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SE-ENERGY KEY-MANAGEMENT TEAM: EXECUTIVE CLIFFORD M. COWLES, B.S., MBA, Principal, and Technology Team Coordinator, began his engineering training early, when in 1967, as a junior in high school, Mr. Cowles was awarded a National Science Foundation grant to study advanced engineering and programming at the Illinois Institute of Technology, in Chicago. In 1970, Mr. Cowles was one of the founders of the first wind power and solar efforts in Washington, D.C. and later, Santa Fe, New Mexico. He obtained a Bachelor of Science degree with a major in Math, Physics, and Chemistry from the University of Connecticut (1972) and a prestigious Presidential level MBA from Pepperdine University, in Malibu, CA (1982) with honors. His thesis for the MBA was concerned with how to organize people around an idea in a way that opens up vision rather than makes innovation taboo. He brings to the venture twenty years of his own continuing biodiesel technology research as well as successful financial and management experience in construction and manufacturing businesses. Mr. Cowles has helped mentor into one company the SE-Energy Team of Senior Renewable Fuels Industry Specialists, each with unique skill sets. He has been the driving force to procure over $2.62 billion in senior debt financing and $258 million in equity participation for the over 3.2 billion gallons of biodiesel and other renewable fuels SE-Energy is on path to create over the next 24 months (2007-2008). In the recent past, Mr. Cowles has helped create employment for thousands of people. In 1976-1984 as President of a construction and development company in New Mexico with annual significant cash management, he cut his permitting skills by coordinating engineering, procurement, and construction management for many large industrial/commercial construction projects. Starting back then and continuing to the present, he worked with Federal, State, County, and City officials in over 12 states to plan, engineer, and coordinate a large team of professionals while permitting residential, commercial, manufacturing and industrial land through many varied and intricate development processes. Additionally, he supervised the Engineering, Procurement, Construction Management, and Financing of many projects where process work and equipment were designed, installed, and commissioned. He has assisted many start-up and mature technology companies focus business plans and provide the leadership to follow them through. He was part of a team of consultants who from 1985-7 brought Pacific Bell Telephone from a public utility company to a profit-making venture, helping to reduce force from 67,000 employees to 45,000.

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SE-ENERGY KEY-MANAGEMENT TEAM: EXECUTIVE CLIFFORD M. COWLES, B.S., MBA, Principal, and Technology Team Coordinator, began his engineering training early, when in 1967, as a junior in high school, Mr. Cowles was awarded a National Science Foundation grant to study advanced engineering and programming at the Illinois Institute of Technology, in Chicago. In 1970, Mr. Cowles was one of the founders of the first wind power and solar efforts in Washington, D.C. and later, Santa Fe, New Mexico. He obtained a Bachelor of Science degree with a major in Math, Physics, and Chemistry from the University of Connecticut (1972) and a prestigious Presidential level MBA from Pepperdine University, in Malibu, CA (1982) with honors. His thesis for the MBA was concerned with how to organize people around an idea in a way that opens up vision rather than makes innovation taboo. He brings to the venture twenty years of his own continuing biodiesel technology research as well as successful financial and management experience in construction and manufacturing businesses. Mr. Cowles has helped mentor into one company the SE-Energy Team of Senior Renewable Fuels Industry Specialists, each with unique skill sets. He has been the driving force to procure over $2.62 billion in senior debt financing and $258 million in equity participation for the over 3.2 billion gallons of biodiesel and other renewable fuels SE-Energy is on path to create over the next 24 months (2007-2008). In the recent past, Mr. Cowles has helped create employment for thousands of people. In 1976-1984 as President of a construction and development company in New Mexico with annual significant cash management, he cut his permitting skills by coordinating engineering, procurement, and construction management for many large industrial/commercial construction projects. Starting back then and continuing to the present, he worked with Federal, State, County, and City officials in over 12 states to plan, engineer, and coordinate a large team of professionals while permitting residential, commercial, manufacturing and industrial land through many varied and intricate development processes. Additionally, he supervised the Engineering, Procurement, Construction Management, and Financing of many projects where process work and equipment were designed, installed, and commissioned. He has assisted many start-up and mature technology companies focus business plans and provide the leadership to follow them through. He was part of a team of consultants who from 1985-7 brought Pacific Bell Telephone from a public utility company to a profit-making venture, helping to reduce force from 67,000 employees to 45,000.

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Mr. Cowles joined with an organizational development consulting team culled from Senior Management leaving Procter and Gamble. This put him inside America's factories to study how "top-dog" management teams can form a highly toxic corporate culture, working with the top five levels of a Fortune 500 company's seven-level tiered-management teams. Thirty-five years of ideas that Mr. Cowles gained providing both management and consultant roles within and around the renewable fuel, construction management, and organizational development industries centered on financial models to wean the world off dependent energy positions, such as petroleum, by replacing that black energy addiction with much more intelligent and cost effective alternatives. Since 1970, Mr. Cowles has tried, analyzed, and verified the research of just about every energy technology on the market or in existence. He began research into biodiesel technology as central leader of a team of engineers becoming dissatisfied with the state of technology as they worked with unique process solutions for varied equity group partnerships over the past twenty-five years. Bringing the best and most senior renewable energy technology partners in the world together with senior military, petroleum, chemical processing, and world-wide pipeline and tanker distribution managers, Mr. Cowles and Mr. Mock formed SE-Energy. WORLDWIDE PIPELINE, TANKER, & PETROLEUM DISTRIBUTION BERNHARD "BERNIE" MOCK, Principal, Director of Fluid Control Systems, began, at 16, to work on high-end pumps, metering equipment, fabrication, and controls. Who would know that thirty years later Bernie would have merged seven of the best fluid control companies into the petroleum's industry leader, PFT-Alexander of Signal Hill, CA? As a regarded Master of Fluid Motion, Advanced Pump Technology, Calibration, and certified Equipment Fabrication for the Petroleum Industry, Mr. Mock has over thirty years experience. As Technology Manager for almost every petroleum platform off the coast of California he ran two major industry service related companies before merging with PFT Instrument in 1990 to form PFT/Alexander. Mr. Mock’s innovations in the industry are legendary. Bernie has:

1. Established the first flow equipment exchange program for the oil industry

2. Designed sampling, blending and complete skid mounted measurement equipment packages for Exxon, Shell, Chevron, Texaco, Mobil, Valero Etc.

3. Major fluid and spill control innovator and technology leader for the world's largest diameter (48") Alyeska pipeline, Alaska.

4. Provided the majority of fabricated measurement systems used on these platforms and on the onshore facilities.

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5. Established three sales and service offices throughout California along with joint ventures in Arizona, Washington and Alaska.

6. Established PFT/Alexander Fabrication division in Bakersfield, California 15 years ago, one of the largest pipeline and offloading equipment fabrication yards with an outstanding reputation.

Each of the companies Mr. Mock acquired to form PFT-Alexander brought unique talents, distributorships, and market segments that allowed PFT/Alexander to grow into, and maintain, it’s industry leadership by together, forming a balanced company insulated from the ups and downs of the markets we serve.

The initial merger of PFT Instruments and Alexander Service created a company that was strong in the petroleum, industrial and chemical markets. This created the first insulator as most of our competitors were either all petroleum or all industrial related. This left them vulnerable to the wide market swings.

Three of the companies brought additional business and equipment for the growth of our calibration business which is the largest in the Western U.S. The others brought sales and market segments to help expand and insulate the business.

