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Chubb Michaud is the CEO and Technical Director of Systematix Company, of Buena Park, CA, which he founded in 1982. A University of Maine graduate, he holds a bachelor's and master's degree in Chemical Engineering and has 30+ years of field experience in water and fluid treatment applications and systems design. He holds several US Patents on ion exchange processes and has served numerous times as an expert witness and consultant on water treatment issues. He is a Director of ADVAC , Inc of Milwaukee, WI.
An active member of the Water Quality Association, Michaud chaired the Ion Exchange Task Force (1999-2001) and now serves on the Water Sciences Committee Section and chairs the Commercial/Industrial Section. He is a Certified Water Specialist Level VI. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Pacific WQA, is past chair of its Education Committee and is currently the Technical Liaison for the Political Action Committee. He was a founding member of the Technical Review Committee for
Water Conditioning and Purification Magazine since 1993. He has authored over 100 technical publications and papers and is a regular presenter at conventions.
Michaud began his technical career with Rohm and Haas Company in 1964, resigning as Western Regional Sales Manager in 1982, the year he founded Systematix Co. He has been associated in direct sales for the past 22 years with The Purolite Company, a world-wide manufacturer of Ion exchange resins. He has participated in the design and commissioning of numerous groundwater treatment facilities.
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Dr. Theodore H. Meltzer is a consultant in filtration and high-purity water primarily to the pharmaceutical and semiconductor industries. His interest centers on the technical requirements of marketing applications, on water system critiques and logic, and on validation concerns and practices. He has served as an expert in legal litigations in these fields.
He has published some 100 papers, holds four patents, and has authored two books entitled, "Filtration in the Pharmaceutical Industry" and "High-Purity Water Preparation for the Semiconductor, Pharmaceutical and Power Industries". He has authored or coauthored chapters on "Ultraviolet and Ozone Systems", "Pharmaceutical Water: Generation, Storage and Distribution", "Filtrative Sterilization with Microporous Membranes", and "The Sizing of Microporous Membrane Systems".
Trained as a polymer chemist as well as a filtration specialist, he holds a B.S. in chemistry from the College of the City of New York, an M.A. in preparative organic and biochemistry from the University of Wisconsin, a Ph.D. in physical organic chemistry from the University of Chicago, and has performed postdoctoral work on the mechanical properties of polymers at Princeton University.
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Chris Hubbard is the Novazone sales manager for the Eastern United States, Eastern Canada, and the Caribbean. Novazone is a leading manufacturer of innovative Ozone Generators and related equipment for water and air treatment primarily in the food, industrial and pharmaceutical industries.
Hubbard has over 13 years of engineering experience in pharmaceutical and water treatment industries, 8 years of water treatment sales experience, and 6 years experience with ozonation. He started with a Bachelors of Science in Mechanical Engineering at Fairleigh Dickinson University where he also acquired training in heat transfers and fluid dynamics.
Adding to his industry experience Hubbard has served formerly with WEDECO, Westfailia Separator and Glatt Air Techniques.
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Lee Comb has a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry from the University of Minnesota and has been a part of water treatment studies/manufacturing for the past 30 years. Starting at the University of Minnesota Limnological Research Center, studying fresh water issues, he later joined Osmonics and spent the next 25 years directing the Engineered Products and Systems segment of the membrane technology business before moving into international sales for his last 4 years at Osmonics.
In 2004 Comb joined George Fischer Inc. as the Market Manager for the water treatment market.
He has presented several technical papers to pharmaceutical, beverage and other industry groups speaking on subjects ranging from the 1993 impact of Cryptospridium contamination in Milwaukee to water chemistry papers on silica, chloramines and the impact of water chemistry on membrane systems. Comb's technical paper on Membranes: Water Chemistry and the Hyperfiltration Process was recently published in Jun/July 2004 issue of Ultrapure Water Journal.
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Joe Manfredi is President
and CEO of GMP Systems, Inc., of Pine Brook, NJ. Internationally
recognized for his expertise in pharmaceutical processing, he has
spent more than 30 years designing systems, overseeing fabrication
and installation, trouble shooting, training and providing consulting
services for most of the world's major pharmaceutical manufacturers.
In addition, Manfredi is currently a member of the graduate faculty at New Jersey Institute of Technology where he teaches in the Pharmaceutical Engineering Masters of Science Program. A graduate of Newark College of Engineering (NCE), Manfredi's experience includes all aspects of liquid processing with emphasis on ointments, creams, syrups, pastes, and gels, as well as tablets, tablet coatings, suppositories, capsules, and USP water and steam systems.
As a leading instructor of orbital welding technology for pharmaceutical
applications, Manfredi provides seminars in operator certification,
orbital weld inspection, and equipment calibration and service.
As a member of many professional and indus
trial associations including
PDA, ISPE, AWS, ASSE and NJBIA, he is often asked to lecture and
lead courses both domestically and internationally.
Manfredi has received numerous awards and recognitions including ISPE Member of the Year in 1991 and NCE Distinguished Alumni Award in 2004.
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John McArdle is the Industrial Water Business Manager for Koch Membrane Systems. His knowledge encompasses various physical, thermal and catalytic unit operations with an emphasis in microfiltration, ultrafiltration, nanofiltration, and reverse osmosis membrane filtration, electrodialysis, ion-exchange, and chromatographic separations.
McArdle has commercial expertise in: Municipal & Industrial Water Treatment, Petroleum Refining, Pulp and Paper, the Food, Dairy, Beverage Industries, Industrial Bioproducts, Chlor-Alkali, Steel Production, and Petrochemicals. He also has had overseas experience including extended periods of living and working in Eastern Europe, Southeast Asia and the Middle East.
McArdle holds a Masters in Business Administration from University
of Chicago, a Masters of Science Degree in Chemical Engineering
from Northeastern University, Boston, MA, and a Bachelors of Engineering
Degree, with emphasis in Chemical Engineering from Manhattan College,
Riverdale, NY. He is an Illinois licensed Professional Engineer.
McArdle has worked with Koch since 1993. Koch is responsible for worldwide sales of membrane equipment and elements for pharmaceutical, microelectronic, bottling, and power industry.
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