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John Jackam serves as Director of Process and Controls. Mr. Jackam received his Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from Ohio University with a Minor in Chemistry in 1999. Mr. Jackam has more than seven years experience as both a Research and Development Engineer and as a Process Design Engineer. Mr. Jackam optimized each unit operation of the biodiesel process on laboratory scale equipment, establishing that the process could be completed and then designed and supervised the construction of a pilot plant, and operated the pilot plant to collect scale-up information on a first- hand basis. His research and development of advanced chemical processes has involved the development of analytical methods and models to quantify and describe the reactor performance, based on product distributions and yield, using HPLC, GC, ELSD and other methods. Mr. Jackam has been responsible for all pilot plant operations in the biodiesel industry, including multiple feedstock evaluation and processing, process optimization and steady state yield determinations, and product quality control. Mr. Jackam has played a very key role in the process design of the individual process units and his experience in the pilot plant operations is invaluable during plant startup, commissioning and operator training. Mr. Jackam also is a lead design engineer on the 20-MGY biodiesel plant for ANAMAX Energy Services and will provide the operational training, startup and performance testing services required. | 