With this team of experts aboard, Mr. Mock went on to:

8. Implement major service and support agreements with all of the major oil and chemical companies in the western U.S.

9. Develop the largest fleet of portable high volume calibration proving units in the Western U.S.

10. Grow PFT/Alexander from a small service company to a company with multimillion dollar sales in both service and through their fabrication facility.

Mr. Mock has been the driving force behind the many awards won from major companies for on time project completions. In sales, his work bringing market forces together has garnered awards from vendors for being in the top 5 to 10 in sales of their products.

One of his greatest achievements has been implementing and bringing to market the latest and most cost effective technologies, including the introduction of custody transfer measurement using Ultrasonic Technology and online laser monitoring for product identification.

He has worked extensively with Boeing and Northup Grumman to develop technology to measure and control tank levels using components of the Airborne laser system.

Mr. Mock has also been instrumental in developing proprietary monitoring equipment for the specialized 747’s that carry and deploy the Airborne Laser. It

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was Bernie’s piercing eye that solved problems they had for three years and could not solve them for themselves. For this effort, PFT/Alexander received their "Top 10 Valued Vendor" award.

Even further, Mr. Mock fabricated complete facility systems for Hyundai Oil’s five Korean terminals, including ship offloading, tank monitoring and truck loading.

Presently, Mr. Mock holds the record for the largest sales of Custody Ultrasonic flow meters in all of North America. GREGORY L WILLIAMS, Director of Tank Construction, Inventory Management, and Terminal Control Systems, brings over thirty years of successful innovation at top levels of management in the fluid and flow measurement industry with major companies like Micro Motion (Emerson Electric Group), Smith Meter Corporation (FMC Technologies) and as Western Regional Manager for Enraf Terminal Automation (Enraf / Delft). These are three of the best known corporations involved in the manufacturing of the highest quality Automation, Measurement, and Level equipment available in the world. Starting many years ago as a field service technician, Mr. Williams rose to lead the application/design engineering unit, finally heading out into the field with very specialized knowledge as Sales & Technical Manager for Smith Meter. At FMC Smith Meter, Mr. Williams directed the systems upgrades for the West Coast handling the ethanol blending projects for 39 of the 47 major fuel truck loading terminals, including for Chevron, BP, Vopak, Exxon, and others. The blending upgrades Mr. Williams helped design and oversaw would be eventually be used as the standard for the Americas and the world. Mr. Williams then broadened his knowledge, moving to Enraf as Regional Sales Manager for the entire West Coast, home of major petroleum-industry facilities. Enraf is known as the supplier of the broadest range of Terminal Solutions to include the world's most highly ranked precision instrumentation and software systems for bulk storage operations. For more than 50 years, Enraf has specialized in the development, manufacturing, sales, service, & support of these products. Worldwide, Enraf provides a single source for specifying a complete Tank Inventory Management System and through expertise, experience and organization, works with customers to provide them with the optimal solution for their need. Enraf’s own proprietary Bi Phase Mark communication protocol has been in use for many years in the industry and was designed around European and NATO Military specification and is still used today. Due to customer needs and requirements, Enraf has also developed the newest interface communication protocols such as Modbus, Fieldbus and others to keep up with industry demands.

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In the past few years Enraf has worked with the US Military and in 2007 the Enraf 854 Servo gauge has been specified as the choice of gauges for use on the SPAWAR project. This project provides for worldwide inventory controls for all USAF Bases throughout the world, having successfully used the Servo Gauge for many years. The companies whose technology Mr. Williams is experienced in are Enraf Terminal Automation (Tank Level and Inventory Management), Enraf Fluid Technology (Leader in additive injection and Blending Equipment), Enraf Contrec ( Load Rack Automation and Terminal Management), Enraf Marine Systems (Equipment used specifically for Marine Tanker Level Management), Enraf Tank Systems/Hermetric (Portable gauging equipment used for marine and land based testing), and Enraf Calibron (World leader in the design of portable and stationary meter proving systems). Mr. Williams has become widely known for his technical leadership in terminal control systems through Enraf technology. He has been instrumental in placing terminal control equipment with all of the major oil companies in the world and most are used as the exclusive products in their specific fields of expertise. For instance, the Australian Air Force uses the Enraf Contrec Equipment for the loading of their jet fuel tankers trucks and also their aircraft, something about which Mr. Williams is highly knowledgeable. Mr. Williams’ expertise is his vast experience setting up tank farms, inventory measurement and processes of all types, coupled with a vast understanding of the world-wide chemical, food and petroleum business. When tough technical solutions are called for, he has been the one large oil companies and the military send for because of his complete understanding of the complicated inventory control of fluid processes involved in all major pipelines, port, rail, military, and truck loading control equipment.

At Enraf, Mr. Williams was the major influence which brought high level control equipment to Chevron, BP, Exxon, Shell, Chemoil, and Vopak for major terminal upgrades to advance to complete automation of Tank Inventory Controls and Load Racks. He directed the first Servo Level Gauge installation at Eielson AF Base north of Fairbanks, Alaska. He was also an essential part in upgrading the inventory control system at the Valdez, Alaska ship load terminal for Alyeska Pipeline services that has used the Enraf equipment since the Alaska Pipeline was completed. Having this worldwide experience gave Mr. Williams the unique ability to help develop world wide specification for the major oil companies not only on level control automation but also on blending and additive injection, and in some cases, loading application.

Mr. Williams has also been a leader in establishing the requirements for "custody transfer specifications" for measurement and level equipment in the biodiesel and ethanol industries. His contribution has been to insure the design of equipment meets the high standards of the petroleum industry. The future direction the renewable fuel/biodiesel industry concerns quality, traceability, and safety, which are all Mr. Williams' fortes. Mr. Williams also brings extensive

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technical knowledge of the biodiesel process from beginning to end, a strategic advantage in the development of an industry and new customers. Having been searching for a company with that kind of commitment to quality, Mr. Williams chose to join SE-Energy.

RICK FOY, B.S.E., MBA, Director of Offtake Sales & Distribution, comes to SE-Energy from "the Largest Retail Diesel Distributor in the World": Flying J Petroleum. Mr. Foy has been instrumental in the development of diesel distribution systems worldwide for Flying J, serving as Head of R&D, just under the CEO. Mr. Foy intimately knows every pipeline, pipeline station, retail and wholesale diesel distribution system and stations, both ground and sea tanker distribution routes, systems, and equipment in the USA and around the world. His deep contacts within the distribution companies and trade channels coupled with many years providing detailed analysis to Flying J of distribution channel cost/price models puts Mr. Foy in a unique position to quickly establish major distribution of the 55 billion gallons of biodiesel needed to completely replace diesel in the USA. His remarkable career has enjoyed these positions: Flying J, Inc., Ogden, Utah - Largest Retail Diesel Distributor in the World (1995 -2006) Head of Research & Development-Reporting to the CEO: January, 2006-Present Functioning at the enterprise level, development of systems within Flying J’s expanded business model. Focusing on the automation of the Big West of California refinery in Bakersfield California and the Longhorn Pipeline in Texas. Additionally, responsibly for the development of new technologies supporting the current business development of Flying J, the bulk fuel and mobile fueling expansion. Flying J/Reliance Limited - Project Director, International Project Director-Reporting to the CEO: April, 2002 to Dec., 2005 Directing the Flying J/Reliance Limited retail development project. Reliance Limited, the largest privately held corporation in India established an initiative to expand their business model from that of a petroleum refiner to include petroleum Retailer via C-stores & Truck Stops across India. Reliance licensed Flying J’s business model & technology as the foundation of their new business venture. As Project Director responsible for all aspects of the Flying J business & technology development within the Reliance relationship initiative. This project consisted of: Retail Business Operations Development & Operations training; Business & Technical Documentation Development; Software Development; Systems Test & Quality Assurance; Configurations Management; Helpdesk Development & Training; Project Management & Contract Administration. The project vision was to build the skill sets & business strengths within Reliance to launch and stabilize their retail Truck Stop business and carve out a major position within the diesel sales market in India. At the conclusion of the Flying J

