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Leadership
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Envirocon has been successful
in recruiting and retaining a highly qualified professional staff
with substantial experience in the environmental remediation, demolition, geotechnical
and water-related services industries. Envirocon's Key Corporate
Personnel are listed below:
Jack Gilbraith, President and Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Gilbraith has over 25 years of remedial construction management experience including program and project oversight, budget, and schedule control.
He has supervised various project types ranging from wastewater treatment plant construction, radiological cleanup, waste processing, and chemical treatment.
Specific remedial project work has included large-scale mine reclamation, petroleum, and pesticide site remediation.
Mr. Gilbraith previously served for 10 years as Envirocon's Chief Operations Officer/Vice President of Operations where he managed all aspects of
performance on remedial construction projects. He was promoted to President/CEO in September of 2006. As President and CEO of Envirocon,
Mr. Gilbraith is responsible for all aspects of Envirocon's business.
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Earl McCall, Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Earl McCall serves as Chief Financial Officer of Envirocon. Previous to joining Envirocon, Mr. McCall
acted as Controller for Washington Corporation for the past seven years and prior to that was
the Controller for Westran, Inc., a subsidiary of Washington Corporations specializing in
over-the-road heavy hauling and bulk materials transportation. After graduating from the University of
Montana, he began his career with Coopers and Lybrand in Seattle, Washington as a staff auditor. Before
returning to Montana, Mr. McCall had supervised audits of both public and private entities and was promoted
to tax supervisor for selected corporate clients. Mr. McCall is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and as
CFO of Envirocon, he is responsible for directing all financial and fiscal aspects of the company.
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Kris Kok, Chief Operations Officer/Vice President
Mr. Kris Kok serves as Envirocon's Chief Operating Officer/Vice President.
Since joining Envirocon in 1989, Mr. Kok has held the positions of Project Scientist, Project Manager, Project Director, and Western Regional Manager.
He has successfully completed projects involving RCRA pond closures, slurry walls, landfill capping, sludge desiccation,
sludge stabilization, hazardous-waste transport/disposal, and large-scale earth movement.
He completed his B.S. in Earth Sciences at Montana State University in 1986. Since 1998, Mr. Kok is responsible for the successful
execution of over $450 million of remediation work in the United States.
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Charlie Wells, Vice President of Business Development
Mr. Wells has over 21 years of experience in the environmental services and
remediation markets with an extensive background in management, service operations,
and business development. He has worked with clients on projects involving
site remediation of hazardous wastes, contaminated soils and groundwater,
facility decontamination, and on-site treatment. As Vice President of Business
Development, Mr. Wells is responsible for all aspects of our business development
efforts, marketing, and corporate accounts program.
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Joseph
J. Ocken, CIH, CHMM, CSP, Corporate Director of Health & Safety
Mr. Ocken has over 30 years experience in all aspects of safety, industrial hygiene, and environmental protection.
His corporate management experience includes more than 10 years experience in the areas of safety programs, industrial hygiene,
medical monitoring, environmental compliance, waste management, loss-control, training, safety performance metrics, project cost estimating and budget forecasting.
As the Corporate Director for Health and Safety, Mr. Ocken is responsible for managing a staff of more than 35 health and safety professionals and technicians
serving as safety officers, industrial hygienists, and radiation safety officers.
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KRISTINA L. PAFFHAUSEN, CPA, Vice President/CONTROLLER
Ms. Paffhausen has over 18 years of experience involving both public and management accounting.
Her current responsibilities include oversight of all accounting and financial matters of the Company.
Her expertise includes financial analysis, budgeting, business development, project management,
contract administration, risk management, and process development (policies and procedures)
with an emphasis on internal controls. She has extensive knowledge of Generally Accepted
Accounting Principles (GAAP), Government Cost Accounting Standards (CAS), and FAR regulations.
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John
D'Antuono, Director of Contracts
Mr. D'Antuono has over 21 years of experience in Contracting including
subcontracting, procurement, and he also has served as the Security
Officer for the Foreign Ownership Control and Influence Proxy
Board. Over his career, John has successfully bid on and negotiated
awards totaling over $800 million in federal, state, and local
government and commercial contracts.
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David Jacobs, District Manager
Mr. Jacobs, District Manager, has over 18 years of experience in implementing hazardous waste site remediation activities throughout the western United States. He has experience managing personnel and equipment for construction, remediation, demolition, and treatment operations. He joined Envirocon in 1999 and has served in the role of Project Manager, Project Director, Branch Manager, and District Manager. Mr. Jacobs' current responsibilities as District Manager and head of the Demolition Services Group include oversight of all office and field staff in the northwest district office and their performance of projects throughout the United States and Canada. Projects performed in his District have ranged from the three year Head of the Hylebos Superfund Sediment Remediation project to the complete decommissioning of an aluminum smelter in Vancouver, Washington.
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Louay M. Owaidat, District Manager
Mr. Louay M. Owaidat is the District Manager for Envirocon's Operations in California He began his tenure with Envirocon in 2003. Mr. Owaidat manages a team of twenty engineers and managers, overseeing environmental and civil construction work. He has a bachelor's and a master's degree in civil engineering from the University of Missouri-Rolla and Washington University respectively. Mr. Owaidat has nineteen years experience in the environmental and civil works construction fields, and has successfully managed over $200 million worth of construction projects. He is a Director with the Construction Institute, and has authored / co-authored over ten publications related to levee and soil improvements, and slurry wall construction.
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Kevin Strahley, District Manager
Mr. Strahley currently oversees operations from Envirocon's office in Denver, Colorado. Mr. Strahley has 27 years experience in the environmental remediation industry. He came to Envirocon in 1999 to manage project operations at Rocky Mountain Arsenal where he spent 6 years overseeing eight projects totaling more than $60 million in value, two of which were the largest projects completed to date. Mr. Strahley's management expertise includes technical approach formulation and implementation; cost estimating and control; subcontractor evaluation and management; critical path schedule development; and management, equipment, and personnel selection. He has comprehensive experience with CERCLA/SARA, RCRA, TSCA, and other Federal/State regulatory programs. Mr. Strahley has acted as liaison with regulatory officials from EPA, DOD, and state and local agencies in 23 states and U.S. territories. Mr. Strahley has managed numerous large-scale hazardous waste remediation projects including pesticide, wood treating, aerospace, automotive, mining, and petrochemical and DOD facilities.
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