|
Mr. Phillips serves as Chairman, President and CEO and is responsible for business strategy, goal setting and providing direction toward reaching organizational goals. He will also work jointly with the management team on securing purchasing, logistics and marketing contracts and relationships.
He has previously served as Chairman, President and Director of Systems Management Solutions, Inc., parent of SMS Envirofuels, Inc., as well as an Advisory Director of SaFuels, Inc. both biodiesel producers. Mr. Phillips became interested in the biodiesel industry in 1998 as counsel to Texoga Industries, Inc. and was responsible for the organization of SaFuels, Inc. which began the operation of a pilot plant that year. In 2001, SaFuels, Inc. entered into a joint venture with Aegis Fuels Technologies, Inc., another client of Mr. Phillips which became SMS Envirofuels, Inc. and was acquired by Systems Management Solutions, Inc.
Mr. Phillips has been involved in the legal as well as the business operations of several companies. During the 1970's, he was involved in the securities registration, marketing and operations of several oil and gas and real estate limited partnerships. During the 1980's, he was involved in several public companies, including as founding shareholder of Ensource, Inc. (Formerly listed on the NYSE:EEE). During the 1990's, Mr. Phillips was a founding director of International Well Control, Inc. and served as General Counsel to its successor, Boots & Coots International Well Control, Inc. (AMEX:WEL).
Mr. Phillips is an attorney, licensed to practice in the State of Texas and admitted to practice before the United States District Courts for the Southern and Western Districts of Texas and before the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. He is also a member of the College of the State Bar of Texas. Mr. Phillips attended the University of Texas and the University of Texas School of Law, receiving his JD degree in 1966. | 