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involvement & support of Reliance Limited, Reliance was operating 1200 retail locations via a network of Flying J’s Point-of-Sale & business systems, utilizing Flying J’s business policies and practices and focused on Flying J’s business model. The Flying J Project Team trained Reliance personal in all aspects of the retail Truck Stop business, fuel sales & marketing, Corporate Office business systems and Supply & Logistics. Within Flying J, the Reliance project represented Flying J’s first overseas International venture and at the macro level, the Flying J/Reliance business organization achieved the highest in profit revenues of all Flying J subsidiary business units during 2003 - 2005. Head of Research & Development-Reporting to the CEO: Mar, 1999-Apr, 2002 Functioned at an enterprise level; providing technology innovation focuses toward Flying J’s retail business along with systems integration of Corporate initiatives. Responsible for the development of technologies that spans the boundaries generally associated with business unit; establishing strategic direction, setting of project objectives & budgets. Additionally, responsible for the development of business relations with potential customers as Flying J offers its Business Model & Technologies into the industry; the development of business relationships with companies which Flying J has an interest in building strategic alliances relative to the leveraging of a technology or business avenue. Manager of POS Development-Reporting to the CIO: April,1995-March 1999 Flying J Inc. relies heavily on technology to enhance its competitive edge and to improve customer service. POS Development is the retail technology Division of Flying J. Its primary function is to leverage, in-house developed technologies to gain competitive advantage and expand market share. As Manager is responsible for budgets, hiring & firing, and the building of POS systems as a Corporate asset. At Flying J, Mr. Foy has managed divisions/organizations, established HR policies, been responsible for incremental and zero-based budgets. His extensive background in aspects of retail organizational management and retail software development has led to Mr. Foy's managing the organization of business units as well as technical teams in the development of hardware & software systems - conceptual design through field installation & support. He has managed enterprise level projects as well as multi-team projects. Additionally, while at Flying J, Mr. Foy has developed Strategic Initiatives and Budget requirements for enterprise systems with Flying J, Inc. focusing on the future business objectives for the Corporation. Also, he developed the Thiokol Corporation's Information Systems Strategic (Five Year) Plans, FY93 - FY95. Each of these plans addressed the consideration of Core Competencies, the Business climate and technology advancements, linking of Corporate strategies and operations to implementation of Information Technologies. Thiokol Corporation, Corporate Information Systems, Ogden, Utah (1988-1995) Senior Business/Engineering Systems Consultant (Strategic Planning Org.)

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Functioned as an internal Information Systems consultant reporting to the Vice President of Information Systems – CIO. Involved in top-level I.S. decision making activities and the development of Corporate-wide I.S. strategic planning initiatives, operating policies and procedures, as well as the development of organizational structuring. Intimately involved in the analysis of human resource issues and the restructuring of I.S. and non-I.S. business unit organizational consolidation. Key activities included: Corporate IS advocate in a politically-charged CE deployment effort. Functioned as Project Lead, developing a 5-year Corporate strategic plan addressing IS, HR, Customer Services, Finance, and Productivity Improvements, lead the development of a consolidation plan for four plant sites saving $12 million per year, impacting 420 employees. Assumed control of a $6M software project when it was behind schedule and under-delivered to budget. Thiokol Corporation: Computer Science Specialist/Analyst Contributed in departmental administration and supervision. Functioned as Project Manager for the development of numerous software systems. Some of the major systems were: the archival arm to Thiokol's Document Control and Management Systems, the CAD/COM document system and the Computer-Graphics Connection program which involved in all phases of project management, system design, and software development. Also involved in the development of the departmental programming methodology & programming standards. Thiokol Corporation: Senior Programmer Analyst Lead Programmer on the software development & programming for several CAD related systems. These systems include applications related to CAD-COM graphics interface, the archival arm of Thiokol's CAD/CAM document control facility and scientific applications utilizing Precision Visual’s DI3000 graphics library. Functioned as Software Administrator over third party graphics software such as the Precision Visual suite of graphic tools, the Calcomp libraries and scientific systems libraries. As the software administrator developed contacts with Precision Visuals for site licensing of PV-Wave, DI3000, and Picture. As a Senior Programmer, assisted in the training of "C" programmers within the department. Authored a systems development methodology and taught the technique to associates within Scientific Systems. Hughes Aircraft Company, Missile Systems Group, Tucson, Arizona.(1983 - 88) Engineering Systems Consultant. Developed VAX/VMS Systems engineering/manufacturing software. Specialized in graphics (CAD/CAE/CAM) systems development. Worked with Engineering to solve engineering/computing problems, managed the VAX system Help-Center. Functioned as a VAX/VMS Systems Consultant to the Engineering Community. Hughes Aircraft Company, Radar Systems Group, El Segundo, CA. (1981 - 83) CAD/CAM Specialist, Engineering - Manufacturing Liaison.

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Provided CAD/CAM system and software support to Manufacturing Engineers. Served as the liaison between the engineering and manufacturing communities for the development of CAD/CAM standards and paperless manufacturing. JOHN RIFILATO, B.S. IN B. ADMIN. - DISTRIBUTION/LOGISTICS, USAF FUELS SPECIALIST, Director of Military and Government Sales & Distribution, comes to SE-Energy after seventeen years of watching the government downsize and close bases and facilities around the world. It was the closure of MCAS El Toro that first made Mr. Rifilato think of partnering with SE-Energy to acquire dormant government fueling infrastructures for renewable fuel distribution through already-existing major pipeline, land, and sea assets. Toward that end, Mr. Rifilato formed Better Pipeline Management in 1996 which worked closely with Orange County, California, personnel to utilize the 8” Government pipeline to supply the newly planned airport in El Toro California. The airport was defeated four years later, but the knowledge and experience gained pursuing distribution asset property transfer was priceless. Since 1996, Mr. Rifilato branched out to secure more knowledge with government contracting, inventory requirements, DESC bulk fuels operations and techniques, GSA acquisition and sales procedures, government leasing capabilities, and the Navy’s property management preferences. He connections with the present Superintendent at Norfolk and numerous others at DESC, DLA, Navy Petroleum, Navy Real Estate, GSA, the Port of Long Beach, and the Port of Los Angeles have helped him establish what is needed to bring renewable fuels into the mainstream distribution systems. With his close familiarity with the LA/Long Beach Basin pipeline system, DESC, DLA, Navy Real Estate team and the Naval Petroleum office, Mr. Rifilato is presently leading several lease projects that will directly extend SE Energy's reach into military and government distribution of traditional fuels as well as very high quality Biodiesel to the Navy in large commercial markets such as Norfolk, Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, Seattle, and the Gulf Coast. Mr. Rifilato's strategic USAF educational and licensing achievements include: United States Air Force Education Fuels Specialist Technical Training school, Chanute AFB, IL Fuels Specialist Career Development Courses, Zwiebruken AFB, Germany Air Transportable Hydrant Systems, Tampa Bay, Fl. Training Certificates and Licenses Licensed General Engineering “A” Contractor by the State of California December 2001-Present -Highest contractor license available in California. Operator Qualification Evaluator, Midwest Energy Association & NCCER, 2007 Qualified to perform Operator Qualification and training with DOT approved MEA OQ materials.

