Market Studies, Bunker Fuel, Biofuels, Carbon Black, Ethanol, Biodiesel, Plastic and Biobased Resins

Bob has an MBA in International Management (Thunderbird School of Global Management), BA degree in Chemistry and over 30 years of experience in petrochemicals, biofuels, and fuel components trading – in the US and internationally.  He is the former president of a petrochemical trading company specializing in polymer resins, fuel components, MTBE, 2EOH, ethanol, methanol, and engineering grade resins, has worked in chemical trading and business development for Mitsubishi International Corporation, LyondellBasell and served as the Director of Biofuels for Kingsman, SA, a Swiss provider of price information and analytic for the sugar and biofuels markets.

Most recently, Bob worked as Feedstock and Energy Manager at Continental Carbon a U.S. carbon black manufacturer.  Bob has also worked as a market analyst and managing editor with Jim Jordan & Associates, a provider of price reporting and market intelligence to the methanol and transportation fuels markets.  Bob has written and edited numerous industry market reports, including a worldwide, multi-client, ethanol study.  He has also authored multiple ethanol and biodiesel studies and has expertise in purchasing and selling products in the carbon black, heavy fuel oil, biofuels, fuel components, and plastics resin markets including PE, PP, PHA, PLA and other biobased resins.  Bob also brings extensive operational experience in logistics and supply chain management for these types of products and is fluent in Spanish. Contact Bob.