Available Candidates

To inquire about any of these candidates, please click on the ID# to send an email, or call Matt Spoor at 701-746-8385.

Updated 

February 11, 2003

Plant Manager
Fifteen years of ethanol industry experience. Seven years plant management experience. Expertise with a wide variety of feedstocks. Experience using azeotropic (glycol), pervaporator & molecular sieve technology for producing anhydrous alcohol. 80K
ID# 1209240201390

Plant Manager
Fifteen years experience as Plant Manager for a manufacturer of industrial and specialty enzymes for the ethanol and food industries. Eleven years experience in engineering and operations for a corn wet milling facility. Proven expertise in large-scale fermentation manufacturing, continuous fermentation, contamination and cost control. M.S. Chemical Engineering. 95K
ID# 1208160201265

General Manager / Executive
Executive with extensive experience in and solid understanding of commodity markets and agricultural processing. Fourteen years experience as president of one of the top ten flour milling operations in the U.S.A. Ten additional years as an executive and chief wheat trader. 135K
ID# 1207290200077

Operations Manager

Seven years of ethanol industry experience. Proven expertise in batch fermentation, and large-scale continuous fermentation. Also experienced in controlling contamination and cost. Brought new equipment on-line with operating procedures. In addition brought a new 14 million gallon designed plant from construction to 19 million gallon operation. Developed operation/training manuals, which achieved 17% improvement in quality and efficiency.
ID# 1207230200015

Production Manager/Project Manager

Seven years experience in the ethanol production arena. Since graduating from college I have taken a personal interest in ethanol production, which has driven me to positions of more responsibility. After beginning my career as a Laboratory Director I have also worked as the Production Manager and the Assistant Plant Manager. I have been involved in already operational plants as well as the building, commissioning and normal operations of a grass roots ethanol operation. B.S. Biology
ID#1201070301618

Technical Fermentation Manager
Microbiologist with 22 years experience in chemical production facilities employing fermentation. Twelve years management, technical improvement, and regulatory experience in a bulk pharmaceutical fermentation environment. Technical experience includes improvements that increased fermentation productivity by over 35%, and that increased throughput rates by over 15%, and that decreased unplanned downtime by 25%. B.S. Chemistry, M.S. Bacteriology, PhD Bacteriology. 95K
ID# 1210280201459

Sr. QA Manager
Three years experience as director of QA for an enzyme production company serving the ethanol, distillery and food processing industries. Eleven years experience as research chemist and quality/research manager for a major Ag processing company. Expertise and experience in the development of programs and processes relating to HACCP, ISO, cGMP’s, and TQM. B.S. Biochemistry/Food Science. 80K
ID# 1210250201450

Operators / Lead Operators
Several operators and Lead Operators with ethanol production experience ranging from one year to five years are available throughout the Midwest.

Sr. Maintenance Manager
Seven years as Maintenance Manager at a brewing facility. Four years experience as Maintenance Manager of a paper milling facility. Seven years as Operations Shift Manager at a brewing facility.
ID# 1201010301535

Sr. Project Manager / Engineer
Over twenty years experience in full life cycle plant development for one of the nations leading corn-processing companies. Has performed plurality of consulting for over 45 corn-processing plants in 21 countries. Primarily interested in consulting, but would consider permanent employment. B.S. Mechanical Engineering
ID# 1207230200029

Sr. Process Engineer

Many years in the vegetable oil processing industries, both in the detergent and the tall oil refining and upgrading industries.  Engineering design experience in such areas as fatty acid distillation, methyl ester production (and fractionation) from triglycerides, binary and azeotropic distillation for the drying of alcohols, and fermentation process work in the pharmaceutical industry.  

M.S. Chemical Engineering . 70-80K

ID# 1201070301610

Construction Project Manager

Over 12 years experience in construction management. Four years experience with corn wet mill facility construction and expansion. Over six years experience in construction management of production facilities employing fermentation. Experience with soybean extraction facilities. Additional experience in quality assurance and quality control. 66K

ID#: 1201310301752

Technical Transfer Leader

Biochemical engineer with 13 years experience in the creation, implementation, and troubleshooting of both novel process and existing process improvements. Facilitated a broad range of problem solving and/or process improvement techniques including economic modeling, statistical process control (SPC), mathematical modeling, inventory control, statistical analysis, lean manufacturing, benchmarking, and business process reengineering resulting in substantial cost reduction and efficient resource allocation. Led or participated in a variety of safety and quality related programs including HAACP, BLS-1, BLS-2, ISO9000, ISO9001, Six Sigma, PSM, GMP, GLP, CFR 21 part 11, and others. Experience in business planning (both start-up and expansion), strategic planning, marketing planning (including market research), team building, and employee training.

BA Biology, BS Chemical Engineering, MBA. 60K

ID# 1211270201510

Executive in Management and/or Marketing
Ten years experience in plant management in grain industry. Five years in feasibility studies for value added projects for agricultural commodities and ethanol bi-product sales.  The cumulative 15 years of experience resulted in knowledge of grain processing and commodity marketing/procurement. B.S. Milling Science, Animal Science. 85K

ID# 1208270201320

Sr. Grain Merchandiser
Eight years experience as a grain merchandiser. Two years ethanol industry experience. Increasing responsibility of up to 55 million bushels of corn. B.A. Business Administration. 65K
ID# 1211060201487

Risk Manager / Commodities Manager  

20 years of market analysis and trading system design experience. 10 years experience in price, profit margin and volume risk management. 5 years hedge broker experience.  Registered Commodity Trading Advisor since 1989. 20 years grain procurement and process experience.  Has developed models based on cyclical economics and weather for both grain and energy.  These models are used for business management, market forecasts and as input for risk management models.

ID# 1210280201458

Commodity Manager/ Risk Manager

Over nine years experience in commodity risk management and trading. Experience working for one of North America’s largest food processing companies. Responsible for Protein Desk P & L involved in trading oilseeds and their by-products; recorded second, and third highest yearly profits in 14 year history. Identified and reduced corporate risk inherent among independent operating companies. Participated in development of strategic planning on corporate level. Negotiated complex supplier contracts. Coordinated maximization of internal synergies among independent operating companies. Analyzed future industry structural trends for purposes of divestitures, acquisitions, and industry positioning. B.S. Agribusiness, MBA with Finance/Food and Agribusiness Management emphasis. 100K

ID# 1201070301622