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Pipeline Pigging School, Clarion Industries, Houston National Spill Control School, Texas A & M, Corpus Christi, TX -Facility Incident Commander (FIC) and On-Scene Coordinator Training (OSC) University of Nevada Fire Protection Training Academy, Elko, NV -Fire Response Training And Acting Fire Marshall Terminal Response Training Hazardous Waste Management: The Complete Course, Environmental Resource Center, -Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Training Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER) -Personal Protective Equipment Training Safe Transportation of Hazardous Materials Training Confined Space Entry Training Main Course American Systems Engineering SAIC-AMSEC -Federal Facility Response Plan Training Mr. Rifilato's extensive pipeline and distribution experience includes: 20 Years of Experience in Pipelines, Truck Racks, Storage Facilities, and Pumping Stations of Crude Oil, Jet Fuel, Unleaded, and Diesel.

17 years working with Defense Energy Supply Center and Commercial Oil Companies, preparing Bids, reviewing RFP’s, SOW’s, PWS’s for Fuels and Crude facilities and related infrastructure. 12 years direct contracting, project and contract management, coordinating multiple construction contractors in numerous areas or cities both private and government, solicitations, negotiations, contract startup, operations, and completion of projects. 6 years as a General Engineering “A” Contractor in the State of California. 16 years with Union employees from being Union Steward to Management, negotiating new contracts, discipline, and ending contracts. 10 years as a DOT pipeline consultant in California for State and Federal regulations. 10 years as a Facility Spill Response Qualified Individual. 24 years computer experience including programming in Visual Basic, setting up Custom Excel Worksheets, to building MS ACCESS Databases for PM systems, numerous record keeping systems and medial tasks.

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He designed and built the current Database used by DESC’s AMW office for their Fuels Routing for the Western United States and Pacific covering all grades of fuel and modes of transportation. Strategic pipeline and custody transfer positions Mr. Rifilato has held include: Better Pipeline Management LLC, Brea, CA General Manager, 1996 - 2007 Responsibilities-Solicited, managed, and maintained the financial stability of pipeline management projects. Administrated multiple operations contracts with Shell Pipeline, Aera Energy, Winefield and Associates, and Crimson Pipeline. Maintained regulation compliance, coordinated facility inspections, and prepared needed reports for a crude pump station and a 20 mile 16” offshore pipeline from platforms. Oversaw the operations at Beta Pump Station for Aera Energy for 10 years. Supervised Master Proving of main meters. Replaced valves offshore, built valve boxes, monitor and track cleaning pig runs. Monitored pipeline relocations and construction through major traffic areas and on primary waterfront facilities. Managed daily operations, repairs, sampling and tickets for a 5,880,000 gallon per minute (2,100,000,000 gallons per year) Crude/VGO/DGO truck rack. Fuels Officer, ITEPS Limied Inc October 2001 – May 2007 Responsibilities: Attended site visits and prepared proposal packages for various types of government refueling facilities across the United States supplying Jet Fuel, Unleaded and Diesel Fuel to military bases in their geographical region. Administered the contracts, processed monthly invoicing, negotiated pricing and change orders, and the quality control program for each facility. Pursued teaming arrangements and facility management with corporate petroleum facilities on the West Coast. Provide logistical research and design support for providing aviation and ground fuels to U.S. Military in Afghanistan. Was Project Manager for various construction and consulting projects pertaining to tanker facilities, off-shore platform rigs, major pipelines, flightline refueling facilities, DOT pipeline assessments, and DOT OQ plan design. 17 Years at GOCO Facilities (Tenco, Gatron, ITEPS Limited Inc.), Jan. 1990-May 2007 - Defense Fuel Supply Point, San Pedro, CA. Terminal Superintendent- October 2002 – October 2006 Responsibilities and Accomplishments: Operated, maintained and optimized a 330 acre, 61 million gallon storage facility and 82 miles of pipeline. Monitored, consulted on, and directed the installation of new facilities and numerous pipeline relocations. Charged with maintaining product quality, invoicing and inventory accountability for over 400 million gallons of fuel every year. Prepared, submitted, and negotiated change orders to government contracts. Prepared, monitored, and tracked invoicing for government contracts. Secured and maintained relationships with emergency response companies responsible to the contractor and Defense Energy Support Center. Oversaw facility compliance with EPA, State Fire Marshall, DOT regulations, Fish and Game, CalEPA, and AQMD. Monitored maintenance and up-keep of a 330-acre facility, where he

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automated most clerical duties at DFSP San Pedro, reinstated 4 miles of pipelines on station and 3 pumps that had not been used in 8 years, increasing the loading and offloading rate from 285,600 gallons per hour to over 420,000 gallons per hour. Successfully treated and discharged 1.8 million gallons of waste water for under 4 cents a gallon.

Defense Fuel Supply Point, Norwalk, CA Fuel Distribution System Operator- January 1990 to July 1990 Fuel Distribution System Pipeline Pump Operator- July 1990 - January 1992 Terminal Operations Control Center Operator- January 1992 to May 1994 Assistant Superintendent/Chief Operator- May 1994 to May 1996 Terminal Superintendent- May 1996 to February 2002 Responsibilities and Accomplishments: Operated, maintained, and optimized a 50 acre, 38 million gallon storage facility and 51 miles of pipeline. Monitored, consult on, and directed the installation of new facilities and numerous pipeline relocations. Maintained product quality and inventory accountability for over 400 million gallons of fuel every year. Prepared, submitted, and negotiated change orders to government contracts. Prepared, monitored, and tracked invoicing for government contracts. Secured and maintained relationships with emergency response companies responsible to Defense Energy Support Center. Oversaw facility compliance with EPA, State Fire Marshall, DOT regulations, Fish and Game, CalEPA, and AQMD. Monitored maintenance and up-keep of a 48-acre facility. Automated most clerical duties at DFSP Norwalk, tripled the JP-8 shipping rate to Kinder Morgan Pipeline from 138,600 gallons per hour to 415,800 gallons per hour. United States Air Force, Zweibrucken AB, Bergstrom AFB and Nellis AFB, Aug. 1986 - Jan 1990 Fuels Storage Operator- 1987 Flightline Operator- 1988-1990 Responsibilities: Received jet fuel through a NATO pipeline, filled tank trucks, and transferred fuel to the flightline hydrants system. Offloaded diesel and unleaded tank trucks for base consumption. Managed the base service station. Refueled various aircraft that visited the base. Hot refueled aircraft during exercises and combat turnarounds. Expedited flightline refueling from a mobile dispatch unit. Coordinated flightline refueling from the Fuels Control Center. Performed daily maintenance on a fleet of 39 refueling trucks. SENIOR BIODIESEL PROCESS ENGINEERING TED KELLER, B.S., CH. E., Director of Process Engineering, analyzed and developed biodiesel process technology for Oiltanking, Inc., the world’s second-

