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Oklahoma City, OK 73160 • James@JDMiddleton.com • Linkedin.com/in/James-Middleton-Consulting • 405.436.3800 Plant Startup, Rapid Ramp-up & Manufacturing Operations Consultant Guiding technology, recycling, and clean energy industries toward growth and profitability More than 15 years of startup and turnaround manufacturing experience focusing on engineering and plant operations – paired with a chemical engineering degree. Efficient project manager known for opening facilities ahead of schedule and within budget. Highly knowledgeable about EPA and environmental quality TSCA rules and regulations. Built solid relationships within the recycling and reclamation industries. Bilingual with basic fluency in Spanish. • Building Layout • Contract Negotiations • Shipping & Receiving • Equipment Acquisition • Product Development • Patent Applications • Automation • Vendor Partnerships • JIT Inventory • Quality Assurance • Performance Improvement • Production Coordination Relevant Experience MIDDLETON & ASSOCIATES – Oklahoma City, OK May 2009 – Present Middleton & Associates provides engineering, project management, product development, and business infrastructure consulting to manufacturing companies throughout the globe. President & CEO • Designed plants for various uses in rubber and plastics recycling, including pyrolysis, thermal and chemical activation, refinery, gas to liquids, and various solid form modification and packaging techniques for bagging, sacking, and bulk loading of the solid products. • Submitted all necessary documents to apply for government permits and registrations to produce ultra- low sulfur liquid fuels, activated and non-activated carbons, steel, sulfur, and low sulfur gas. • Repurposed factory machinery and kilns for mobile soil reclamation projects in Brazil and Nigeria involving environmental cleanup of oil spills and dump sites. • Designed manufacturing plants for a client, to convert waste wood and cellulosic feedstock to liquid fuels with a preliminary output of 3,000 barrels a day. Laid out the receiving yards for arriving raw materials. • Provided technical assistance and testing support for feedstock conversion projects to a contractor to CalRecycle. Technical assistance with new product development relating to adhesives, coatings, and compounding. RESOURCE RECOVERY TECHNOLOGIES, LLC – Ardmore/Choctaw, OK May 2007 – Apr 2009 RRT specializes in hydrocarbon recovery from waste tires, processing 72 tons daily. Vice President of Operations Initially hired to layout, design, erect, staff, train, and run processing facility in Choctaw, OK, that recovered oil, gas, carbon, and steel from a feedstock of chipped waste tires – up to 72 tons per day. Submitted all regulatory documents, acquired construction permits, supervised construction of 20,000 sq ft facility, and oversaw installation of all equipment and piping.