Biographies

David AlthoffJr.
Solid Waste Program Specialist
Program Manager – Pennsylvania Industries of the Future
Solid Waste Program Specialist - PADEP, Office of Pollution Prevention and Compliance Assistance.

Additional Biographical information

David has been in his current position, Solid Waste Program Specialist for the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection’s Office of Pollution Prevention and Compliance Assistance (OPPCA), since August 1998 and has been the manager of the Pennsylvania Industries of the Future Program since 1999. From 1992 to 1998, Mr. Althoff was a PADEP solid inspector in the South Central Regional Office’s Bureau of Land Recycling and Waste Management. During that time period David conducted over 1200 regulatory inspections of businesses and industries in Pennsylvania.

David’s current responsibilities include overseeing the implementation, execution and measurement of various P2 and E2 non-regulatory programs across Pennsylvania which are designed to assist business and industry be less resource intensive, prevent pollution at its source and achieve economic development success.

David is a two-time winner of PADEP’s Individual Award for Excellence and received a DEP Certificate of Achievement in 2002 for his work in implementing the Pa. Industries of the Future Program. David is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh and received a B.S. in Biological Sciences in 1992.

Joeseph Barrett
Industrial Technologies Project Manager

Additional Biographical information

Mr. Barrett is the Industrial Technologies Project Manager for the Mid-Atlantic region and works from the Philadelphia Regional Office of the U.S. Department of Energy. Joseph previously worked as a Power Marketer with the Dayton Power & Light Company and as a Gas Marketer with Equitable Gas Co. He received a Master in Energy Resources from the University of Pittsburgh and is a Certified Energy Manager through the Association of Energy Engineers.

U.S. Department of Energy
1880 JFK Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19103
215-656-6957
joseph.barrett@ee.doe.gov

Len Bishop

No biography provided.

Jim Bollenbacher
Vice President, Environment, Health & Safety

Additional Biographical information

Mr. Bollenbacher is Vice President, Environment, Health & Safety for Alcoa Engineered Products, a division of Alcoa, Inc. a leading producer of aluminum primary and fabricated products around the world. He is responsible for developing and leading Alcoa Engineered Products’ EHS and Community strategies.

Mr. Bollenbacher is a member of Alcoa’s Worldwide EHS Lead Team, which is responsible for establishing Alcoa’s policies and direction on environment, health and safety issues. He is also a member of the Board of Trustees for the Indiana Nature Conservancy. He graduated from Indiana University of Pennsylvania (1980) and the Dickinson School of Law (1983).

Alcoa Engineered Products

Dr. Shiao-Hung Chiang

No biography provided.

Jack Gido (Panel #3)
Director of PENNTAP

Additional Biographical information

Jack Gido is Director of PENNTAP, the Pennsylvania Technical Assistance Program at Penn State University. He previously held dual positions as Manager of the Industrial Technology Extension Service for the New York Science and Technology Foundation and as Deputy Director of the Industrial Effectiveness Program at the New York State Department of Economic Development. Jack has 20 years of industrial management experience including the management of productivity improvement and manufacturing technology programs for General Electric and Mechanical Technology, Inc. He received his B.S. degree in electrical engineering from Penn State and an MBA from the University of Pittsburgh. Jack also has authored three books on project management.

Gary Goehring (Panel #1)
Manager of Environmental Engineering

Additional Biographical information

Garry Goehring is Manager Environmental Engineering for Alcoa Engineered Products with his major focus being on waste minimization and energy conservation. Last year Garry assisted Alcoa Energy in developing an Alcoa North American wide "Energy Efficiency Network" with a goal to address energy efficiency like other core values of Alcoa. The network identified over $20,000,000 in saving opportunities in 2002 at five Alcoa locations. The goal of this program will be to replicate these opportunities at other Alcoa locations and continue to continue to identify other new opportunities as well.

Garry was involved with Department of Energy's Utah 2001 Industrial Showcase where Alcoa Engineered Products'Spanish Fork, Utah, location was one of the hoist industries. Garry has a BS degree in Civil Engineering and has been with Alcoa for over twelve years.

Barry Halper

Mike Hitcho

Patrick McDonnell (Panel #4)
Director - Bureau of Environmental Sustainability

Additional Biographical information

Patrick McDonnell is the Director of the Bureau of Environmental Sustainability within the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection. The bureau is responsible for renewable energy and energy efficiency projects, toxics reduction, innovative technology and environmental management systems. Part of the Commonwealth’s pollution prevention strategy, the Bureau assists Pennsylvania’s citizens and institutions through programs like Growing Greener, the Pennsylvania Environment and Energy Challenge grant and the Pollution Prevention Site Visit Program.