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largest independent Port tank facility operator for oils, chemicals and gases. Oiltanking owns and operates 74 terminals with a total storage capacity exceeding 21 billion gallons in 21 countries, providing most major tanker firms with on and off-loading and tank storage to connect into every major pipeline in the world. Mr. Keller was charged with sorting out all existing biodiesel technologies, from conventional methyl ester production using physical mixing and miscible mixing to modified hydotreating with isomerization, in order to recommend a final biodiesel technology for Oiltanking. SE-Energy became the top choice out of 65 technology providers, and then SE-Energy enticed Mr. Keller to join the SE Team. In addition, Mr. Keller served as Senior Process Engineer, supervising intricate chemical and petroleum process operations in the following capacities: 2/97 to 4/99 CITGO PETROLEUM in Corpus Christi, Texas Group Leader , Corpus Christi Refinery Supervised Process Engineering for all fuels and petrochemical units. 7/78 to 2/97 ULTRAMAR and UNION PACIFIC Ultramar purchased the Champlin Refinery in Wilmington, CA from Union Pacific in December 1988. 7/93 to 2/97 Manager of Project Engineering , Wilmington Refinery Managed 10 Ultramar project engineers and a $30 million annual capital budget. Projects varied in size up to $10 million and were for maintenance, reliability, compliance, & expansion. Also substituted for the General Manager of Engineering & Support Services during his absences & mentored the interim Manager of Inspection Services. 3/91 to 7/93 Manager of Process Engineering , Wilmington Refinery Managed 5 Ultramar process engineers providing technical service for all refinery units (Crude, Vacuum, Coker, Naphtha & Gas Oil Hydrotreaters, CCR Platformer, FCC, HF Alky, Butamer, Sulfur, Utilities, and Logistics). 9/88 to 3/91 Transferred to Wilmington Refinery as Staff Process Engineer Provided technical service for Crude, Vacuum, Coker, and Gas Oil Hydrotreater units. Member of the refinery expansion development team planning refinery configuration for EPA and California reformulated gasoline specifications. 7/78 to 9/88 UNION PACIFIC’s Champlin Corpus Christi Refinery Manager of Petrochemicals Managed one other engineer to maximize and coordinate the production and sales of aromatic petrochemicals (Bz, Tol, Xyl, CyC6 , Cumene, & MTBE). Sr. Operations Engineer Supervised 2 Area Supervisors and 103 union hourly employees operating 13 refinery units covering almost all processes (Crude, Vacuum, NHT, CCR Platformer, FCC, HF Alky, Boilers, & the Petrochem. units listed above).

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Sr. Process Engineer Monitored and improved energy consumption. Monitored and improved the Coker unit performance. 10/74 to 7/78 ASHLAND PETROLEUM in Ashland, KY Operations Supervisor , Catlettsburg Refinery Supervised 46 union hourly employees operating 10 refinery units making and extracting aromatic Petrochemicals from naphtha and coke oven oil. Tech Service Engineer , Catlettsburg Tech Center Provided technical service to Ashland’s refineries in Kentucky, Ohio, and Minnesota. 7/71 to 10/74 UNION OIL COMPANY of California Research Engineer , UNOCAL Research Center in Brea, CA Provided process engineering for hydroprocessing designs. Issued two U. S. Patents for chromatographic methods to measure the percent oil in reservoirs. Invented five commercial thermoplastic adhesives. BHR GROUP, Process Intensification Engineers, England, is a group of 65 process engineers, who has granted SE-Energy a worldwide exclusive license to their patented 3.6 minute reaction, a breakthrough in the industry. BHR Group Limited was previously BHRA (British Hydromechanics Research Association) which was founded in 1947 with a mandate to apply all British technology developed during WWII to new industrial uses. The company focused on fluid flow process engineering and was renamed BHR Group Limited. BHR has developed technology to turn any batch reactor into a continuous plug flow design, saving considerable operating costs and time. With 15 years of research and success by Senior PhD Chemists, BHR group has perfected a biodiesel reactor with far superior product at 45 times less time, 3.6 minutes. BHR's worldwide license to SE-Energy for their reactor, includes BHR's 65 Engineers, plus their combined massive knowledge of and research facilities for biodiesel as a continued resource solely for SE-Energy plants, at the full disposal of SE-Energy plant management teams. JOHN E. HENDERSON, CH. E., MBA, Director of Glycerine Technology comes to SE after 16 years with Rohm-Haas, a major specialty chemical manufacturer who pioneered an ion-exchange resin that provides a superior waterless wash that reliably cleans SE-Energy biodiesel after the main reaction. Mr. Henderson can be termed one of the most experienced biodiesel experts in the world having consulted with over 75 biodiesel plant designers-owners in the USA to assist them with the ion-exchange process that produces superior quality

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biodiesel. Having seen every biodiesel technology in the world, John chose to join the SE-Energy's team of senior biodiesel-industry specialists. Mr. Henderson will head up SE Glycerine Technology Research program at SE's Houston facility. John's mission is to take the nearly $2mm glycerin research our Senior Chemists from BHR Group in England have developed and put that information to work for SE plants. Mr. Henderson's specific experience assignments include: Rohm and Haas – League City, TX (Process Chemicals) (Jan 03 – Jan 07) Biodiesel Technology Key-Account Manager Managed the diverse Industrial Processes market segment. Increased sales from ~$7 MM to ~$10.5 MM. Became the company expert in the polymeric catalysis market segment, defining and executing the strategy to increase sales. Defined, pioneered, and became the company expert in the biodiesel market. Instrumental in developing the strategy for the introduction of Amberlite BD10Dry to the biodiesel market. Rohm and Haas – Deer Park TX (Engineering Division) (May 95 – Jan 03) Process Design Engineer Led engineering projects of increasing size and responsibility. Supervised a team of 5 engineers in a successful controls system upgrade. Led the effort to utilize advanced process controllers. Rohm and Haas – Bristol, PA (Engineering Division) (May 03 – May 05) Process Design Engineer Worked on the North Butyl Acrylate expansion project. Responsibilities included the design of several distillation columns, the tank farm, and the drainage systems. Rohm and Haas - Deer Park TX (Acetylene Unit) (Jul 90 – May 93) Process Engineer Led project to reduce waste costs by $550K/yr. Became area expert in the refining section. Characterized the air emissions from the unit. AWARDS - Vice President’s Award, 1995 PATENT- US. Patent 6,499,412 B2, “Method of Firebox Temperature

Control for Achieving Carbon Monoxide Emission Compliance in Industrial Furnaces with Minimal Energy Consumption,” 2002

SITE ENGINEERING, DEVELOPMENT, & CONSTRUCTION The SE Site Engineering, Development, and Construction Team will handle the development of all SE-Energy sites through biodiesel plant commissioning. They

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will procure, hire, train and oversee local Engineering firms, and Project Managers for each SE site, responsible for contracting and installing of all site improvements, accounting systems, billing, inspections, and payout during construction of facilities. Key Site Development Management Team members include: EDWARD E. THURMAN, FORMER COLONEL IN THE US ARMY, BS MATH, MS OP. RESEARCH, M. MILITARY ARTS AND SCIENCES - STRATEGIC PLANNING, Director of Site Development, is an accomplished business executive with 20+ years experience in delivering performance, profitability and growth in challenging, competitive, high technology markets. Decisive, solutions-focused and results-oriented—expert in building and revitalizing a company’s organizational infrastructure, products, technologies, processes, measurement systems and sales-marketing strategies to optimize results. Strong leadership, team building, communication, creative and analytical skills. Mr. Thurman is the founder and President of Navigator Partners, LLC, an executive management consulting firm. Navigator provides strategy development, technology assessment, business process and capital placement to C-level executives in the renewable energy industry. Mr. Thurman consults to Black & Veatch, one of the world’s largest energy engineering corporations, in the areas of desalination, nuclear power, biogasification, ethanol and advanced control systems. Further, Mr. Thurman has been instrumental in the funding of multiple ethanol projects as well as serving as a developer of an energy campus, consisting of a 108 mgpy ethanol plant, 40 million gallon biodiesel plant and supporting facilities. Mr. Thurman previously served as President and CEO of Iconixx Systems Engineering, Inc. located in Overland Park, Kansas, consisting of approximately 100 engineers, developers and other professionals providing engineering and software development support to Sprint and other telecommunications companies. Mr. Thurman was previously President and Chief Operating Officer for Accelerated Networks, a telecommunications equipment manufacturer headquartered in Moorpark, CA. Accelerated Networks experienced accelerated growth having the largest deployed base for its products in the US market. Accelerated successfully completed an initial public offering (IPO) during Mr. Thurman’s tenure. Prior to assuming those responsibilities, Mr. Thurman served as the company’s Chief Technology Officer. Prior to joining Accelerated Networks, Mr. Thurman was responsible for the Advanced Technology Development group and the Strategic Concepts, Plans and Programs group at Sprint. In this capacity, Mr. Thurman managed a budget of $100 million annually and a team of 300 engineers responsible for the development of concepts, strategy, design, engineering, software development, hardware acquisition and development, testing, strategic alliances and deployment for the transition of Sprint’s networks to a packet-based, multi-

