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Martin Beirne brings more than 10 years of strategic marketing and sales experience to the Green Earth Fuels team. Prior to joining Green Earth, Mr. Beirne led the regional sales and business development efforts of a national biodiesel production and marketing company. In this role, he successfully implemented an aggressive growth strategy that focused on biodiesel adoption in a 13-state region, comprising bulk sales of B100 and blended biodiesel to leading commercial and government fleets, large petroleum distributors, and bulk distillate fuel aggregators. Additionally, Mr. Beirne has extensive experience in the commercial, regulatory, and operational/technical aspects of biodiesel production and distribution. To advance the commercial opportunities for biodiesel fuel, he has testified and presented to diverse venues including the Texas Legislative Committee on Environmental Regulation, the San Diego Air and Waste Management Association, the Department of Energy Clean Cities annual meeting, and the Brazilian Technical Mission for Petroleum Logistics. Prior to entering the biodiesel industry, Mr. Beirne brought a disciplined sales and marketing process to a number of start-up and early stage companies, enabling them to establish lucrative commercial relationships with larger and more established corporations. Mr. Beirne began his sales and marketing career with Stewart & Stevenson Services in Houston, Texas, where he successfully marketed diesel-powered ground support equipment packages to engineering groups from leading airline and aircraft service companies in the U.S. and Latin America. Mr. Beirne earned a B.S. in Management from Spring Hill College in Mobile, Alabama, and an M.B.A. in International Management from Thunderbird School of Global Management in Glendale, Arizona. He currently resides in Houston, Texas with his wife and son. | 