically not worked together on projects requiring team cooperation, development of mill-wide data bases and total mill economics.He analyzed the wood supply and processing system for a southern US pulp mill and identified the opportunities for process changes that would increase the pulp yield by 1% point, roughly equal to $8-10 million per year savings.He developed and coordinated implementation of a chip quality control program for a pulp mill with 15 primary suppliers. The resulting data allowed the mill to recommend changes at their supplier sawmills that improved paper quality and justified bonus payments for improved chip quality.As primary technical resource of a municipal solid waste recovery company, implemented the capability to characterize the components of municipal waste and determine the yield and quality of fiber and co-products recovered in a novel waste processing system.