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Management Team:
Dr. Joel S. Keller, CEO and Principal
After a successful medical career of over two decades, Dr. Keller embarked on a “mission” to develop means by which the huge quantities of non-hazardous wastes produced in the United States could be better disposed of than by currently available incineration, landfilling and other more polluting methods. His due diligence activities over the past several years have culminated in the founding of R&A ENERGY SOLUTIONS, LLC, to create value add power and other saleable commodities from a variety of waste feedstock sources that otherwise would pollute air and water resources, thus solving two problems simultaneously. To this end, R&A has entered into agency sales and marketing agreements with North American vendors of small, modular pyrolysis equipment and engine/generator sets. Testing has been performed on a variety of waste feedstock materials, including manures, sewage sludges, food waste and Auto Shredder Residue.
Dr. Keller is also the CEO of Technology Business Development, LLC, an entrepreneurial enterprise which provides business development and marketing services to young technology companies, IT systems integrators, ISV's and consultancies. He has worked as National Principal, Alliances and Regional Alliance Manager for Xerox Connect, Inc., in Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. Keller was responsible for the development of strategic business alliances for IBM and Lotus Development Company’s information systems’ offerings within the computer consulting and systems integration subsidiary of Xerox Corporation in Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Minnesota, Iowa and Missouri.
Jim Anderson, Executive Vice President and Principal
Jim Anderson, Principal in Edgewater Square Consulting, LLC provides consulting services to startup and early stage growth firms with an emphasis on strategic planning, operational management and planning for capital formation. He also provides assistance in the hiring of proper personnel as well as counseling in group and interpersonal communication skills. The principals and associates of Edgewater Square Consulting, LLC have many years of experience in both business and academic organizations. They assist emerging companies with in-depth business guidance, mentoring and coaching for entrepreneurs. In addition, they have an extensive network of contacts throughout NE Ohio to facilitate growth of the new enterprise.
Mr. Anderson has 30+ years of senior management experience in a variety of businesses. This experience has included the startup of seven major business entities and a similar number of smaller enterprises. In two of the larger businesses he raised $53,000,000 in association with TA Associates of Boston and in the second situation, $59,500,000 from GE Capital. The latter business was sold for $130,000,000 as part of its planned exit strategy. He also has helped secure funding for startup companies. In all of these businesses, Mr. Anderson was senior operating manager responsible for taking the business from several employees to several hundred direct and indirect reports and contractors. The larger businesses were generating $30 to $40 million in sales before they were sold or merged. His past employers have included the General Electric Company, The Tribune Companies, Lowes Inc., Spectra Site and North Coast Cable.
Edgewater Square Consulting is also a member of the North Coast Angel Fund as well as an investor in several other early stage growth firms.
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