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Prior to joining Changing World Technologies, Mr. Freiss was Director of Environmental Affairs for ContiGroup Companies, Inc. (formerly the Continental Grain Company). His responsibilities included environmental management oversight for companies and divisions of ContiGroup that were involved in the production of fish, pork, poultry, cattle, grain, animal feeds and vegetable oil within the United States and abroad. During his nine-year association with ContiGroup, Mr. Freiss played an important role in corporate reorganization through many acquisitions and divestitures. He also led ContiGroup’s substantial research and development program aimed at sustainable environment technologies for agriculture. Prior to his tenure with ContiGroup, Mr. Freiss worked with CABE Associates, Inc. an environmental and civil engineering consulting company in Dover, Delaware, and with Perdue Farms, Inc., a major U.S. poultry processor in Salisbury, Maryland.
Mr. Freiss has chaired or participated in many agriculture related industry associations and committees; holds one patent for waste thickening processes; and has published numerous papers on wastewater management issues. Mr. Freiss received his Bachelor of Science degree in Agricultural Engineering from the Pennsylvania State University in 1985, and obtained his Professional Engineering license from the State of Delaware in 1989. | 