Russell D. Sammons serves as Vice President of Refining Operations. Mr. Sammons will provide hands-on operational leadership for the company's operations as it seeks to plan and build several biodiesel refineries for its own account. In addition he will supervise the development and implementation of operational and safety procedures for for Nova's biodiesel refineries.
Mr. Sammons earned a master's degree in business administration from the University of Houston and a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the Colorado School of Mines. He began his career with Exxon in 1995 as a mechanical engineer and was promoted to more challenging assignments as a refinery profitability and energy analyst a mechanical section supervisor and turnarounds and major projects planning section supervisor throughout his career with Exxon and ExxonMobil. |