Company - Team

William J. McMahon
President and CEO

William ("Bill") McMahon has served as president of SCR-Tech since March 2005. He joined SCR-Tech with 28 years of business operations, sales, marketing and engineering experience including more than 25 years in the energy and utility industries. Prior to joining SCR-Tech, Mr. McMahon was group vice president of the Ultrapure Water division of Ionics, Inc., where he led 14 subsidiaries in both the U.S. and internationally, generating more than $250 million in annual revenues. From 1997 to 2000, he held several executive level positions including chairman, president and chief executive officer of Pantellos, a leading supply chain solutions company serving the energy industry; president and chief executive officer of Stone & Webster Sonat Energy Resources; and president of Stone & Webster Energy Services Inc. From 1978 to 1997, Mr. McMahon held positions of increasing responsibility in sales and marketing management at DB Riley, Inc., a leading supplier of steam generating, fuel firing and environmental equipment for electric utilities and industry, and at The Babcock & Wilcox Company, a world leader in power generation equipment design, supply and service including SCR systems for coal-fired power plants. During his tenure at DB Riley, Mr. McMahon launched their environmental business (now Babcock Power) utilizing technology from Germany. This division grew to become the leading environmental firm in the U.S. supplying air pollution control systems. Mr. McMahon began his career as a service engineer at Babcock & Wilcox, starting up coal-fired power plants and environmental equipment, and quickly worked his way up to District Sales Manager. Mr. McMahon earned a B.S. degree in Nuclear Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology and an MBA from Xavier University.

Michael F. Mattes
Executive Vice President
Vice President, Sales and Marketing

Michael Mattes has served as our vice president of sales and marketing since March 2007, and is responsible for all sales, marketing, customer service and business development activities for SCR-Tech.  Mr. Mattes joined SCR-Tech with 32 years of business operations, sales, marketing, engineering, and logistics experience, including more than 25 years in the energy and utility, chemical manufacturing and hazardous waste industries.  Prior to joining SCR-Tech, Mattes served as vice president of sales and business development for Schneider National Bulk Carriers where he led his sales team into new lines of businesses and improved customer relationships.  From 1984 to 2005, he held several executive level positions including group vice president of Phillip Service Corporation, a leading hazardous waste disposal and service company.  From 1980 to 1984, Mattes held positions of increasing responsibility in environmental engineering at Babcock & Wilcox Company, a world leader in power generation equipment design, supply and service including SCR systems for coal-fired power plants, where he was responsible for preparing bid proposals and negotiating license agreements.   He began his career in 1975 as a production supervisor for E.I. DuPont, Inc. a chemical manufacturing company, and was credited with achieving significant capacity increases and product improvements.  Mattes earned a B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Akron.

Eric B. Dana
Chief Financial Officer

Eric Dana has served as Chief Financial Officer since March 2008, and is responsible for all finance, accounting, human resources, information technology, and support for board of directors, business development, and investment community activities. He joined CoaLogix with 22 years of financial management, operations, risk management, and strategic planning experience in both publicly and privately held companies. He also brings significant experience with M&A, IPOs, and investment banking relations. Prior to joining CoaLogix, Mr. Dana held the position of Chief Financial Officer with companies in the real estate, banking, and insurance industries. He was most recently the Chief Financial Officer of Atlantic Blue Group, a real estate management, acquisition, and development company, where he led merger and acquisition efforts, including a successful diversification strategy to convert land holdings into income producing commercial assets. From 2001 to 2004, Mr. Dana was Chief Financial and Operation Officer for Lighthouse Financial Services, a start-up bank and financial services company, where he led the addition of new business lines, debt and equity offerings, and the eventual sale of the company to SunTrust Bank. From 1988 to 2004, Mr. Dana held several Chief Financial Officer and other management positions with First Union Corporation, the predecessor to Wachovia Bank and the 4th largest financial institution in the United States. Mr. Dana began his career in 1986 as an auditor with the Big 4 Accounting firm, KPMG Peat Marwick, serving clients in the financial services, manufacturing, and health-care industries. Mr. Dana earned a B.S. degree in Accounting from the University of Florida, an MBA from University of North Florida, and a CPA license.

