Michael Foster, CET
CEO and Principal Consultant
foster@ebsbiowizard.com
Mike started EBS in 1997 after a thirteen-year career with a major supplier of wastewater treatment chemicals and bioaugmentation cultures. EBS provides training and consulting services, as well as nutrients and biological products to industrial wastewater treatment systems, primarily in the pulp and paper industry. His clients include International Paper Company, Temple-Inland, Georgia-Pacific Corporation, Weyerhaeuser, Domtar, Graphic Packaging, and many more.
Mike has conducted several wastewater seminars for organizations, such as MS Water Environment Association (MWEA), the Arkansas DEQ, the Arkansas Environmental Federation (AEF) and the Technical Association for the Pulp and Paper Industry (TAPPI). He has presented on various nutrient topics for several National Council on Air and Stream Improvement (NCASI) Webinars. Mike authored numerous articles and papers on topics including nutrient optimization, activated sludge process control, bioaugmentation and micronutrient technology. He is the co-author of the manual entitled “Aerated Stabilization Basins in the Pulp and Paper Industry.”
Mike received his B.S. degree in Chemistry from the University of Southern Mississippi in 1980. He is a Certified Environmental Trainer (CET) in wastewater and holds a Class IV Wastewater Operator Licenses in MS, LA and AR. In 2004, he completed a Masters in Instructional Technology at the University of Southern Mississippi.
Mike is a member of the Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry (TAPPI), the Water Environment Federation (WEF), the Louisiana and Mississippi Water Environment Associations (LWEA and MWEA) and the National Environmental Trainers Association (NESHTA). EBS is a member of NCASI. In 2005, Mike received the Roy F. Weston Prize for Outstanding Technical Contributions to the TAPPI Environmental Division.
Christine Foster
President
cfoster@ebsbiowizard.com
Christine Foster is President of EBS, joining EBS in 2002 as Operations Manager and then as General Manager. Christine manages all the business, marketing, and personnel aspects of EBS. This includes meeting client needs for product, information, insurance issues, office and lab expansions, P&L responsibilities, personnel issues, and more.
Christine began her professional career in 1985 as a Sales Representative in the Formulator Group for Buckman Laboratories of Memphis, TN. In 1987, she joined Nalco Chemical Company as a field sales representative for the Metal Industries Chemicals Group. From there, Christine held various technical support and marketing positions for the North American and European Paper Industry Chemicals Group and the Absorbent Chemicals Group before leaving Nalco in 1998. She has written several papers industry related articles.
Christine earned her B.S. in Biology and a Minor in Management from Purdue University in 1985. In December 2003, she completed an MBA program through the University of New Orleans (UNO). Christine is a member of the 2007 Leadership St. Tammany West Class. Leadership St. Tammany was created in 1993 out of recognition that the future of St. Tammany Parish (County) is tied directly to the quality and voluntary contributions of its leadership. The program was organized to develop future leaders who have a clear understanding of the total community system and are committed to its advancement.
Christine is a Board Member for the New Orleans Chapter of the American Marketing Association, serving in five different positions since 1998 including President. She has been a member of TAPPI and is currently a member of the West St. Tammany Chamber of Commerce and the Professional Women of St. Tammany. Christine is also one of the founding board members for the Harvey L. Foster Foundation for Science Education started by EBS in 2007. In 2011, she joined the Tulane National Primate Research Center in Covington, LA as a Committee Member. Finally, Christine volunteers for Habitat for Humanity and joined the EBS women employees on a Women’s Build project for that group.
Beth Dillman
Director of Field Services
dillman@ebsbiowizard.com
Beth Dillman is Director of Field Services for Environmental Business Specialists. Beth started her career with EBS in 2005 and has performed in a variety of technical support and managerial jobs, her responsibilities growing as EBS grew. Starting as Field Specialist, Beth called on several accounts. As Project Manager, Beth conducted and wrote ASB assessments and performed tracer/depth studies. In her current role as Director of Field Services, she manages the field team of personnel, coordinating technical, personnel, and equipment services for accounts new and old.
