Paul Schubert

About Paul Schubert

I am the CEO and Founder of Strategic Biofuels, a project development company in the Carbon Capture and Sequestration and renewable fuels production industry. I graduated summa cum laude with a B.S. in Chemistry from the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville and received a Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. I conducted graduate level business courses at San Jose State University. I have over 35 years of experience in development and commercialization of innovative technologies in the petrochemical and natural gas and renewables industries. Prior to founding Strategic Biofuels I was Chief Operating Officer and Executive Director for Velocys, a publicly traded company on the London AIM exchange. In this capacity I was responsible for the development of projects and deployment of Velocys’ Fischer-Tropsch technology for converting biomass, waste, landfill gas, and natural gas to renewable diesel, jet fuel, and wax products. Additionally, I was responsible for all engineering, reactor and catalyst manufacturing, HSE, and R&D. This resulted in the successful commercial scale demonstration of the technology in partnership with Waste Management and NRG in Envia Energy LLC’s landfill gas to renewable diesel and wax plant on Waste Management’s Oklahoma City, OK landfill. I previously served as Global Sales Manager for Asset Integrity Management (AIM) for SGS and Director of Operations for AIM in North America. Before that I served as VP of R&D with Syntroleum and increasing levels of technology development and management with Catalytica, Phillips Petroleum, and Engelhard Corporation where he was responsible for commercialization of multiple products in the process and regulatory compliance industries. I have overseen projects and teams including the UK, Russia, Brazil, Japan, and Central America. I am an inventor on 15 US patents and an author of over 40 publications. These publications cover a broad range of topics including Asset Integrity Management, synthetic fuels, emissions monitoring, and catalysis.

Experience

1. Chief Executive Officer

   Strategic Biofuels

   May 2009 — Present · Kansas City, KS, US

   Strategic Biofuels is developing a series of deeply negative carbon footprint plants that cost effectively convert forestry waste from responsibly managed and sustainable plantation forests into clean-burning renewable transportation fuels. Strategic Biofuels brings value to the environment and the communities where we work. We reduce the greenhouse gas emissions by over 100% compared to fuel production from fossil fuel sources. We create a new use for forestry waste materials known as residuals, thus improving economic returns in the timber industry. We bring high paying jobs to the rural areas where we operate. We offer investment opportunities meeting environmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria to qualified investors.

Education

• University of Arkansas

  B.S., Chemistry

• University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  Ph.D, Inorganic Chemistry

Skills

• Commercialization
• Energy
• Catalysis
• Marketing Management
• Executive Management
• Ctl
• Gtl
• Business Planning
• Petrochemical
• Coal to Liquids
• Quality Management
• Vendor Management Experience
• Process Simulation
• Management
• Gas to Liquids
• Supply Chain Management
• Manufacturing Management
• Inspection
• Start-Ups
• Marketing
• R&D
• Sales Management
• Data Analysis
• Chemistry
• Process Development
• Process Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Business Development
• Process Optimization
• Technology Management
• Industrial Safety
• Engineering
• Renewable Energy
• Materials
• Continuous Emissions Monitoring
• Technology Transfer
• Refining
• Heterogeneous Catalysis
• Fischer-Tropsch
• Leading Change