Resume

Education

• B. S. Chemistry, the University of Pittsburgh, 1966
• M.B.A., the University of Pittsburgh, 1972
• Post-graduate work in Chemistry, The University of Pittsburgh
• Post-graduate work in Business Administration, George Washington University, Washington, D.C.

Experience

• Chevron, El Segundo Refinery, Isomax Division:
  • 1982-1994, designed and serviced the water treatment program for the Isomax waste heat boilers and cooling system. Corrected problems left by previous vendor and resolved issues caused by flow-assisted corrosion, fatigue corrosion and related issues.
• Other refinery & petrochemical systems:
  
  • Metallurgy, materials selection and equipment design problems.
  • Problems exaggerated due to process contamination.
  • Waste water treatment systems, including API separators, DAF systems, IAF systems, and biological treatment plants.
  • Recovery of waste water as cooling tower make up.
• Electric utility steam systems:
  • Economizer, boiler, and super heater deposit and corrosion problems.
  • Unusual condensate corrosion problems.
  • Steam purity problems.
  • Velocity and multiple phase flow-accelerated corrosion phenomena.
• Iron, steel, & basic metals systems: Work included low flow, high heat flux applications, blast furnace and continuous caster systems.
• HVAC systems in commercial and institutional buildings:
  • Corrosion, deposition, and biological problems.
  • Issues involving improper equipment design and materials selection.
• Oil production systems, including steam floods:
  • Dissolved air flotation systems.
  • Clarification and filtration processes.
  • Boiler feedwater preparation.
  • Cooling and wastewater applications.
• Food processing: Projects involved boiler, cooling and wastewater processing.
• Litigation and legislative support in all industries.

Work History

• Currently Vice President, Arthur Freedman Associates, Trinity Center, CA
• President and Chairman, Chemisis, Inc., Mission Viejo, & Trinity Center, CA
• *Vice President, Industrial Group, Aqua Serv Engineers, Los Angeles, CA
• Vice President, Marketing & Sales Zimmite Corporation, Cleveland, OH
• Chemicals Marketing Manager, Baltimore Aircoil Co., Jessup, MD
• R&D Group Manager, Corrosion Inhibitors, Calgon Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA
• District Manager (Arco Performance & Betz Entec) and Area Manager (Betz Entec & Olin)
• District Representative (Betz Entec & Olin)
• Product Manager, Cooling Water Treatment Chemicals, Calgon Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA
• Assistant Product Manager, Boiler Water Treatment Chemicals, Calgon Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA
• Laboratory Technician, Raw Materials Lab, Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co., Springdale, PA

Certifications

• California Registered Professional Corrosion Engineer
• Certified Corrosion Specialist, The National Association of Corrosion Engineers

Professional Societies

• Cooling Tower Institute, formerly President, Vice President, Chairman of the Water Treatment Committee and member of Board of Directors.
• Association of Water Technologies, former member of Board of Directors.
• National Association of Corrosion Engineers (NACE), formerly Vice Chairman, Chairman-Elect of Committee T-7A, Corrosion by Cooling Water, and National Symposium Chairman.
• International Water Conference, Advisory Board, recipient of the IWC Award of Merit, 2001.
• ASME, member of Thermal Research Committee, Sub-Committee on Industrial Boiler Chemistry.
• AISE, member.

Other

• Former consultant to United States Environmental Protection Agency