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service over broadband network. This group was the centerpiece of a Sprint $2 billion development initiative. Prior to joining Sprint, Mr. Thurman was a career U.S. Army officer achieving the rank of Colonel. In this capacity, he commanded and directed the operations of Ranger, light infantry, air assault, rifle, and motorized infantry units at multiple levels. Additionally, he was responsible for the command and oversight of multiple complex initiatives of strategic significance in the areas of concepts, strategy, force design, weapons assessment, doctrine development and similar disciplines. Mr. Thurman holds a Bachelors degree in Mathematics from the University of Washington, a Masters of Science in Operations Research/Systems Analysis (Engineering) from the Naval Postgraduate School and a Masters of Military Arts and Sciences focused on strategic planning from the U.S. Army School of Advanced Military Studies. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE June 2003—Present Navigator Partners, LLC Founder and President Overland Park, KS Founded a business consulting firm assisting C-level executives in well-established, newly-restructured and startup companies with strategic planning, profitability growth and positioning for investment capital. Typical engagements include technical analysis, strategic planning, marketing strategy development, business plan development, pro forma creation and preparation for funding. Business analysis and investment funding of emerging and rapid growth ethanol opportunities for multiple private entities. Currently engaged in over $200 million of ethanol opportunities. Currently engaged in ethanol business and technology consulting for Black & Veatch, a multi-billion dollar engineering firm, ranked first in power and fourth in water engineering services worldwide. Business analysis of emerging desalination technologies for Black & Veatch. The desalination engagement resulted in a patent filing and the creation of a new business unit within Black & Veatch to pursue this $500 million a year multinational opportunity. Business analysis of Black & Veatch’s nuclear services practice to determine the business strategy for the next ten years to increase revenues, enhance margins, obtain growth capital, and potential merger and/or acquisition activity. This engagement resulted in the development of a business and marketing strategy, organizational structure, pro forma and investment strategy for a potential $300 million annual nuclear services business. Business analysis and private equity placement for a $25 million robotic telecommunications facilities emplacement firm. This engagement is in the final stages of acquisition.

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Business analysis and private equity placement for an internet telecommunications company competing in the Russian and former Soviet bloc markets. This engagement resulted in the development of a market strategy and a successful “Angel” fund raise. April 2001—June 2003 Iconixx Systems Engineering President and CEO Overland Park, KS Recruited as President and COO to reorganize and stabilize a $25 million advanced technology engineering solutions firm specializing in next generation telecommunications solutions. Primary responsibilities include daily oversight of the financial, sales, marketing, hardware and software development, operations, testing and certification, customer support, professional services, educational services, and plans and architecture groups. The company was reorganized, focused and its operating costs reduced by 30% within six months while sustaining the productivity of the organization. March 2000—April 2001 Accelerated Networks President and COO Moorpark, CA. Initially recruited as the Chief Technology Officer for Accelerated Networks, a $65 million pre-IPO advanced technology manufacturing firm specializing in next generation packet-based network solutions. Key deliverables were to provide technology vision and direction, establish and sustain product integrity and ensure industry standards compliance. Rapid advancement led to promotion to President and COO in less than six months. Evolved the company from pre-IPO to having the largest embedded base for its product line in the industry. Further, the product was widely recognized as the industry’s leading product in its field. October 1995—April 2000 Sprint Director, Advanced Technology Development Overland Park, KS Director, Strategic Concepts, Plans and Programs Director of Advanced Technology Development responsible to the CTO, Sprint for the financial, managerial, and technical direction for Sprint’s future technologies. The key deliverable in this position was the development of Sprint’s Integrated On-demand Network (ION). All products were delivered on time, to standard and under budget. Developed and managed strategic concept development initiatives for Sprint’s future technology direction. Responsible for concept, design, planning, testing and development of the Sprint ION network resulting in a potential 70% operational cost savings. Responsible for 300-member software and hardware development organization. Financial planning and management of a $100 million per year development effort. Responsible to the CTO, Sprint for the management of strategic technology alliances and vendor relationships to include the Sprint, France Telecom and Deutsche Telekom alliance.

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June 1972—October 1995 United States Army Commanding Officer—(Chief Executive Officer/Chief Operating Officer) Command, Strategic Concepts, Analytical, and Special Assignment Organizations Served for 23 years in the United States Army in Executive Management positions of increasing responsibility. Consistently selected by the Army’s senior leadership for the most demanding and complex positions. Demonstrated successes resulted in rapid advancement and premier assignment selection. Progressive executive management of organizations up to 3000+ individuals--consistently ranked in the top 5% of comparable organizations. Achieved rank of Colonel ahead of peers. Hand-picked to lead multiple international strategic initiatives and analyses. Key member nations included Australia, Canada, England, France, Germany, Korea, New Zealand, and Russia. Extensive experience in the determination of strategic plans and future initiatives based upon thorough analysis of organizational goals, competitor strengths and weaknesses, regional factors, competing resource demands, and evolving technologies. Directed multiple critical analyses for the Army’s most senior leadership. Analysis resulted in several integrated fielding decisions, which simultaneous enhanced performance and reduced projected expenditures. ROGER LLOYD, Senior Project Manager, been involved in all phases of construction for the past 30 + years beginning with his own general construction company and buying real estate, having experience in land development, construction management, multiple site construction simultaneously, exploring alternative sites, working with economic development groups, permitting, putting together bid packages/letting meetings, being involved in financial draw downs, and turning over the projects to owners. He had an opportunity to work for a very fast growing company doing project management, estimating, and scheduling in a resort area of Iowa. Mr. Lloyd became one of the lead managers of a major expansion of their telemarketing company, which became known as MCI. Mr. Lloyd’s functions included traveling to areas of interest to secure buildings and/or land, working with metropolitan areas for economic assistance, meeting with area leaders for financial incentives, putting together bid packages, securing contractors, purchasing major equipment, tracking progress and assisting with payouts and turning over the project to the heads of their departments. After the build out was completed, Mr. Lloyd resumed his general construction contracting, buying a real estate company for the expressed purpose of buying distressed homes and commercial properties and turning them rapidly. He also managed all phases of a suburban housing development from civil work,

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covenants, selling of lots to the building of homes. Mr. Lloyd purchased an old commercial building in a historic district of his city, restored it and established a business which ranked #1 for 5 years running. He simultaneously directed the startup of a cold storage company that has sites in three states with a combined size of over 300,000 sq.ft. In the biodiesel endeavor, Mr. Lloyd will be involved with many areas of development, including meeting with community leaders about economic development, buying/securing land and easements, procuring feedstock and off take agreements, securing contractors, working with lending institutions, and all that is necessary to bring this project to the successful state of completion. WORK HISTORY LLOYD CONSTRUCTION AND PROPERTY MANAGEMENT New home construction Residential home restoration – restored Frank Lloyd Wright structure Land development Commercial and industrial construction MCI / LONG LINES LTD. Estimating and project management Property management Telemarketing centers expansion - MCI call centers Facility management Purchasing agent Mall management COLD STORAGE / BUSINESS VENTURE Directed upstart of cold storage business Purchased old building in historic district, restored and established business that maintained #1 ranking for 5 years running INNOVATIONS AND OR IMPROVEMENTS Developed a team that was responsible for individual aspects of construction in the build out of the Telemarketing Centers with control and speed Palletized all the finishes • Containerized much of the computer room equipment PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE • Vice President of Chief Energy/Nordic Ventures 2005-2007 All phases in the development of bio-energy campus • President of Lloyd Construction/ Property Management Co. 1994-2007 All phases of the general construction business, estimating, Securing work, hiring/firing employees, making payroll, buying insurance, getting bonding • Manager of Construction of Long Lines / MCI 1987-1994

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Manager of Construction of the Area Resorts • President of Lloyd Construction/Property Management 1979-1987 All phases of construction, buying property • Employed in Construction Field 1972-1979 BRAD NORDSTROM, BS, MS MATH, Contract Inspection Specialist, taught high school mathematics and coached for 22 years. Currently, he is the sole owner or a part owner in several other businesses and he is heading up a group looking to bring a 1,400 acre commercial and residential development into central Iowa. Other current and past experience includes managing commercial and residential construction projects, real estate investment, securities license, and author and lecturer on personal growth and character development. His leadership experience includes President, HS Senior Class; President, Sloan Community Club (5 years); City Councilman (2 years); President of Madison Development; initiator and President of two investment clubs; and first intern in the University of Iowa Athletic Office and the instigator of the intern program between the academia and the athletic department. In 2002 he was a candidate for the state Senate in Iowa and he has served on the Central Committee for the Republican Party in Madison County, Iowa. INNOVATION/INITIATION • Chief Energy Company, LLC 2005 - Present The founder and visionary for Chief Energy, a company whose objective is to build several biofuels campuses throughout Iowa and the United States. The vision is to produce a number of bioenergies utilizing several technologies and a wide variety of feedstock.

PROCESS OPERATIONS & BIODIESEL QUALITY CONTROL The SE-Operations and Biodiesel Quality Control team will headquarter in Omaha, NB with complete Delta V control monitoring and oversight for all SE-Energy biodiesel plants worldwide. The control room will have complete video monitoring of all plants plus immediate land and satellite control systems completely programmable and downloadable for instant plant adjustments monitored 24/7. A full laboratory will allow overnight samples to arrive for immediate testing by our lead biodiesel chemist, Mr. Curtis Abney. The Operations team will procure, hire, and train local teams for day-to-day responsible plant management. By overnight fight, the SE Operations team can visually inspect any SE plant in the world. Key Operations Management Team members include:

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ANTHONY C. PREHM, BS, BUS. ADMIN (2007), Director of Process Operations, comes to SE-Energy as one of the most experienced biodiesel plant design, construction, and operations specialist, soy crusher and oil extractor, and ethanol plant construction and operations manager in the renewable energy industry. Mr. Prehm began over 26 years ago in the Midwest Ag. processing industry, defining renewable fuel technology from the very beginning. Responsible for the development of SE-Energy’s operations division, Mr. Prehm possesses a wide variety of operational experience. Mr. Prehm has 26 years of leadership with agricultural products including ethanol dry milling, soy biodiesel production using two different technologies, soybean crushing, soy oil refining including hydrogenation and deodorization, soy flour, soy degumming & lecithin, including lecithin fractionazation and de-oiling. Through the years, Mr. Prehm held the positions of entry level management, project management, general manager and VP of operations prior to joining the SE-Energy team. Included in Mr. Prehm’s prior responsibilities were human resources, policy development and implementation, project management, operations management, training, safety and environmental compliance. Mr. Prehm spent 6 years in the Iowa Army National Guards and in 1985 was recognized by the governor of Iowa with the “Award of Valor”. His renewable/crushing/oil extraction industry experience includes: 2 yrs as VP, 13 yrs as multiple plant GM and 4 additional years in other leadership functions including project development and maintenance. VP of Operations overseeing 3 plants under construction and 1 fulltime operating plant 1 yr in full time consulting during the construction of a new processing plant 23 yrs in Soybean oil extraction 10 yrs including Biodiesel production 9 yrs including Lecithin production 3 yrs including soy flour from white flakes 1.5 yrs Refining; hyrogenation, bleaching 2 yrs in lecithin deoiling and fractionization using CO2 and ethanol 3 yrs in ethanol production from corn and milo Mr. Prehm's renewable/crushing/oil extraction industry positions include: Vice President of Operations Altra Inc. March 2006 to 2007 Responsible for all GM’s and corporate directors of all ethanol and biodiesel facilities as well as other future operations for advance processes. Development of policy’s and guidelines for a startup organization Biodiesel development and evaluation of multiple processes: Algae production of oil for Biodiesel Dry process vs. water wash Investigated palm as an alternative feedstock

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Oversaw project managers for three new plant sites including EPC negotiations and owner scope determinations and compliance Oversaw hiring and negotiations for all operations management Participated with potential existing plant acquisitions General Manager West Central Coop August 2005 to March 2006 General Manager for the SoyMor facility in Glenville MN. Provide leadership and facility management for a Lecithin de-oiling / fractionation plant and a 30 million gallon per year biodiesel plant Was auditor and implementer of the BQ 9000 quality assurance program Coordinated logistics for all inbound and outbound products Developed employee handbook, policies, pay structure, log sheets training manuals and disciplinary forms. Involved with all administrative systems for a new plant start up. Plant Manager Abengoa Bioenergy Corporation August 2003 to August 2005 Provided Leadership for a 30 million gallon per year ethanol facility Developed annual expense budget and capital spending plan Responsible for all salary and hourly employees at the plant level QS&E including six sigma, ISO 9000, ISO 14000 and OSHA. Championed a six sigma project netting an annual company savings of $152,000 Tasked to restructure the facility and retrain supervision Successfully transitioned the plant through a 16 million dollar expansion Provided leadership in marketing ethanol co-products Reduced operating costs and achieved two consecutive record production months after 6 months on the job and prior to the expansion completion Member of a five person team responsible for developing all human resource procedures for the entire organization Plant Operations Manager Ag Processing Inc June 1990 to August 2003 Multiple Plants Managed four different soybean crush plants spanning 13 years ranging from 50,000 bushel per day to 100,000 bpd. Operated one of only two methyl ester (biodiesel) plants in the country of any size (12mmpgy) in the mid 90’s. The early methyl esters went into inks for printing companies, adjuvant sprays, hand cleaners and biodiesel sales. Went through multiple process changes to minimize methanol losses, improve quality issues and improve efficiencies. Oversaw multiple operations at two plants including degumming/lecithin and bio-diesel. Spent one year managing a soy oil refinery including hydrogenation and deodorization. Managed both union and non-union facilities. Reduced operating expenses at each facility assigned. Reductions ranged from 3% to 16%. Savings realized through reduced overtime, operating efficiencies, quality and improved run time Reduced recordable downtime through the implementation of improved maintenance practices and better planned shutdowns Prepared expense/capital budgets, compliance plans, human resource procedures and defined and developed policies