Mr. McDonnell became Director in August 2002. Prior to that, he served as Executive Assistant to the Deputy Secretary for Pollution Prevention and Compliance Assistance since February 2000. He has also worked with the 21st Century Environment Commission and the Citizens Advisory Council.

McDonnell received his BA from DeSales University in Center Valley, PA, and his MA from Lehigh University in Bethlehem, PA.

Bureau of Environmental Sustainability
Office of Pollution Prevention and Compliance Assistance
P.O. Box 8772
Harrisburg, PA 17105-8772
717-772-8911

Bill Michalerya (Moderator, Panel #4)
Associate Vice President for Government Relations

Additional Biographical information

William Michalerya has primary responsibility for developing Federal and State research programs for Lehigh University and developing strategic alliances and technology partnerships. He also served as Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Infrastructure Technology Alliance (PITA), a Commonwealth –sponsored research and economic development venture between Lehigh University and Carnegie Mellon University, with an annual budget of $4 million. Prior to the Government Relations post, Mr. Michalerya served as Associate Vice Provost for Research at Lehigh.

He is active in local and statewide economic development initiatives, including an appointment by the Governor to the Boards of the Pennsylvania Technology Investment Authority (PTIA) and the Ben Franklin Technology Development Authority (BFTDA). He also served as co-chair of the Technology Committee of the Lehigh Valley Partnership and chair of the Technology Districts Committee of the Lehigh Valley Economic Development Corporation.

Previously he held the position of Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Competitive Technologies of PA, Inc., a firm partly owned by Lehigh University with a mission of R & D, program development, new company formation, and intellectual property management. Other duties at Lehigh University included the position of Manager of Industry Liaison and Technology Transfer for the Center for Advanced Technology for Large Structural Systems (ATLSS), a National Science Foundation sponsored research center with an average annual budget of $7 - $10 million.

Prior to joining Lehigh University, Mr. Michalerya spent ten years in professional practice as a consultant and project manager for a wide range of engineering and technology projects. His management experiences included hiring and management of staff, proposal preparation, budgeting, fiscal management, report writing, marketing, presentations, strategic planning and client development.

Mr. Michalerya earned a Bachelor and a Masters degree in civil engineering from Cornell University and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Lehigh University. He is a registered professional engineer.

Wojciech Misiolek (Aluminum Action Team Leader)
M. Eng. and Sc.D University of Mining and Matallurgy, Krakow, Poland

Additional Biographical information

After completing his doctoral work in metallurgy Dr. Misiolek became a faculty member at his Alma Mater in 1985. He spent the 1987/1988 academic year as a Kosciuszko Fellow at Lehigh working with Professors Avitzur and Notis on the fabrication of high temperature ceramic superconducting wire and analysis of axisymmetric drawing and extrusion. For the next nine years (since 1988), Dr. Misiolek was with the Materials Engineering Department at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in Troy, New York in different research and teaching positions, recently as Associate Professor. From 1992 to 1997 he directed the RPI Aluminum Processing Program, an industrial consortium performing pre-competitive interdisciplinary research, focussed mainly on the aluminum extrusion process.
Dr. Misiolek conducts research in materials processing and process engineering. His research and teaching interests have focused on powder metallurgy and processing of particulate materials, deformation and workability, surface treatment and coatings, and rapid prototyping. The common theme of these studies is to understand and develop characterization techniques for microstructure evolution in different materials in the solid, powder, or semi-solid forms during their forming and processing.
Dr. Misiolek has contributed over sixty publications to the research literature, holds a patent and has been recognized with several awards from different technical and academic organizations. Usually you can find him working in Whitaker Laboratory; or in his spare time, he enjoys outdoors activities such as skiing, biking or kayaking.

Lehigh University
wzm2@lehigh.edu
(610) 758-4252

Research
Publications

Raymond W. Monroe (Panel #1)
Executive Vice President

Additional Biographical information
Raymond W. Monroe rejoined the Steel Founders' Society of America as Executive Vice President on April 1, 1988. Prior to this, for a year he worked for Saturn Corporation, a General Motors subsidiary, in the lost foam casting area. Raymond also was the Research Director of SFSA for five years before leaving to join Saturn Corporation. Other past experience includes contract research in metallurgy, failure analysis and castings processes at the Southern Research Institute in Birmingham, Alabama for six years; and, while a student, working for NASA at Marshall Space Flight Center.

He holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Auburn University and received his M.S. in Engineering Science from the University of Alabama (Birmingham) in 1980. He is active in the American Society for Testing and Materials and the American Foundry Society.

His prior publications include several papers on metal combustion in oxygen and casting technology. The work in castings has been concerned with mold-metal reactions, quenching, heat treating, gas defects, and cast iron properties. Raymond has authored and co-authored many technical papers and publications, including the AFS book, Expendable Pattern Casting, published in 1992; a comprehensive review of the steel casting process called Making Quality Steel Castings: A Review of 20 Years of Literature.

Raymond has been active in the metal casting industry on behalf of SFSA and the steel foundries. He has been with the Board of the Cast Metals Coalition since its founding in 1989 and served as President in 1998 and 1999. Cast Metals Coalition is a partnership with the Office of Industrial Technology, U.S. Department of Energy Industries of the Future sponsoring research. He has also been on the Board of the American Metalcasting Consortium since its beginning in 1992. This is a partnership with the U.S. Defense Logistics Agency, U.S. Department of Defense to develop casting technology.

Raymond is also on the AFS MACT Task Force Steering Committee, working with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on the implementation and development of regulations governing the emissions of hazardous air pollutants from steel foundries. He serves on the Industrial Advisory Board for Penn State Manufacturing Engineering and UAB Mechanical and Material Science Engineering. He is active in establishing the SFSA Foundation to support education and research for the future of the Steel Casting Industry.

Steel Founders' Society of America

Christopher G. Moyer (Panel #2)
Executive Vice President - Pa. Foundry Association

Additional Biographical information

Chris Moyer has been associated with the Pa. Foundry Association since 1980. He was PFA’s first director of governmental affairs and has been the association’s chief executive officer since 1996. Since 1980, Moyer also has been affiliated with Lewis, Eckert, Robb & Company, a financial and management consulting firm specializing in government relations.

Moyer has been a past member of the American Society of Association Executives and the Pa. Society of Association Executives. He also has served as a volunteer officer and director of Allegheny Recovery Corporation, Foundry Industry Recycling Starts Today (FIRST), Inc. and Process Recovery Corporation.

Between 1975 and 1980, Moyer served in various research and administrative capacities on the Congressional staff of the late U.S. Representative R. Lawrence Coughlin (R-PA).

Moyer received his Master of Arts degree in 1974 from the University of Virginia and his baccalaureate degree in 1972 from the Johns Hopkins University.

Moyer is a native of southeastern Pennsylvania and resides there with his wife, Barbara. They have a son at Lafayette College, a daughter entering Muhlenberg College this fall and another daughter in high school.

Sudakhar Neti (Panel #2)
Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics

Areas of Expertise
Dr. Neti has broad experience in several areas of transport phenomenon that include computational methods for convection, and experimental techniques that span a wide range of length scales. He has published articels related to flow and heat transfer, space, conditioning, in-silico biology, and polymer processing.

Research Interests
Research interests include laser diagnostic instrumentation, adcances in computational methods for flow and heat transfer, two-phase flow and boiling, energy and mass transfer in desiccants, power plant performance, transport phenomenon in micro-environments, in-silico biology of drug efficacy, and non-Newtonian behavior and instabilities in polymer flows.

Consulting
Engineering consultant to numerous companies.

Positions and Memberships

• Director, Industrial Assessment Center (U.S.DOE), 2000-present.
• Visiting fellow, Wolfson College, Oxford University, England, Research Associate, Harwell Laboratory, England, 1985-1986.
• NASA-ASEE Faculty Fellow, NASA Ames Research Center, 1978.
• Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Society of Rheology, Phi Beta Delata, and Sigma Xi

Lehigh University
sn01@lehigh.edu
(610)758-4117

Tom Palisin (Panel #2)
Technology Investment Specialist

Additional Biographical information
Tom Palisin currently serves as a technology investment specialist in the Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) focusing on manufacturing extension, technology development and workforce issues.

Upon graduating from Penn State University, he served two years at Electronic Data Systems as a project manager and since 1995 has spent the last seven years in the Office of Policy and Technology Investment at DCED.

In his present capacity, Mr. Palisin is responsible for managing the state’s Industrial Resource Center Program – the largest manufacturing extension program in the nation. Previous assignments within the office have included the Customized Job Training and Job Link Program, the School to Work Opportunities Program, the small business incubator loan program, and the Ben Franklin Technology Program. Mr. Palisin has also been asked to serve in an advisory capacity to several organizations such as the Subcommittee on Incumbent Worker Training, review panels for the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the Mid Atlantic Conference on Technology.

