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Mr. Barlage's experience includes 15 years of process engineering, manufacturing optimization, maintenance and operations management with a leading food products company. For the past 6 years Mr. Barlage worked for Alfa Laval, a global leader in heat transfer, separation, and fluid handling solutions. There he was responsible for all capital equipment sales to the meat processing and vegetable oil processors in the U.S. In this position he effectively reformed the sales team to grow sales and innovate with new products and systems for these industries. Notably, Mr. Barlage lead the Alfa Laval team as it worked with GS CleanTech’s management in the commercialization of its proprietary corn oil extraction technology. Mr. Barlage has also worked on the engineering and installation of a commercial scale version of GS CleanTech’s Tornado Generator technology located in Joplin, Missouri, where it effectively processes and dehydrates poultry products into highly nutritional and shelf stable products. This system operates 24 hours per day, 5 days per week and also uses Alfa Laval heat transfer and centrifuge components in conjunction with the Tornado Generator to produce high quality animal fats, chicken broth and dehydrated poultry proteins. Mr. Barlage has a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio, and an MBA from the University of St. Thomas, Minneapolis, Minnesota. | 