ENEX International                                                

Jim Thompson has 22 years experience in the chemicals / petrochemicals industry with broad activities that include project management of new plant / major plant expansion programs, process and quality improvements, cost reduction programs, technology selections, and technology  management.  His technical, economic and business expertise includes manufacture of the following products:

Phenol/Acetone/AMS       Phthalic Anhydride       Polyester Resin Cumene                            Maleic Anhydride         Phthalate Esters          Bisphenol-A                      Aniline                           2-Ethylhexanol            Polypropylene                  Diphenylamine              Acrylic Sheet

Mr. Thompson has a results-driven management style with a strong engineering / technical background and excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Professional Experience

2001-2002     Sunoco Chemicals;  Manager – Process Engineering & Technology

• Managed a group of 4 professionals that provided support to Sunoco’s cumene, phenol and related businesses.  

1986-2000     Aristech Chemical Corporation; Pittsburgh , PA 

   1998-2000  Director Process Engineering

• Directed Aristech’s corporate engineering group of 15 managers and professionals who implemented projects resulting in over 40 MM$/yr in operating savings.

• Responsible for Chemicals Division technology management, process evaluations and technical support.

• Member of the Phenol & Related Business Team responsible for strategic planning, developing business unit goals, capital and operating budgets, and R&D.

• Had leadership roll in a 144 MM$ phenol plant expansion.

   1994-1998  Manager Technology, Industrial Chemicals Business Unit

• Managed the R&D and engineering resources for the business unit.

• Provided technical expertise for the business unit, plants and customers.

• Led the commercial implementation of new technologies in phenol and aniline plants.

    1992-1994    Senior Engineer, Process Engineering & Technology

• Led engineering team for debottlenecking a 2-ethylhexanol plant.

• Provided technical support for phthalate anhydride and polyester resin unit.

• Implemented acrylic compounding process at a toll manufacturer.

• Piloted reactive extrusion polypropylene process.

                         1986-1992    Senior Research Engineer

• Developed in-situ aniline catalyst regeneration technology.

• Led the development of ABS/acrylic extrusion lamination process that led to a 30 MM$/yr specialty business.

• Developed depolymerization process for recycled acrylic scrap.

   1980 – 1986   USX Corporation;  Research Engineer

• Provided technical support on blast furnace technology to six plants.

• Developed models for production planning and process optimization.

Education

B.S. Chemical Engineering (Cum Laude); West Virginia University ,  1980

Tau Beta Pi, Omega Chi Epsilon, and Omega Rho Honoraria

M.S. Engineering Management; University of Pittsburgh , 1987

Patents & Publications

“ABS/Acrylic Lamination Process”, U.S. Patent No. 5,069,851;  December 3, 1991

“Utilization of a Paul Wurth Charging System to Optimize Blast Furnace Performancy With Pellet Burdens”, American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers Ironmaking Conference Proceedings; April, 1986.

“Linear Optimization of a Polypropylene Plant”, International Congress on Technology and Technology Exchange; October, 1984.

“Utilization of Daily Material & Energy Balances to Evaluate and Improve Blast Furnace Performance”, American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers Ironmaking Conference Proceedings; April, 1983.

Personal

Member:      American Institute of Chemical Engineers 

                        Society of Plastic Engineers