Prior to joining EBS, Beth was a Chemical/Process Engineer for Defense Waste Processing Facility (DWPF), Westinghouse Savannah River Site, subcontractor for the Department of Energy (DOE), in Aiken SC. She was responsible design changes; liaison with research laboratory; support of production and startup testing groups; training and procedure development; and process safety/hazards reviews. Beth worked during construction and startup of this high level radioactive waste disposal facility and served as a technical expert for the process.
Beth earned a B.S. in Chemical Engineering at North Carolina State University in 1988 and worked as a Co-op student for DuPont at their Fayetteville Works location in NC. She is a member of the Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry (TAPPI) and joins EBS at NCASI workshops.
Beth became a member of “Meningioma Mommas” in 2009, a group which provides support, resources, awareness and funding for research for Meningioma type brain tumors.
J’ohnnie Wilson
Technical Director
wilson@ebsbiowizard.com
J’ohnnie Wilson is the Technical and Safety Director for EBS in Mandeville, LA. J’ohnnie started working with EBS in August 2007 after a twelve-year career in the environmental department of a major paper mill. She has also worked in an analytical lab and for a major supplier of wastewater treatment consulting and bioaugmentation cultures.
J’ohnnie coordinates all activities associated with the EBS labs and the personnel assigned to those areas. She and Laboratory Manager, Kermit Francis, manage the work and manpower associated with EBS’s treatability studies, special laboratory projects, and incoming client samples. Furthermore, J’ohnnie provides training and on-site consulting for the optimization of wastewater treatment systems. She assists plant environmental departments with their laboratory testing methodology and lab layout as well as performing lab audits. Additionally, J’ohnnie is responsible for the safety aspect of EBS and assists with plant safety audits.
J’ohnnie received a B.S. degree in Microbiology from Louisiana State University in 1992 and has a background in Chemistry. She is a Certified Wastewater Lab Analyst through the state of Georgia and has trained personnel to pass this test. She is a member of the Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry (TAPPI) and also completed a 30-hour training in General Industry Occupational Safety and Health Standards and is a member of the National Safety Council (NSC).
J’ohnnie also volunteers for Habitat for Humanity and joined the EBS women employees on a Women’s Build project for that group.
Christopher Agosta
Environmental Engineer
agosta@ebsbiowizard.com
Christopher Agosta joined EBS in 2005 as an Environmental Engineer. Since then, he has traveled to many different paper mills across the southeast to monitor their treatment systems after upsets, assist in river studies, depth and tracer studies, and service different accounts. He also works with several non-paper mill clients. Currently, Christopher is assigned to accounts in the Southern Louisiana and Mississippi areas.
Prior to joining EBS, Christopher, served in the Louisiana National Guard from 1997 to 2005. He is a U.S. Army Veteran of Operation Enduring Freedom and was stationed at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan for eight months where he operated heavy equipment.
Christopher earned a B.S. in Environmental Engineering from Louisiana State University (LSU) in Baton Rouge, LA in May 2005. He currently holds a Class II Wastewater Operator Licenses in LA.
Jim Ballard
Environmental Technician
ballard@ebsbiowizard.com
Jim Ballard joined EBS in 2004 as an Environmental Technician. He has been contracted to several papermills in Louisiana as an environmental technician. Currently, Jim works in the EBS laboratory in Mandeville. In addition to running many of the wastewater treatment tests on samples, Jim’s specialty is running BODs.
Before joining EBS, Jim worked at the International Paper, Natchez, MS paper mill for sixteen years. At International Paper, Ballard performed work as an environmental technician, relief analyst, and lab operator. He assisted in the research and development of testing a new pulp product and was formally commended for his work.
Dorothy DeCarli
Senior Wastewater Consultant
ddecarli@windstream.net
Dorothy DeCarli joined EBS in 2004 as a Senior Wastewater Consultant in central Pennsylvania. Dorothy currently has account responsibilities at the Pennsylvania area with her consulting expertise utilized at two papermills.
Dorothy began her professional career servicing chlorine dioxide generation equipment for Rio Linda Chemicals, a division of Vulcan Material Company (VMC). Her career with VMC included pulp and paper chemical sales and service with Vulcan Chemical Technologies and Callaway Chemical Company. Dorothy also spent 5 years at Weyerhaeuser Company (currently Domtar) working as a Process Engineer with direct operating control of the wastewater treatment plant.
