55 year career in Engineering with a dedicated focus on mixing and separating
BS Degree in Geology and Mathematics
5 years as a drilling fluid engineer with a major oil service company
Self employed since age 26
Co-founded Centrifuges Inc.
Introduced fine screen separation to the oil and gas industries
Designed the first environmental drilling fluid system for Unical in Alaska
Established FloTrend Systems in Houston, TX in 1978
FloTrend Systems, which focused on filtration systems, centrifuges and hydrocyclones, was sold to Intera, an environmental division of Duke Energy
Founded Vortex Ventures Inc in 1998, a company with a primary market of producing patented dust-free mixing systems for the oil and gas industry.
Awarded 21 patents overall, 17 of which are in liquid/solids mixing, liquid/liquid mixing, liquid/solids separation and liquid/liquid/solids separation
