Agricultural Commodities Trading, Operations Consultant and Expert Witness

Expertise

• Agricultural commodity trading
• Agricultural commodity supply chain management
• Agricultural commodity marine transportation
• Biofuels operations and trading

Expert Witness Experience

Provided legal services for the following entities:

• Federal Maritime Commission
• District Court, Hildalgo County
• U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina
• Court of Common Pleas, Hamilton County, Ohio
• District Court, Bonneville County
• NGFA Arbitration Case
• District Court of Lincoln County, Nebraska:
• U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Middle District of North Carolina
• U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana:
• U.S. District Court, Southern District of Iowa
• Superior Court of the State of California for the County of Orange

Experience

Undisclosed Company, President, 2005 - Present

• Providing consulting services for agricultural commodity trading companies, biofuels companies and dry bulk maritime companies.
• Expert witness services relating to commodity trading, operations, and supply chain management.
• International seminar speaker on grain and biofuels co-products contracting and purchasing.
• Consulting services for all phases of ethanol and biodiesel plant construction contracts, sourcing and off-take contracting.

Louis Dreyfus Commodities, LLC, Wilton, CT, Vice President - Export Operations, 1973 - 2005

• Progressed from trading trainee to Vice President for all North American export grain operations and contract execution, working in various locations.
• Oversaw all supply chain management and elevator operations in North America.
• Responsible for all Latin America grain marketing.
• Processed all dispute resolution.

Vice-President, Export Operations

• Responsible for all LDC elevator operations.
• Oversaw all supply chain management for North American commodities.
• Handled all laker freight trading.
• Project leader for implementation of computerized trading system.
• Managed Latin American marketing with sales in excess of $400 million annually.
• Third-country warehousing operations, with specific projects in Haiti, West Africa, Ecuador, Colombia, Dominican Republic.

Director of Logistics and Operations

• Responsible for all North American logistics for all commodities and all freight and grain contract execution.

Projects

• CIF Nola Corn and Soybean Merchant: Traded soybean and corn barge positions and traded barge freight positions.
• North American Oilseeds Merchant: Responsible for all North American oilseeds trading risk positions in excess of $2 billion.

Honors & Publications

Languages

• Spanish
• French
• German

Academic and Professional Affiliations

• National Grain and Feed Association - Executive Committee, Board of Directors

(Waterborne Commerce Committee Chairman, Trade Rules Committee, Biofuels Committee)

• National Waterways Conference, Inc., Board of Directors
• North American Export Grain Association - Contracts Committee, Arbitrator
• Forensic Expert Witness Association - Member
• Canadian Chamber of Maritime Commerce - Board of Directors
• Inland Waterway User Board
• Jones Act Reform Coalition - Finance Chairman
• Faculty - NGFA Trade Rules Seminar
• Faculty - Northern Crops Institute
• ASTM International - D02 Petroleum
• Testimony before both House and Senate Committees on maritime issues

Publications

• Distiller's Grains: "Building Your Dream House of Trading", Distillers Quarterly
• NGFA Arbitration Decision

Education

• M.B.A. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
• B.A. Microbiology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS