About Us

Ron is an experienced senior executive and developer of renewable energy projects and has been involved in the waste-to energy and biofuels industries for over 35 years. Previously CEO of Cornerstone Resources, LLC; Director, Project Development at Range Fuels, Inc.; SVP Business Development at Barlow Projects, Inc.; Regional Manager at ABB Resource Recovery Systems; 12 years in business development and financial positions at Wheelabrator Technologies, Inc.; and 11 years in various waste management development projects. BBA in Business Administration from the University of Iowa.

Luca is a career chemical engineer who complements his strong background in process engineering with skills in technology and product scale-up and commercialization. Previously VP of Business Development at Greenyug, LLC where he managed the construction of the Prairie Catalytics LLC biobased ethyl acetate facility; Co-founder and senior executive at BioCee, Inc.; Principal Chemical Engineer at Cargill, Inc.; Systems Engineer at SGI Consulting S.A.; and started his career at Shell Research in the Netherlands. Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Imperial College London, and Chemical Engineering degree from the University of Padova, Italy.

Brad has extensive experiences as both a chief financial officer and an investment professional. Recently he was the CFO of Airtech Vacuum, a highly profitable industrial vacuum pump and blower company, overseeing all its financial functions and leading its successful sale to a private equity firm. Prior to that, he was a partner at a private equity firm in New York, where he worked for more than 23 years, involved in many of the firm’s most successful transactions. Brad has an MBA from The Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University and a BBA from Southern Methodist University.

Chris has over 25 years of experience in corporate operations, financial management and waste-to-energy services. Previously VP Business Development at Cornerstone Resources, LLC; VP Development at Natural Systems Utilities, LLC; Regional VP at Harvest Power, Inc.; CFO and Treasurer at MaxWest Environmental Systems Inc.; Director Risk Management at RSM McGladrey; and started his career and spent 10 years as a Regional Accounting Manager at UPS. MBA from Ashland University, BSBA from The Ohio State University.

Peter has been engaged in consulting activities primarily involved with renewable energy technologies and feedstocks for use with those technologies for the past 20+ years. His areas of expertise include supply chain and feedstock development for biofuels systems and project development. Previously co-founder of Cornerstone Resources, LLC.

Jennifer assists in planning communication strategies for our team to use in promoting The BurCell System and researching the markets needs. She assists in managing and maintaining the status of our current and future projects as well as The BurCell Systems testing processes. Jennifer also manages the companies administrative needs.

Andy spent the majority of his career working in senior technical management positions with The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) directing engineering research, development and demonstration activities for the nuclear power industry. His 30+ years of technical project and program management experience will be utilized to support the management team’s execution of its business model. His experience in moving innovative technologies from ideation to commercialization will help the team ensure a smooth integration of the technology into the market place through effective management of the technical aspects associated with technology integration, permitting and operations. He will work closely with the CTO and the project execution team to ensure execution of the technical activities that promote the success of each project by reducing / managing risk and resolution actions while also providing input on continuous improvements of the technology and site development activities. Andy holds a degree in Materials Engineering from The University of Alabama, Birmingham and is a registered professional engineer.

Richard is tasked with managing project execution. In this role he works closely with the project development team, the engineering team and our key strategic partners to ensure that projects are meeting schedule budget goals as they transition through the development and permitting phase into procurement, construction, and commissioning. Prior to joining the Company, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of Premium Beverage Group Inc., (“PBEV”) a publicly traded vineyard and wine-making company based in Cutchogue, Long Island New York. During his tenure at PBEV the company grew from selling approximately 3,700 cases per year to selling over 35,000. Under his leadership the company secured distribution agreements to sell their products in 14 states. Before joining PBEV he was President and Chief Executive Officer of Conihasset Capital Partners, a Business Development Company specializing in making debt and equity investments in small manufacturing, service and distribution companies. Prior to founding Conihasset, he was a Managing Director of The Stone Pine Companies, a Denver based private equity and advisory firm. While at Stone Pine he originated, led and managed the firms two most successful investments and successfully turned around the firms largest investment, a Los Angeles based carbon steel warehouse and pickling line while serving as its CEO. The company had over $128 million in revenue with operations in 4 states. He holds a Bachelor of Arts from Providence College and a Master of Arts from Fairfield University.

Zach Flowers holds a Bachelor of Science in Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering for Georgia Institute of Technology and has recently joined the BurCell Technologies Team as a Process Engineer. Zach will provide engineering support to the project development teams as well supporting the design and engineering efforts required to integrate the company’s technology with biogas systems.