Dorothy earned her B.S. in Environmental Science from the Rutgers University in 1995. She currently volunteers as a member of the School Board for Anne Forbes Preschool in Ridgway, PA where she serves as Treasurer and assists with The Girls Scouts of America.
Donna Drummond
Project Manager, CPI and Refining
drummond@ebsbiowizard.com
Donna Drummond started working with EBS in 2007. She is responsible for growing EBS’s wastewater presence in the chemical processing and refining industries. She presently lives in Sugar Land, Texas.
Donna comes to EBS after a fifteen year career as a sales representative and district account manager with Nalco Chemical Company in the Basic Industries Group. She has extensive experience in water and wastewater treatment working in chemical and refining plants in both Texas and Louisiana. She has served as Shell’s TSO (Technical Support to Operations) in the Shell Norco Refinery in Louisiana. Prior to Nalco, Donna worked for Conoco (now Conoco/Phillips) in the Natural Gas and Gas Processing Plants (NG&GP) in their engineering management program. While with Conoco, she worked as a project engineer in their Conoco-Houston projects group as well as a field engineer in their gas plants, gas gathering system and refineries.
Donna earned her B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama in 1985. Donna belongs to the AIChe (American Institute of Chemical Engineers) and is a life member of Tau Beta Pi, Engineering Honor Society.
She has served in numerous activities including as a leader of two Girl Guide organizations in Canada, on Lakecrest School PTO board, as the secretary of St. John’s Newcomer’s club, as a CASA volunteer (Child Advocates of Ft. Bend), and she currently tutors students in chemistry at a Sugar Land high school.
Kermit Francis
Laboratory Manager
francis@ebsbiowizard.com
Kermit Francis joined EBS in April 2008 as a Wastewater Project Specialist. Kermit’s specialty is conducting tracer studies and depth surveys on wastewater treatment systems. Additionally, Kermit coordinates the water quality and fish population studies on the Pearl River for two area paper mills. In his current role as Laboratory Manager, Kermit, along with Technical Director J’ohnnie Wilson, manages the daily activities of laboratory personnel, incoming client samples, treatability studies, and special laboratory projects.
Prior to joining EBS, Kermit worked in a variety of environmental positions in both the private and public sector. These include stints with Anne Arundel County Department of Health, The Shaw Group, and the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ).
Kermit received a B.S. in Biology from the University of New Orleans (UNO) in 1999. He is a member of the Water Environment Federation (WEF). Kermit also volunteers time with Habitat for Humanity.
Emily Hamlin
Environmental Specialist
hamlin@ebsbiowizard.com
Emily joined EBS in November 2010 as a Chemist and works at the EBS labs in Mandeville LA. She supports client applications from across the United States via laboratory analysis of incoming samples. Emily also provides field support of local clients when needed.
EBS is Emily’s first job post college. She graduated from Drake University in Des Moines IA in December 2009 with a B.S. in Environmental Science and a B.A. in Chemistry. While in school, her Senior Capstone project was to complete a watershed mitigation plan for Camp Creek in eastern Polk County, IA for the Metro Waste Authority. She worked with Dr. Gholam A. Mirafzal on the Synthesis of 1,5-Diene Derivatives to Investigate Site-Selectivity in the Epoxidation Reaction with Dioxirane. Emily also worked on Prairie Restoration at the Loess Hills south of Council Bluffs.
Emily received several awards in school. She was the 2008 Recipient of the Marguarite Wilson Scholarship in Chemistry, became a member of Beta Beta Beta, the National Honors Society for Biology in 2008, received the 2006 recipient of the Drake Community Service Award – Special Merit, the 2005 Recipient of the Drake Presidential Scholarship , and was a 2005 Illinois State Scholar.
Emily has performed a variety of volunteer work. While at Drake, she was a fundraiser and event coordinator for the on campus Hurricane Katrina relief effort. She was a Kindergarten Religious Education Teacher for St. Catherine of Sienna at the Drake University Newman Center, was involved in the Drake University Diversity Leadership Retreat, and was a Historian on the Executive Council of La Fuerza Latina.
