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BEST Energies Team


BEST Energies has assembled a team of the leading green energy experts from around the world. With more than 30 years research and development experience in bioenergy technology at Union Carbide, Dow and BEST Australia, our engineering team holds over {50} patents on essential bioenergy enabling technologies.

The BEST Energies management team is multi-disciplinary, with deep experience in a wide variety of scientific, technological and business fields. Together they bring focus to BEST's efforts in creating local solutions to global concerns.

More than our technologies and solutions, the core value of BEST Energies is the people who work here. BEST is creating a great place to work and build careers through valuing and rewarding innovation and dedication. As a company we demand the highest ethical standards of ourselves and we encourage every employee to be and do their personal best.

For everyone on the BEST Energies Team the greatest opportunity is the ability to do well while doing good.



BEST Energies Board of Directors

Norm Balmer - Chairman

  • 38 years experience in all aspects of intellectual property law
  • Chief Patent Counsel and member of the Technology Council at Union Carbide
Scot Wall - Founder & Director
  • President, Bank of Cashton
James Schreck, PhD - Director
  • 30 years at Union Carbide / Dow Chemical
  • 35 US Patents
Neil Young - Director
  • Former Chairman & CEO of Grubb & Ellis
  • Founder, Fair Oaks Advisors
  • Director & Shareholder $50MM real estate portfolio
Andrew Agostini - Director


BEST Energies Management Team

Norm Balmer - CEO

James Schreck, PhD - CTO

Tony Janowiec - Vice President, Operations
  • Former Operations Executive for Impark
  • Bachelor of Science – Management
Cory Wendt - Vice President, Development
  • Former Analyst for McNally Ventures
  • Bachelor of Science – Finance & Management
Mike Sowinski - CFO
  • MBA UW- Madison
  • Former CFO for JT Packard

Tom Maliszewski - Senior Process Engineer

  • 29 years at Union Carbide / Dow Chemical
  • Dow Six Sigma Black Belt and New Project Evaluation Team Leader
Don Bunning - Senior Chemical Engineer
  • 30 years at Union Carbide
  • 13 patents complex catalyzed processes
Robert Downie - Managing Director, BEST Australia
  • Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD)
  • Master of Business & Technology (MBT), Bachelor of International Business Management (BBus(Man)), Bachelor of Chemical Engineering with Honours (BE(Chem).Hons)
  • Previous process technology development experience with Albany International
  • Chartered Professional Engineer (CPEng) and member of the Australian Institute of Engineers (MIEAust)
Peter Klatt - Engineering Manager, BEST Australia
  • Developed, implemented and managed a rice hull gasification plant for RiceGrowers Australia for 19 years
  • 17 years experience with BHP
  • Diploma of Business Management (DipBus)
  • 1 US patent and 2 Australian patents
Adriana Downie - Technical Manager, BEST Australia
  • Bachelor of Chemical Engineering (BEchem), Bachelor of Science (BSc)
  • Previous product development and commercialization experience with Parchem
Warren Scott - Workshop Manager, BEST Australia
  • 25 years of industry experience
  • Diploma in Business Management (DipBus)
  • Sheet Metal Fabrication Trade Certificate

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