Vertex Energy Культура компании

Mr. Dan Borgen serves as the Chairman of USD Partners GP LLC. Mr. Borgen has been the Chief Executive Officer and President of USD Partners GP LLC since June 2014. He serves as the Chief Executive Officer, President and Chairman of U.S. Development Group, LLC. (AKA USD Group LLC). At USD, he guides all senior aspects of USD's corporate activities. He is a Co-Founder of USD and its predecessor companies. Mr. Borgen worked for 11 years in investment banking in mergers and acquisitions, portfolio management and strategic planning. He began his career with a private investment firm focused on the oil and gas industry. He served as President of U.S. Right-of-Way Corporation since June 1993. He served for eleven years as an Investment Banker as Merger & Acquisition Director, Portfolio Manager and as a Member of the Executive Committee for strategic planning and development. His activities were focused on manufacturing, food service, oil and gas Exploration/production, telecommunications, banking and Western European finance. He was an Investment Banker. Mr. Borgen served as Vice President of The Oxford Group from July 1990 to June 1993. He served as Vice President and Principal of The Paramount Companies from July 1985 to April 1990. He served as Manager of Investor Relations at Invoil Inc., from April 1982 to June 1985. He serves as the Chairman of the USD Foundation and a Trustee of Boys and Girls Club of America. He has been an Independent Director of Vertex Energy, Inc., since June 2008. He was recognized by Goldman Sachs as one of 100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs in 2013. He is a finalist for Ernst and Young's 2014 Gulf Coast Entrepreneur of the Year. He was active in several community organizations. Mr. Borgen received a Degree in Petroleum Management and Finance from the University of Oklahoma.

Mr. Matthew Lieb, also known as Matt has been Vice President of Specialty Projects at Vertex Energy Inc. until June 19, 2014. Mr. Lieb served as the Chief Operating Officer of Vertex Energy Inc., from April 2009 to June 19, 2014. Mr. Lieb served as the Chief Operating Officer of World Waste Technologies Inc. since May 16, 2007 and also its Corporate Secretary. Prior thereto, he Founded Kingsley Management, LLC and served as its Chief Executive Officer and Chairman for nearly ten years. During his tenure at Kingsley Management, he raised nearly $63mm in funding in support of a retail rollup, developed partnerships with national retailers and supervised numerous acquisitions and new site developments. Mr. Lieb served as an Airborne Ranger Qualified Officer in the U.S. Army. From January 2007 to May 15, 2007, he provided consulting services at World Waste Technologies. He was an Independent Consultant. Mr. Lieb holds a BS in Finance from Georgetown University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Mr. David Peel, also known as Dave, serves as Corporate Advisor at Vertex Energy, Inc. Mr. Peel served as the Chief Operating Officer at Vertex Energy, Inc. from June 19, 2014 to October 1, 2015. Mr. Peel served as the Chief Operating Officer of Omega Holdings, LLC, which is engaged in the re-refining of base oil, since May 2012. From 2000 to 2001 and from 2004 to April 2012, Mr. Peel served as the President of Peel Management Consulting. From 2001 to 2003, Mr. Peel served as Vice President of Oil Refining with Safety-Kleen Corporation where he provided direction and day-today management for the oil recovery division. Mr. Peel helped increase revenues and improve profitability for Safety-Kleen as it emerged from Chapter 11 Bankruptcy in 2003. From 1995 to 1999 and 1989 to 1995, Mr. Peel served as the Divisional Vice President of Oil Recovery and Envirosystems for Safety-Kleen, where he managed two divisions. From 1985 to 1995, Mr. Peel served in various positions with Safety-Kleen including General Manager (Breslau, Ontario, from 1985-1989), where he developed re-refining operations and procedures and Vice President of Manufacturing (Elgin, Illinois, from 1989-1995) where his duties included, among other things, managing two re-refineries, a process plant and two recycling plants. From 1984 to 1985, Mr. Peel served as the Director of Operations for Breslube Enterprises (based in Buffalo, New York), where he managed its re-refining operations. From 1974 to 1984, Mr. Peel served as Project Engineer and Lead Project Engineer with various oil, chemical and gas companies in the United Kingdom and Canada. Mr. Peel received a degree in Mechanical and Production Engineering from Manchester Polytechnic (now the University of Manchester, Institute of Science and Technology) in Manchester, England in 1974. Mr. Peel is a Member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (UK) and a Chartered Engineer (UK).

Mr. John Noel Strickland has been the Chief Operating Officer at Vertex Energy, Inc. since October 1, 2015 and served as its General Manager of Black Oil Division until October 1, 2015. Mr. Strickland joined Holdings in late 2007. He served as a Manager of Supply at Vertex Energy, Inc. He has over 21 years of experience in management roles of developing companies in the recycling of used oils and the fuel blending business. In his various positions, he has developed used oil collection fleets, environment services (non-hazardous), Terminal business of #6-oil from water ports and helped develop software for used oil collection fleets. Mr. Strickland served as the General Manager of Texpar Energy Inc. from 1999 to 2003 and Special Project Manager for Texpar Energy, L.L.C. from 2004 to 2007. From 1986 to 1999, he served as the General Manager and Vice- President of Sellers Oil Inc., then one of the largest recycling and fuel marketers of used oil and #6-fuel oil in the southeast.

Mr. Christopher Carlson, also known as Chris, has been the Chief Financial Officer of Vertex Energy, Inc. since June 5, 2010 and has been its Secretary since May 2008. Mr. Carlson Vice President of Finance at Vertex Energy, Lp from May 2008 to June 5, 2010. He oversees all risk management, investments, e-commerce applications and day-to-day financial accounting of the corporation and its subsidiaries. He has a range of experience. He worked for FuelQuest, Inc. prior to joining Vertex LP in 2001, where he worked as a Project Lead managing implementations of e-commerce services for new customers. In addition, he also planned and developed testing requirements for e-commerce applications. Mr. Carlson was with Pagenet, a wireless communications company prior to FuelQuest, Inc. where he worked as a Strategic Account Supervisor. Mr. Carlson earned his BS degree in Business Finance from the University of Houston.

Dave Peel serves as the COO for Vertex Energy Inc.. Dave started at Vertex Energy Inc. in December of . Dave is based in the Charleston, South Carolina Area.

Frank Lappin serves as the VP Engineering for Vertex Energy Inc.. Frank started at Vertex Energy Inc. in December of . Frank is based in the Greater Chicago Area.

Alvaro Ruiz serves as the EVP Corporate Development for Vertex Energy Inc.. Alvaro started at Vertex Energy Inc. in September of 2013. Alvaro is based in the Houston, Texas Area.