Marissa Jimenez
Senior Wastewater Microbiologist
jimenez@ebsbiowizard.com
Marissa Jimenez joined EBS as a Wastewater Microbiologist in spring 2008 and was promoted to Senior Wastewater Microbiologist in March 2011. Her responsibilities include laboratory support and analyses in all areas including microbiology, biological product development, and filamentous identification. Marissa’s focus is to take EBS to the next level in microbiological related analysis.
Marissa began her professional career in 2001 as a lab technician/microbiologist for Crescent Technology Incorporated (CTI). Central Analytical Laboratories (CAL) separated from CTI in 2003 and from there she worked as a microbiologist/microbiology lab supervisor through its purchase by Eurofins and renaming it to Eurofins Central Analytical Laboratories (ECAL) in 2007. Thus, Marissa worked for CTI/CAL/ECAL from 2001 through February 2008.
Marissa earned her B.S. in Microbiology from Louisiana State University (LSU) in 2001. She volunteers for Habitat for Humanity and joined the EBS women employees on a Women’s Build project for that group.
Jeff LaVoie
Senior Wastewater Consultant
jlavoie1@nycap.rr.com
Jeff LaVoie joined EBS in 2004 as a part-time Senior Wastewater Consultant located in Ticonderoga NY. He works with clients located in the Northeast USA and Eastern Canada.
Jeff began his professional career in 1979 as a Research Scientist for International Paper at their Sterling Forest Research Facility. From 1983 through 1989, he worked as the Laboratory, Environmental and Industrial Hygiene Manager at IP’s Pine Bluff facility. Jeff worked at Boise Cascade, International Falls for one year before returning to IP as the Quality Control Superintendent at their Natchez Mill. In 1993, Jeff went to IP’s Erling Riis Research Laboratory and then joined the Environmental group at IP’s Technology Center in Loveland OH where he serviced all IP wastewater treatment facilities and implemented the EPA’s Best Management Practices portion of the Cluster Rules. Jeff spent three years at Ticonderoga as a Wastewater Engineer before beginning a teaching career and pursuing a part time career with EBS utilizing his past expertise.
Jeff earned his B.S. in Chemistry from American International College, Springfield MA in May 1979. In January 2006, he completed a MSEd in secondary education from SUNY Plattsburgh, NY. Jeff is primarily a high school chemistry and physics teacher who services local wastewater facilities during school breaks and via the internet.
Jeff enjoys refereeing high school soccer matches. He also works in a liaison group with the American Chemical Society as one of 10 high school teachers from upstate NY to California who meet annually to (a) get ACS more involved with high school chemistry and (b) set up a core curriculum so that all chemistry teachers across America are sending students to college with the same background.
Josh Maxey
Environmental Specialist
maxey@ebsbiowizard.com
Josh Maxey joined EBS January 2010 as an Environmental Specialist assigned to a papermill in northern Louisiana. Josh’s responsibilities include data analysis of groundwater samples, daily field inspections, stormwater sampling and analysis, SPCC tank inspections, laboratory data analysis, DMRs and miscellaneous reporting, methanol sampling and hazardous waste pickup.
Josh began his career with the Ouachita Parish Mosquito Abatement group. He then worked for the University of Louisiana at Monroe (ULM) in cataloging specimens. Just prior to joining EBS, Josh worked for Eagle Environmental Services as a Lab Technician assigned to the Graphic Packaging, West Monroe, LA papermill.
Josh graduated in 2003 from the University of Louisiana at Monroe in Monroe, LA with a B.S. in Biology. He was involved with the Howard Hughes Biological Research Grant at ULM and was employed by ULM at the Museum of Natural History. Josh has been through the following schools of training: RCRA Hazardous Waste, DOT, he holds a Class II Wastewater Operator’s License, holds a Class 1 Drinking Water Operator’s License, and has been to Smoke School.
Josh volunteers his time coaching Little League Baseball in his community.
James (Dusty) McGehee
Environmental Specialist
mcgehee@ebsbiowizard.com
Dusty McGehee joined EBS as an Environmental Specialist in October 2008 located in Ruston, Louisiana. Dusty works with EBS clients in the northern Louisiana and southern Arkansas areas. His job includes monitoring and maintaining the EBS wastewater treatment system programs for those mills.
Dusty worked for Ballard Forestry and Surveying, LLC in Ruston LA, before joining EBS. He performed all Forestry duties for the company and was also the AutoCAD operator. Dusty graduated from Louisiana Tech University in 2006 with a B.S. in Wildlife Conservation.
