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Our management team was responsible for planning, funding, and
establishment of jatropha farming and biodiesel operations in West
Africa. Abundant
Biofuels’
management team is refocusing its efforts to profitably develop the rest
of the world, beginning with the Western Hemisphere.
The team’s proven profitable approach will bring sustainable economic
development to the target regions, paying a living wage to some of the
poorest people in the world. Recognizing the differences among the target
countries, we created a new entity Abundant
Biofuels to
adapt our business strategies to the particular circumstances in each of
the various target countries.
Abundant Biofuels principals
have many years of corporate experience from startups to Fortune 500
companies. Perhaps most important is their bias for action. This project
is not a lab experiment, it’s a dynamic environment that requires fast,
well-devised execution of plans and changes to them, and this team is more
than up to the task.
DR. CHARLES FISHEL,
(Chairman
and CEO) -
Founding CEO and Director of Gold Star
Biodiesel with a
40-year career in senior
management,
finance and legal roles in
domestic and
international
entrepreneurship as well as multinational industrial
ventures.
JAMES
LOVE, (President
and COO) - Founding Vice President of Gold Star
Financial LLC
with more than 30 years of managing companies through all phases of
development
including
concept, development, commercial growth, and maturity (United
States and
internationally). He was vice president of the U.S. Company that pioneered
and developed
jojoba.
ABDEL SECK, (Vice
President) -
Mr. Seck joined Abundant
Biofuels Corporation to open the Company’s African Headquarters in Dakar,
Senegal. Mr. Seck was born in Senegal and has spent the last 19 years in
the United States. He brings with him an extensive international business
experience.
DON
HARCUM, CPA,
(Controller) - More than 30 years of management experience with
CPA credentials,
a degree in
agronomy, and
experience in forensic accounting.
GARY
L. TOMS, (Chief
Administrative Officer) - Mr. Toms has over 30 years of
experience in
Risk and Insurance Management. He established the Risk Management
Departments at
the
“Fortune 500”
companies of Intel Corporation, Amdahl
Corporation
and Anthem
Insurance Companies, Inc. These departments have grown to be
contributing
business partners to the overall success and profitability of these
organizations.
RENE
LACSINA,
PHD,
(Vice
President – Farming; President – Abundant Biofuels Philippines
Inc.) is a
results-oriented
international
agricultural development specialist with
demonstrated
expertise in sustainable agriculture in tropical, subtropical,
temperate
and
arid land
production systems. He is a Certified
Professional
Agronomist (CPA), and a
member of the
American Registry of Certified Professionals in Agronomy, Crops and
Soils.
KEVIN
C. SMITH, (Vice
President – Latin America) – More than 30 years of experience in
the energy and
environmental sector involving project development and financing.
Since 1992, he
has worked in Latin America for several companies and public
agencies
where he managed
development of cogeneration and
renewable
projects in Mexico,
Colombia, Brazil,
and Peru. Primary efforts have been in the areas of natural gas and
biomass
cogeneration,
methane recovery from landfills, ethanol and
biodiesel
fuels and
wind energy
projects.
HANS
EDSINGER,
(Vice
President — Europe)
has been
interested in the production of biodiesel from Jatropha with special focus
on Africa for production and European markets for off-take of neet oil or
biodiesel. His business ventures provided him with
experience in international trading and finance, production in emerging
economies, global supply chain solutions and international brand building.
TONY
SETHI,
(Vice
President — Refining)
joined Abundant Biofuels
from Menlo Energy and Green Line Industries where he was president and
chief operating officer responsible for development, manufacturing,
installation, and support of next generation modular biodiesel production
plants worldwide. He has over 20 years of demonstrated leadership and
general management acumen in the energy, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and
cleantech technology sectors. He has extensive application knowledge in
manufacturing processes. He earned his MS (Control Systems) from Marquette
University and his BSEE Electrical Engineering from Delhi University,
India.
MASHRUK ZAHID,
(Strategic Analyst) has been driving growth-oriented strategies for
industrial and retail businesses. He earned an MBA from the University of
Chicago and a BA from College of Wooster.
NADIR MINHAS,
(Business Development) graduated from
San Jose State University
in May 2008 with a
Bachelors of Science degree in Finance. He joined ABC in
September of the same year and has been groomed by his more senior
colleagues to be responsible for
Business Development.
JACOB DELINE,
(Oil Sales) graduated from San Jose State University in December 2008 with
a BS in Business Administration. He has done marketing and business
development work for Indo Pacific Polymers and is working on different
alternative energy projects in Australia, Peru, and the Philippines.
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