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Randy Hepler joined Earth Biofuels Inc. (EBI) as Vice President of Risk Assessment in June 2006 and was promoted to Senior Vice President of Sales and Operations in February 2007. With proven organizational and negotiation skills he manages day-to-day activities for the company. He is responsible for overall operations management including direction of the EBI Durant production facility; he manages a regional sales staff and a group of professional fuel traders and he manages overall distribution and logistics. His expertise also includes financial hedging as we build stability in feedstock pricing. Hepler has 25 years experience in the grain commodity business including time working at Cargill as a personal marketing manager as well as a sales manager for Memphis Tennessee Farm Service Group. During that time Hepler managed sales teams that bought grain and implemented Cargill Risk Management Solutions to farmers. From 1997 to 2004 Hepler was founder President and CEO of OSA Crop Marketing Group LLC in Tennessee; he consulted farmers in 22 states with 336 000 acres to market their crops while developing relationships with agricultural lenders and national retail and chemical companies. With experience purchasing millions of bushels of grain annually and having established relations with Informa Economics a world leader in broad-based agricultural and commodity market research analysis and consulting Hepler brings to EBI senior management expertise in risk assessment. Hepler attended the University of Tennessee at Martin and later presented to agriculture economic marketing seminars. He is a member of the National Futures Association and holds Series 3 Commodity Brokerage and Series 30 NFA Brokerage Manager Licenses. | 