Dusty volunteers his time coaching Junior High baseball at his alma mater, Cedar Creek in Ruston, Louisiana.
Robert McKenzie
Environmental Specialist
mckenzie@ebsbiowizard.com
Robby McKenzie joined EBS in mid-2008 as an Environmental Specialist located in Alabama and then Meridian, Mississippi. His job is to support clients in the Alabama region by monitoring their treatment systems and maintaining effectiveness of biological programs.
Robby is a graduate of the University of West Alabama, graduating in May 2008 with a B.S. in Environmental Science. While in Livingston, he was active in the Blackland Prairie Restoration program under the supervision of Dr. Doug Wymer of UWA.
Robby is a member of the Gulf Coast TAPPI, the Alabama WEF, and is a member of the Industrial Committee with the AWEA. He currently volunteers to judge science projects at local school science fairs and is involved in a variety of charitable activities he is passionate about.
Reed Nixon
Environmental Specialist
nixon@ebsbiowizard.com
Reed Nixon joined EBS in February 2011 as an Environmental Specialist located in Gallion AL. Reed joins Robby McKenzie in supporting clients in the Alabama region by monitoring their treatment systems and maintaining effectiveness of biological programs.
Reed graduated from the University of West Alabama in May 2010 with a Bachelor of Science, Environmental Science in Industry. While at school, Reed performed a variety of water, soil, and air testing associated with his classwork.
Reed is a member of the Alabama Water Environment Association and the Water Environment Federation. He also volunteers his time to judge local District and Regional Science Fairs for Patrician Academy in Butler AL. In addition, Reed coaches baseball for 13 to 15 year olds having played baseball for the University of West Alabama.
Herman Ohrt
Senior Wastewater Technician
ohrt@ebsbiowizard.com
Hermann Ohrt joined EBS as a Senior Consultant in mid-2009 after retiring as Utility Superintendent for Cognis Corporation in Kankakee, IL. Hermann works with the EBS clientele in the Illinois and surrounding areas. He assists clients in monitoring their wastewater treatment facilities, troubleshooting issues, and running pond studies.
Herman began his professional career as a pipefitter and machinery overhaul technician for General Mills Chemical Company (16 years). He then worked as a Maintenance Supervisor for Henkel Corporation (10 years). Finally, Herman worked with Cognis Corporation for 12 years eventually becoming Utility Superintendent before retiring. At Cognis, Herman was responsible for an activated sludge WWT plant, along with overseeing the running of all boilers, the nitrogen plant, firewater systems, all the underground piping (fresh water, fire water sewer) and nine cooling towers. Hermann also has an active K license for this plant. (The K license is the name for Illinois’ industrial wastewater treatment license.)
Hermann attended Kankakee Community College in Illinois taking courses in electronics, refrigeration, welding and small engine overhaul, eventually instructing some of these courses. He has been extensively trained in activated sludge systems by Michael Gerardie from Penn State.
Hermann has been married for over 40 years. He has been an Elder and the Secretary of his Church for the over 25 years and has served on the Grant Park School Board. He has been a Board of Director for the Cognis Credit Union for over 30 years and held the Chairman of the Board position for the majority of that time.
Allison Paine
Marketing & Business Specialist
paine@ebsbiowizard.com
Allison Paine joined EBS in March 2010. She works on the business side of the company assisting with all internal business action items such as in the accounting area as well as helping fulfill client needs such as safety packets, W-9′s, customer requested reports, and more. Allison works at the Mandeville, LA head office for EBS.
Allison received her B.S. in Biological Sciences from the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, MS in 1995. Her Major was in Biological Sciences/Environmental Biology and she has a Minor in Chemistry. Allison also has 15 Hours from the Louisiana State University Medical Center School of Nursing in New Orleans, Louisiana. She is a true “local,” graduating from Mandeville High School.
Allison’s most recent work experience includes working as a Research Associate III from 2001 to 2006 for the National Hansens Disease Programs. There she performed a variety of research tasks including cytotoxicity assays, screening of drugs, determination of Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (MIC) of compounds, determination of Minimum Bactericidal Concentration (MBC) of tuberculosis strains, and more. Jobs previous to that include work at Riverside Veterinary Hospital, Louisiana State University Medical Center as a Research Associate, and Biosyn Laboratories as a Formulary Chemist.
Allison currently donates a great deal of time to her children’s school where she assists with fundraising and performs extensive volunteer work. She was also a CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate) for foster children in Baton Rouge, LA. She volunteers for Habitat for Humanity and joined the EBS women employees on a Women’s Build project for that group.
Aaron Peck
Senior Environmental Specialist
peck@ebsbiowizard.com
Aaron Peck joined EBS February 2011 as a Senior Environmental Specialist. Aaron lives in Savannah, GA and works with the field technical support team covering EBS clients located in that vicinity. He is responsible for monitoring client’s wastewater treatment systems and maintaining effectiveness of their WWTP biological programs.
Aaron was an Assistant Professor at the Skidaway Institute of Oceanography where he managed a lab with its associated personnel. He was a Research Chemist for the National Institute of Standards and Technology and a Research Assistant for the University of Iowa. During that time he was involved with a variety of projects ranging from the role of vegetation in the global cycling of organic chemicals to the fate and cycling of emerging condiments in the Great Lakes to tracking cocaine and metabolites through wastewater treatment. Most recently, Aaron owned his own recycling business that covered the Savannah area.
Aaron received a B.S. in Chemistry and Geography in 1999 and a Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering in 2004 from the University of Iowa. Aaron is a member of the American Chemical Society (ACS) and the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC). He volunteers with Water Missions International (http://www.watermissions.org/), an organization that provides drinking water systems to developing countries.
Robin Schroeder
Environmental Specialist
schroeder@ebsbiowizard.com
Robin Schroeder joined EBS in August 2009 as an Environmental Specialist. She works with Beth Dillman in troubleshooting client issues across the country, supports client needs for local clientele, and provides supports for projects such as river and tracer studies.
Robin began her professional career in 2007 working as a geotechnical and environmental consultant for URS of Baton Rouge, LA. She worked primarily in oil refineries through 2009. While with URS, Robin worked on numerous RFI Phase I and II projects, wastewater analyses, corrective action projects, and Environmental Site Assessments. She is proficient in all aspects of field work involving environmental sampling, environmental borings, well installations, and water monitoring.
Robin received a B.S. in Marine Biology from Texas A&M University in 2005. She started her Masters at Louisiana State University (LSU) and will receive an M.S. in Hydrogeology in December 2011 from the University of New Orleans (UNO).
Robin enjoys volunteering at local schools to do guest lectures on the physical and biological sciences and also enjoys teaching sailing to young children. She volunteers for Habitat for Humanity and joined the EBS women employees on a Women’s Build project for that group.
Kenny Smith
Equipment Reliability
smith@ebsbiowizard.com
Kenny Smith joined EBS in March 2004. His responsibilities include the development, construction and installation of all EBS patented Bacterial Acceleration Chambers (BAC Units) as well as the routine maintenance on all BAC Units and nutrient pumps across the country. Prior to moving in-house to the Mandeville LA offices, Kenny worked as an EBS employee assigned to maintain wastewater compliance during the plant closure and demolition of the International Paper Company in Natchez, Mississippi.
Before joining EBS, Kenny worked for 25 years at International Paper Company in Natchez, Mississippi. He worked as a power plant operator, control room operator, and a waste water treatment operator.
For those old enough to remember this TV show, EBS considers Kenny our “McGyver.” If he doesn’t know how to fix it, make it, or build it, he will figure it out.
David Spencer
Environmental Specialist
spencer@ebsbiowizard.com
David joined EBS in February 2011 as an Environmental Specialist. David works with Laboratory Manager Kermit Francis on field projects where they conduct tracer studies and depth surveys on wastewater treatment systems. Additionally, David assists Kermit in coordinating the water quality and fish population studies on the Pearl River for two area paper mills.
David worked as a Lab Technician II for the City of Lake Charles Wastewater from Fall 2008 until joining EBS. While there, he performed wastewater testing, monitoring, and evaluated results for the City of Lake Charles as well as individual treatment plants not affiliated with the main wastewater facilities. David compiled daily and monthly summary reports sent to The Department of Environmental Quality. Prior to that, David worked as a Courier for Loftin, Cain, Gabb, and Leblanc L.L.C.
