O. Wayne Mitchell, P.E. - Vice President Engineering and Process Technology

Mr. Mitchell is also CEO and President of Merinus LLC, which provides consulting services to the renewable energy industry. Prior to forming Merinus, he was Senior Vice President, Technology and Business Development for Fagen, Inc. from June 2000 until January 2007. At Fagen, he led the fuel ethanol project group resulting in development and construction of over 50 fuel ethanol projects with a combined capacity of over 3.5 billion gallons per year. From May 1998 to June 2000, Mr. Mitchell served as Process Team Leader for Reilly Industries, Inc., where he directed multidisciplinary teams engaged in chemical process research and development. From March 1998 to June 2000, Mr. Mitchell was President and owner of Solid Rock Consulting, LLC, a private company providing consulting services to the ethanol industry.

From May 1996 to May 1998, he worked as Plant Manager and Quality Assurance Manager for Micronutrients, LLC, an animal feed supplement manufacturer. Prior to joining Micronutrients, from January 1993 to May 1996, he served as the Design Engineer for Broin and Associates, Inc. where he performed detailed process design and start-up of dry grind ethanol plants. From August 1991 to January 1993, he served as senior environmental project engineer for Heritage Environmental Services, Inc. where he was involved in environmental consulting and project management at major oil refineries. Prior to that, Mr. Mitchell served as an area manager for Ethyl Corporation.

Mr. Mitchell also serves as Director of Further Fuels, L.L.C., a fuel ethanol production facility under development near Grand Junction, IA. and is a Director of Badger State Ethanol, LLC, a fuel ethanol production facility in Monroe, WI. Mr. Mitchell has a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.