Michael Cooper
Vice President, Technology

Mike Cooper worked for Catalytica Energy Systems (and previously Catalytica, Inc.) for more than twenty five years in developing, managing and deploying a wide range advanced catalytic technologies. Mr. Cooper is primary inventor on a number of patents for solid super-acid gasoline alkylation catalysts, as well as a solvent based regeneration process to restore the activity of those catalysts when they deactivate. In connection with this, he managed R&D efforts in both the United States and Finland as part of a joint development program between Catalytica, Conoco and the Finnish National Oil Company. Mr. Cooper also managed the technical services group for Advanced Sensor Devices, a Catalytica business unit that successfully developed and deployed a novel technology based on SCR chemistry for the monitoring of stack gas NO_x emissions. Most recently, Mr. Cooper has been responsible for manufacturing process development activities related to CESI’s proprietary small gas turbine NO_x reduction products and its mobile diesel NO_x reduction products. In connection with this, he has worked to transfer innovative catalytic technology from the laboratory bench and test cell to the commercial marketplace. Mr. Cooper was involved in the original acquisition and integration of SCR-Tech into the CESI parent company, and has continued to work very closely with the SCR-Tech technical team after that successful integration. In this regard, he served as project lead on the recently completed study jointly conducted between SCR-Tech, American Electric Power and Southern Company on SO₂ conversion optimization over regenerated SCR catalysts. In addition, he authored a paper on this work for Power Engineering Magazine and has given presentations relating to this at conferences held by EPRI, DOE / NETL and Electric Power 2006. Mr. Cooper earned Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in chemistry from San Jose State University.

Frank Wenz
Vice President, Plant Operations

Frank Wenz has served as general manager of plant operations for SCR-Tech since March 2002 and is responsible for all plant operations, logistics and facilities. Mr. Wenz joined SCR-Tech with more than 15 years of experience in product sourcing, purchasing, integrated logistics, materials management and production. Prior to joining SCR-Tech, Mr. Wenz was employed with American Trützschler, a major German textile equipment manufacturer. During his 10-year tenure with American Trützschler, he held positions of increasing responsibility in building and managing production plants including both start-up and test plant locations, as well as driving aftermarket parts sales, reducing inventory cost and increasing inventory turns in the U.S., Germany and Asia. Mr. Wenz holds a Bachelor's degree in Physics and a minor in Mathematics from the University of Montana.

Joseph Skipper
Project Manager

Joseph Skipper became Production Manager in early 2006 and has recently begun working in the catalyst management department of SCR-Tech. Joseph obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in chemical engineering from North Carolina State University in 2004. In June 2004 he began working for SCR-Tech as a chemical engineer. His experience with SCR-Tech includes the regeneration and rejuvenation of over 2,000 catalyst modules including both plate and honeycomb. Additionally, his experience includes SCR reactor and ancillary equipment inspections with reports and generating catalyst management plans.

Alex Ramuglia
Proposal Engineer

Alex Ramuglia joined Coalogix in March 2008 as a proposal engineer. Mr. Ramuglia earned a Bachelors of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from Washington State University in December 2007. Some of Mr. Ramuglia’s responsibilities include writing proposals for catalyst regeneration and management, inspecting SCR reactors and writing inspection reports, and marketing Coalogix services to new clients. Mr. Ramuglia has had experience with X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) in a summer internship working for Bruker AXS; XRF is one of the primary methods used to determine the elemental composition of catalysts.

Sherri Wegner
Wastewater Plant Supervisor

Sherri Wegner joined Coalogix in June 2008 as a wastewater plant supervisor. Sherri attended college at Clemson University where she graduated in May 2008 with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and a minor in Environmental Engineering. Some of Ms. Wegner’s previous work experience includes working as a Production Engineering Intern at Bemis Co. in Terre Haute, Indiana and working as a Laboratory Assistant for the Urban Entomology Laboratory at Clemson University.

Athen Tate
Production Supervisor

Athen Tate joined Coalogix in July of 2006 as his first full time position as an engineer. He began as the Wastewater Plant Supervisor, where he maintained safe handling and discharge of all waste water produced in the SCR catalyst regeneration process. He has also been very involved in process control development and process improvements in both waste water and production. In April of 2007 he began training for a management position in production where he has had increasing levels of responsibility. Mr. Tate earned a B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering from Clemson University.