David graduated from McNeese State University in Lake Charles, LA in December 2007. He has a B.S. in Biological Sciences. He also holds Class I, II, and III Wastewater Collection and Treatment licenses in Louisiana and is working on his Class IV license. These certifications indicate David’s ability to successfully operate and understand the functions of a running wastewater facility.
Marie Tranchina
Training Department
tranchina@ebsbiowizard.com
Marie Tranchina works with Marieta Easley in the area of training and is located in our Mandeville office. She joined EBS in March 2007 in a laboratory technician capacity performing client support and research. Then she moved over to the business side of EBS in December 2008 to assist Christine Foster before moving into the training area January 2011. Marie coordinates the EBS semi-annual Wastewater Training Seminar held in Mandeville.
Marie has a B.S. in Ecology, Evolutionary, and Environmental Biology from Southeastern Louisiana University (SELU). She also volunteers with the American Marketing Association, New Orleans Chapter and for Habitat for Humanity joiningd the EBS women employees on a Women’s Build project for that group.
Daniel Williams
Environmental Specialist
williams@ebsbiowizard.com
Daniel joined EBS in February 2011 as an Environmental Specialist. He reports to Beth Dillman and supports clientele within an hour of the EBS headquarters. Daniel monitors the wastewater operations on behalf of EBS at several papermills, a dairy, and a chemical plant.
Prior to joining EBS, Daniel worked as an Organic Extractionist for TestAmerica Analytical lab where he was responsible for extracting organic compounds from soil and water samples to be tested for environmental pollutants. He was also a Chemist for Palm Commodities where he analyzed and adjusted metal solutions for mass production.
Daniel received a B.S. in Biology with a concentration in Psychology in 2008 from Tennessee State University in Nashville, TN. He also scored well on the State of Tennessee’s official lab technician test.
PARTNERS IN TECHNOLOGY
EBS has respect for many others in our field of wastewater treatment. These individuals are those we have great confidence in when it comes to operations, equipment, and microbiological experience. We are pleased to provide you with information on these individuals that work with EBS in the field as well as during our training seminars.
Paul Klopping
Principal Consultant for Callan & Brooks
Paul Klopping is Principal Consultant for Callan and Brooks in Corvallis, OR. Previously, Paul spent five years as Senior Vice-President of Industrial Wastewater for Brown and Caldwell. A specialist in biological wastewater treatment, he has over thirty years of experience in plant operations, training, and technical assistance. His expertise in activated sludge process control, solids handling, and facility management has been utilized in hundreds of projects throughout North America, the South Pacific, and Europe.
Paul’s education includes a B.S. and three years of postgraduate study in microbiology. He is a Certified Environmental Trainer, a former Department Chairman of the Water/Wastewater Technology Department at Linn-Benton Community College in Oregon, a charter member and Past President of the National Environmental Training Association, and Past President of the Pacific Northwest Pollution Control Association. Paul was a faculty member of TAPPI’s Activated Sludge Short Course and Biological Wastewater Workshop for eleven years.
Carl Siener
Sales Representative for ETEC
Carl Siener is a representative for Environmental Technical Sales (ETEC) of Baton Rouge, LA. ETEC represents over thirty equipment manufacturers serving the wastewater treatment industry and specializes in the pulp and paper industry. Carl is an expert in aeration equipment and aeration basin flow optimization.
Carl graduated from Louisiana State University in 1976 with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering. He has over twenty-five years of experience in the industrial wastewater treatment industry.
Dennis Saye
Regional Distributor, Midwestern United States
Dennis Saye began working with EBS in 2010 as a Regional Distributor. He currently resides in Aurora, IL and is the exclusive distributor for BioStar, MicroStar, and other EBS products for the Midwestern United States, which includes the states of Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota and Michigan.
Dennis holds a Bachelor of Science in Bacteriology from the University of Wisconsin and a Master of Science in Molecular Biology from the University of Illinois at Chicago. Following graduate school, he worked in the Biochemistry Department at Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois until he joined Nalco Chemical Company in 1989. He comes to EBS after retiring from Nalco in 2009 with over twenty years of experience in industrial water and wastewater.