Technology Investment Office
PA Department of Community and Economic Development
Commonwealth Keystone Building
400 North Street, 4th Floor
Harrisburg, PA 17120
Phone: 717-720-1396
Fax: 717-772-5080

R. Chadwick Paul (Welcome)
Chief Executive Officer

Additional Biographical information
Chad Paul has 25 years of entrepreneurial business experience and has started, secured investments for, or facilitated the merger of nearly two dozen companies. He is a consummate entrepreneur who truly understands the dynamics of developing new ventures.

Chad is Chief Executive Officer of the Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Northeastern Pennsylvania, an organization that has received national and international recognition as a model economic development program. Established in 1983, the Ben Franklin program was initiated and funded by the state to build the technology economy of the Commonwealth. The Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Northeastern Pennsylvania has helped the technology companies in its 19-county region prosper by providing them access to capital, business expertise, and university resources. Ben Franklin’s strategy encompasses three main areas: developing early-stage, technology-oriented companies; helping established manufacturers creatively apply new technology and business practices; and promoting an innovative community-wide infrastructure that fosters a favorable business environment for high-growth firms.

Chad founded Chadwick Telephone (now eComm) in 1976 while still in graduate school, and served as its President and CEO through 1999 when the company was merged with Executone of Pennsylvania. While building the company from a start-up to a significant national corporation, Chad also led allied companies including Chadwick Telecommunications Corporation (now XO Communications) and the Business Digest of the Lehigh Valley.

Beginning with deregulation in 1976, Chad assumed a leadership role in working with the Federal Communications Commission and other regulators to advance the telecommunications sector. He served for nine years as Vice-Chairman/Treasurer of the Competitive Telecommunications Association of the United States, and fourteen years as President of the Keystone Association of Long Distance Companies.

Chad serves as a Trustee of Keystone Savings Bank, the Bethlehem Rotary Club, and the Achievement Foundation, an organization that awards college scholarships to students who have participated in U.S. Junior Achievement Programs. He has been a part of an angel investing network, and has sat on the boards of various private technology companies. Chad is the 1992 recipient of the Bethlehem Chamber of Commerce’s Small Business Person of the Year Award.

Chad holds an MBA, with an emphasis in Management Information Systems from Lehigh University. He holds a BS in Business and Economics, with a minor in International Relations, also from Lehigh.

Chad lives in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania with his wife, Lynne and their two sons.

Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Northeastern Pennsylvania
cpaul@nep.benfranklin.org
(610) 758-5200

Christine Retarides (Panel #4)
Contract Administrator

Additional Biographical information

Ms. Retarides has been a contract administrator with Alcoa in the Government Marketing group for more than eight years. During this time, she has worked extensively with the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Industrial Technologies’ Industries of the Future program. Her experience also includes contracts with various Department of Defense agencies including the Air Force Research Lab and Office of Naval Research. Her contract administration responsibilities encompass all aspects of government contracting from the preparation of proposals; the negotiation of cooperative agreements, contracts, and CRADA’s; as well as the administration of contracts through closeout activities.

A few of the specific DOE cooperative agreements that Ms. Retarides has administered include the Energy Efficient Aluminum Production Pilot Scale Cell Tests Program, the Phase III Advanced Anodes and Cathodes Program, and the Aluminum Carbothermic Technology Program.

Prior to joining Alcoa, Ms. Retarides spent six years in grants and economic development program administration with the Armstrong County (PA) Department of Planning and Development. She has a B.A. in Economics from the University of Maryland and an M.B.A from Duquesne University. Additional certification includes a Masters Certificate in Government Contracting from the George Washington University.

ALCOA
retarides@alcoa.com
724-337-3720

Edie Ritter

No biography provided.

John Sale

No biography provided.

Paul Scheihing (Team Leader, Lunch time keynote speaker)

Director, Chemical and Enabling Technologies
U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Industrial Technologies
Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
Washington, DC

Additional Biographical information

Mr. Scheihing is the Team Leader of the Chemical and Enabling Technologies section within the Department of Energy’s Office of Industrial Technologies(OIT). Mr. Scheihing provides oversight and leadership to two OIT teams which address chemical and allied processes, and crosscutting industrial energy system research and development (R&D).

During his fourteen year tenure at DOE, Mr. Scheihing has developed with US industry a variety of research, development and technology deployment partnerships and initiatives that all aim to encourage the more rapid adoption of energy efficient industrial technologies. He recently was the Chemical Industry of the Future program team leader, and from 1992 to 1999, he managed DOE’s voluntary industry partnerships such as Motor Challenge, Steam Challenge and Compressed Air Challenge, that were then integrated within OIT’s current BestPractices initiative.

Previous to DOE, Mr. Scheihing worked for five years at the Garrett Turbine Engine Company in Phoenix, Arizona, and five years with Westinghouse Electric Corporation in Concordville, Pennsylvania for five years. Both jobs were as a Gas Turbine Development Engineer.

Mr. Scheihing has a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Connecticut in Storrs, Connecticut and a Masters of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Drexel University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Robert S. Thomson, III
Director of Enterprise Development

Additional Biographical information

Bob Thomson has over 25 years experience in industrial technology development. His professional career began in engineering, followed by research and development. For the last 17 years, he has been involved in technology commercialization and new venture development.

Bob is Director of Enterprise Development at the Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Northeastern Pennsylvania, an organization that has received national and international recognition as a model economic development program. Established in 1983, the Ben Franklin program was initiated and funded by the state to build the technology economy of the Commonwealth. The Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Northeastern Pennsylvania has helped the technology companies in its 19-county region prosper by providing them access to capital, business expertise, and university resources. Ben Franklin’s strategy encompasses three main areas: developing early-stage, technology-oriented companies; helping established manufacturers creatively apply new technology and business practices; and promoting an innovative community-wide infrastructure that fosters a favorable business environment for high-growth firms.

Bob joined Ben Franklin in 1986. His responsibilities at Ben Franklin include planning and implementation of Ben Franklin’s strategy for the Lehigh Valley region, targeted assistance to both established and early stage technology firms, investment of funds (from Pennsylvania’s Ben Franklin Partnership Program) in support of these firms, and coordination of a regional angel investing network. Prior to holding this position, he was Manager of Entrepreneurial Programs which included management of the Ben Franklin Business Incubator Center (BFBIC). The BFBIC was the recipient of the 2001 Randall M. Whaley Incubator of the Year award, presented by the National Business Incubation Association (NBIA).

Bob is also President of two non-profit partnerships that, in a joint effort with the Northampton County New Jobs Corporation, oversee the operation of the John M. Cook Technology Center complex. It is comprised of two buildings that house technology firms, including four graduates from the BFBIC.

Bob has served two three-year terms on the NBIA Board of Directors, his last year being Board Chairman. He has made presentations and served as a panel moderator at several NBIA conferences. He was a director for the Pennsylvania Incubator Association and has served on the Advisory Council for the Bridgeworks Enterprise Center. He currently is a member of the Technology Districts Subcommittee which is part of the Technology Investment Group for Lehigh Valley Economic Development Corporation.

Bob holds an MBA from Lehigh University, an MS from Pennsylvania State University, and a BA from the University of Pennsylvania. He lives in Lower Saucon Township, Pennsylvania with his wife, Jo-Ellen. They have one daughter and two sons.

Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Northeastern Pennsylvania

Eric A. Thumma
Deputy Secretary

Additional Biographical information

Eric A. Thumma is the Deputy Secretary for the Office of Pollution Prevention and Compliance Assistance. The Deputate, created in January 1996, works with citizen groups, businesses, trade organizations, local governments and communities to help Pennsylvanians understand and apply pollution prevention, energy efficiency, and environmentally sound technology practices into their daily decision-making process. Mr. Thumma is also responsible for fostering the development, exporting, and utilization of innovative environmental technologies and services offered by Pennsylvania companies. The appointment became effective July 12, 2002.

Mr. Thumma was the Secretary’s Executive Assistant from 2001 until his appointment. Earlier, he served for two years as an Executive Assistant to DEP’s Deputy Secretary for Air, Recycling, and Radiation Protection. Mr. Thumma also worked in the Office of Pollution Prevention and Compliance Assistance, where he was instrumental in the development of the Pennsylvania Environmental Assistance Network to provide neutral third-party pollution-prevention and energy-reduction services to businesses and other organizations.

Prior to joining DEP, Mr. Thumma served as a Pennsylvania Management Intern in the Governor’s Executive Offices. Mr. Thumma is a graduate magna cum laude of the University of Pittsburgh’s College of Arts and Sciences and Graduate school of Public and International Affairs.

Office of Pollution Prevention and Compliance Assistance
ethumma@state.pa.us
(717) 783-0540

Dr. Robert Voigt

No biography provided.

David Williams (Welcome and Academic Response in 'State of the Industries Panel)
Vice Provost for Research

No biography provided.