Daniel J. Oh, age 52, has served as our Chief Executive Officer and as a Director
since September 2011 and President since April 2009. Mr. Oh served as our Chief
Operating Officer from June 2007 to September 2011, our Chief Financial Officer
and Executive Vice President from June 2006 to June 2007 and as Secretary from
August 2006 until March 2009. From May 2004 to May 2006, Mr. Oh served at Agri
Business Group, Inc., or ABG, an agribusiness management consulting firm, including
as Associate Director, Director and Vice President. Prior to joining ABG, Mr.
Oh served in several different positions, including Senior Financial Analyst,
Financial Team Leader and Manager, in the Corporate Finance and Investment Banking
area of the Corporate Strategy and Business Development Group at Eli Lilly and
Company, a global pharmaceutical company, from August 2001 to May 2004. From
2000 to August 2001, Mr. Oh served as a consultant with McKinsey & Company,
a leading consulting firm, where he focused on the pharmaceutical industry.
From 1987 to 1998, Mr. Oh served as an officer in the United States Army, earning
the rank of Major. Mr. Oh holds an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago with
concentrations in finance, accounting and strategic management as well as a
B.S. with a concentration in economics from the United States Military Academy.
Mr. Oh serves as a director of Waste Resource Management, Inc. Mr. Oh’s
employment agreement with us provides that he will serve as a director.
Chad Stone, age 47, has served as our Chief Financial Officer since August 2009.
Prior to joining us from October 2007 to May 2009, he was a Director at Protiviti
Inc., a global business consulting and internal audit firm. From August 1997
to September 2007, Mr. Stone served as Director with PricewaterhouseCoopers
and worked at Arthur Andersen from July 1992 to August 1997, departing as a
manager. Mr. Stone has served on executive Board of the Iowa Biodiesel Board
since 2011 and was named chair in September 2014. In October 2015, Mr. Stone
began serving on the University of Iowa School of Managements Advisory Committee.
In November 2015, Mr. Stone was elected to the Governing Board of the National
Biodiesel Board. Mr. Stone has over 20 years of experience in leading financial
reporting, strategy, policy and compliance. Mr. Stone holds an M.B.A. with concentrations
in finance, economics and accounting from the University of Chicago, Graduate
School of Business and a B.B.A in Accounting from the University of Iowa. He
is also a Certified Public Accountant.
Brad Albin, age 54, has served as our Vice President, Manufacturing since February
2008. Mr. Albin also served as Vice President of Construction Services from
April 2007 through February 2008. From September 2006 through April 2007, Mr.
Albin served as Director, Construction. Prior to joining us, Mr. Albin served
as General Manager for West Central, one of our predecessors from July 2006
through September 2006. From November 2002 to January 2006, Mr. Albin served
as Executive Director of Operations for Material Sciences Corporation, where
he directed multi-plant operations that served the automotive and global appliance
industries. From 1996 to 2002, Mr. Albin was the Vice President of Operations
for Griffin Industries. Mr. Albin has over 25 years of experience in executive
operations positions in multi-feedstock biomass-based diesel, chemical, food
and automotive supplier companies, such as The Monsanto Company, The NutraSweet
Company and Griffin Industries. Mr. Albin was a charter member of the National
Biodiesel Accreditation Committee. Mr. Albin serves on the board of the Iowa
Renewable Fuels Association and was the President in 2012, as well as, Vice
President in 2011. In November 2014, Mr. Albin completed the Advanced Management
Program from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and he holds
a B.S. in Chemistry from Eastern Illinois University.
Gary Haer, age 63, has served as our Vice President, Sales and Marketing since
we commenced operations in August 2006. From October 1998 to August 2006, Mr.
Haer served as the National Sales and Marketing Manager for biodiesel for West
Central and was responsible for developing the marketing and distribution infrastructure
for biomass-based diesel sales in the United States. Mr. Haer has over 15 years
of experience in the biomass-based diesel industry. Mr. Haer has been elected
to various officer positions of the National Biodiesel Board during his tenure
from 1998 to 2015. Mr. Haer holds a M.B.A. from Baker University and a B.S.
in accounting from Northwest Missouri State University.
Renewable Energy Group Inc currently has 703 employees.
