Biocentric Energy Holdings, Inc. (BEHL)

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Brian Goodall
Vice President, Downstream Technology at Sapphire Energy, Inc.

Location
Greater San Diego Area
Industry
Oil & Energy
Current Vice President, Downstream Technology at Sapphire Energy, Inc.
Past Vice President of Technology Development at Imperium Renewables Inc.
Senior Fellow, Chief Scientist and Program Manager at Rohm and Haas Company
Senior Research Fellow and Director of New Technology at Albemarle Corporation
Senior Research Fellow and Director of Chemical Sciences Department at B.F. Goodrich Company
Staff Scientist at Shell
Lecturer in Inorganic Chemistry at University of the West Indies


Education University of Chicago
University of Bristol
University of Bristol


Summary
Research and development leader, program and project leadership. Inventor and innovator. Technology entrepreneur and strategic thinker in both the alternative energy and petrochemical industries. Creating and building strong intellectual property portfolios. The interface between technical and commercial success. Preparing winning research proposals. External funding - identifying, winning and managing. Identifying new opportunities and turning them into commercial successes. Strategy development. Technical leader and proven builder of winning teams and winning technologies.

SpecialtiesFields of expertise: Biofuels. Renewable fuels. Alternative energy and fuels, diesel, jet and gasoline). Renewable chemicals. Cleantech. Sustainable development. Catalysis. Biodiesel and related catalysis. Polymerization catalysis. Homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis. Inorganic chemistry. Organic Chemistry. Organometallic chemistry. Macromolecular engineering. Polymers. Materials. Composites. High throughput screening. Industry-academe collaborations.

Company Buzz Experience
Vice President, Downstream Technology Sapphire Energy, Inc.
Oil & Energy industry

May 2008 – Present (1 year 11 months)

Funding!!
http://www.sapphireenergy.com/press_release/17
http://www.energy.gov/news2009/8352.htm
http://albuquerque.bizjournals.com/albuquerque/stories/2009/11/30/daily50.html

Algaeus
http://www.nytimes.com/external/venturebeat/2009/09/08/08venturebeat-sapphire-energy-launches-algae-powered-hybrid-1361.html
http://www.sapphireenergy.com/algaeus

Green Jet Fuel
http://www.icao.int/WAAF2009/Presentations/16_Goodall.pdf
http://www.sapphireenergy.com/press_release/11

First algae flight!
http://www.click2houston.com/news/18431397/detail.html#video
http://www.10news.com/video/18434156/index.html

Vice President of Technology Development Imperium Renewables Inc.
Privately Held; Oil & Energy industry

April 2007 – May 2008 (1 year 2 months)

Responsible for all aspects of R&D and technology development including oil seed crops and development, alternative feedstocks, heterogeneous esterification and trans-esterification catalysis, glycerol utilization and derivatization, biojet fuels (including the first biojet fuel used on a commercial jet, February 2008) and next generation technologies. Collaborated with Prof. Norman Lewis, WSU in winning major USDA/DOE award.
http://cahnrsnews.wsu.edu/reportertools/news/2008/lewis-biofuel-2008-04.html

Senior Fellow, Chief Scientist and Program Manager Rohm and Haas Company
Public Company; Chemicals industry

April 2002 – April 2007 (5 years 1 month)

Built a team that together has developed the first catalyst family and, related technology, that can copolymerize olefins and acrylates to high MW, linear, random copolymers of ethylene with low levels of acrylates. Prepared a winning NIST ATP proposal that has partially supported this initiative. Initiated and co-authored three successfully funded NSF GOALI proposals and led the resulting industry-academic collaborative R&D.
http://www.azom.com/news.asp?newsID=1483
http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Rohm+and+Haas+receives+$2+million+award.(Industry+News)-a0120134239


Senior Research Fellow and Director of New Technology Albemarle Corporation
Public Company; ALB; Chemicals industry

June 1999 – March 2002 (2 years 10 months)

Launched a new high throughput screening initiative. Developed a new family of stoichiometric, thermally-stable activators. Prepared a winning NIST ATP proposal that partially supported this program.
http://pubs.acs.org/cen/coverstory/7943/7943catalysts3.html


Senior Research Fellow and Director of Chemical Sciences Department B.F. Goodrich Company
Public Company; GR; Aviation & Aerospace industry

July 1988 – June 1999 (11 years)

Discovered and developed the catalyst and polymer technology (around 30 patents) that now forms Promerus (www.promerus.com). Prepared a winning NIST ATP proposal (joint BFGoodrich/3M) that supported this project in the first 5 years. Identified the commercial applications (e.g. photoresists, low-k dielectric materials, films etc), built partnerships and led the way to commercialization. Promerus is now owned by Sumitomo-Bakelite. Read about the history and technology developed on the Promerus website (link above).
http://jazz.nist.gov/atpcf/prjbriefs/prjbrief.cfm?ProjectNumber=95-05-0038


Staff Scientist Shell
Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Chemicals industry

January 1976 – July 1988 (12 years 7 months)

Most important commercial success was the invention and commercialization of SHAC (Super High Activity Catalyst) for propylene polymerization. This was the first commercial MgCl2 supported catalyst for PP, was commercialized in 1981 and accounts for roughly 40% of today's global PP production (largely in the Unipol PP process). Patents go back to the late 1970's and other key contributors in the development include my firends Bob Job, Peter Kilty, Wade Callendar and Bob Nielsen.

Worked in various other fields including ethylene oligomerization, olefin telomerization, oxidative and reductive carbonylation, hydroformylation and fine chemical opportunities. Catalyst expert on a major plant audit that resulted in significant debottlenecking and capacity increase.

Lecturer in Inorganic Chemistry University of the West Indies
Educational Institution; Higher Education industry

September 1974 – December 1975 (1 year 4 months)

Education
University of Chicago Post Doc Chemistry
1973 – 1974

Activities and Societies: NATO Post-doctoral Fellowship with Prof. Jack Halpern

University of Bristol Ph.D. Organometallic Chemistry
1970 – 1973

Professors F.G.A. Stone and M.I. Bruce

University of Bristol B.Sc. Chemistry
1967 – 1970

First Class Honours