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Implemented between 6-9 efficiency projects annually ranging from $30,000 - $1,000,000. Took over a 13 million dollar project that was on course to come in $1.2 million over budget and brought the project in within $100,000 of budget Instrumental in the research & development of a new process for producing a premium feed for dairy cattle Set up a centralized warehouse for a three plant location Personally developed and provided training for all supervisors within the soy/refining/ethanol organizations Responsible for barge loading of feed products on the Missouri River, (2 different sites) Production Supervisor Ag Processing Inc February 1987 - June 1990 Manning/MasonCity IA. Oversaw design and layout of new equipment Upgraded existing equipment through innovative approaches Developed and proposed efficiency projects for implementation Performed troubleshooting for the plant during operations problems Supervised a shift of 5 operations people Performed all boiler operations functions, quality checks and maintenance during nights and weekends Recommended changes to improve efficiencies and/or quality Administered all disciplinary action to maintain company policies and procedures Led the plant safety committee for the entire facility Plant Maintenance Ag Processing Inc January 1982 - May 1987 Eagle Grove, IA Certified pipe welder Electrical troubleshooting Millwright construction Performed preventative maintenance on all equipment Iowa Army National Guard 1984 –1990 76V Supply Unit Rank E5 STEVEN STILL, BS, BUS. ADMIN (2007), Director of Plant Operations, comes to SE-Energy as one of the most experienced biodiesel plant operations specialist, and soy crusher and oil extractor plant management. His renewable/crushing/oil extraction industry experience includes: 29 years in Ag related industry 1 yr as director, 4 yrs as multiple plant GM and 15 additional years in other leadership functions including project development, maintenance and plant superintendent

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29 yrs in Soybean oil extraction 5 yrs in soy oil degumming, refining and bleaching 3 yrs in soy flour from white flakes 2 yrs in biodiesel operations 1 yr as Director of operations for 2 extraction plants, 1 biodiesel plant and a polymer plant for producing plastics from soy oil. Responsible for overseeing construction and start up of 110,000 bushel/day crush plant and 30 mmgpy biodiesel plant. Developed all documents, procedures, safety training, PSM, maintenance PM's etc for new plants. 1 year as the Director and Developer of an experimental polymer plastics plant overseeing the destination sites as well as production plant. Mr. Still's renewable/crushing/oil extraction industry positions include: South Dakota Soybean Processors Volga, SD 2006 - 2007 Vice President of Operations Directed the daily operations the MnSP and SDSP facilities Responsible for: Daily crush, refining and biodiesel at both plants Director of Human resources for the plants Responsible for Operations of plant producing plastics from soy oils Oversaw General Manager with EHS responsibilities Part of team developing the biodiesel strategy of SDSP Minnesota Soybean Processors Brewster, MN 2003 – 2007 Plant Manager Team member of the construction and development of the greenfield 110,000 bushel soybean facility and responsible for the successful startup upon completion of the construction. Responsible for the operation of the soybean processing, refined and bleached refining and a 30 mmgpy biodiesel facility. Implemented and developed a team of 60 operations, maintenance, lab, marketing, and office staff to maintain an efficient operation. Responsible for development and implementation of environmental and safety programs for both the soy and bio-diesel facilities. Responsible for budget development and implementation. Ag Processing Inc Sheldon, IA 1993 – 2003 Plant Superintendent Directed a team of 27 operational staff and department personnel to maintain plant efficiencies while producing a quality product. Responsible for daily planning and development of annual maintenance and operations plans. Hired and developed hourly personnel and salaried shift supervisors. Coordinated daily with marketing to meet shipment and receiving deadlines. Implemented cross training of employees throughout departments to create a better understanding of the soy operation.

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Ag Processing Inc St. Joseph, MO 1990 – 1993 Maintenance Superintendent 1991 - 1993 Directed a team of 12 maintenance personnel to accomplish preventative maintenance on the soy processing, degumming, lecithin, and flour desolventizing equipment. Setup preventative maintenance schedules for all equipment. Implemented and maintained a parts inventory system for the facility equipment. Project Supervisor 1990 -1991 Layout of new degumming building and equipment. Coordinated and scheduled contractors for capital and expense projects. Created equipment specifications, obtained bids and purchased materials for the degumming project. Ag Processing Inc Sheldon, IA 1978 – 1990 Maintenance Supervisor 1985 - 1990 Directed a team of 7 maintenance personnel to accomplish preventative maintenance on the soy processing equipment. Implemented an equipment filing system, PM program and maintained a parts inventory. Shift Supervisor 1983 - 1985 Directed a team of 3 operational personnel to accomplish the production of a quality product. Developed the operation personnel through training knowledge of the soy process. Production Operator 1978 - 1983 Operated the preparation and extraction process to acquire a quality product. Maintained a clean work environment. CURTIS ABNEY, BS CHEM E., Director of Biodiesel Quality Assurance Quality Control, comes to SE-Energy as one of the most experienced biodiesel chemistry specialists in the renewable fuel industry. Mr. Abney has 38 plus years in Lab and chemistry environment with the last 10 years focused 100% on the development of the biodiesel industry. He has done biodiesel R&D work with Texas A&M and fully developed BQ 9000 programs for 2 companies achieving excellent rating for each. Mr. Abney has 20 plus years in protein and oil quality lab work as well as research at NIR working with Wet method testing plus 1 yr in polymer plastics. He has set up and started two biodiesel labs including procedures as well as managed operations for a 30 mmgpy BD operations for 2 years. Mr. Abney provided quality guidelines and procedures for methyl ester production for spray adjuvant, cleaners, soaps, inks etc. Provided analytical support and guidance for glycerin productions and specifications.

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PROJECT ENTITLEMENT PERMIT SPECIALISTS DANIELLE TICOULAT-BOWERS, B.A. INT. RELATIONS, Biodiesel Plant Permit Specialist, comes to SE-Energy with a strong academic background, superior organizational, administrative, and interpersonal skills and a passion for innovation and the environment. She received her B.A. in International Relations from Pomona College in Claremont, CA in 2004, graduating with distinction on her 125-page senior thesis. Ms. Ticoulat-Bowers is presently directing the entitlement permitting for eight biodiesel sites for SE-Energy in four states through all Planning Permits, constructing permanent due diligence file records, and handover plans for the Site Development Team. SE-ENERGY PLANT EQUIPMENT SERVICE DUSTIN SELLEN, Biodiesel Plant Service Team Leader, comes to SE-Energy with thirteen years experience servicing major pipeline and petroleum industry flow equipment for many major oil companies in his position of Service Manager for PFT-Alexander. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE PFT\Alexander Service Inc, Signal Hill, CA Jan 2006 to 2007 Service Manager (Corporate Office) – Duties include quoting, estimating, scheduling jobs for the entire west coast. Training technicians. Coordinate existing & future projects. Design custom flow systems. First responder for our Tech support & 24/7 emergency service team. Establishing and increasing our relationships with our customers and vendors. Increasing our Sales and Profit Margins. WestWay Terminals, San Pedro, CA Feb 2005 to Jan 2006 Maintenance Supervisor \ Project Coordinator – Duties included, responsible for the up keep and operation of all the equipment at the facility. Coordinate all existing & future projects; establish a Safety plan in coordinates with the HSE Manual. Training of all Maintenance Division. Handled all Safety orientations with the contractors, Department of Fish & Game, Ship Services, Fire Department, Harbor Police, Coast Guard etc PFT\Alexander Service Inc, Signal Hill, CA Apr 2002 to Feb 2005 Same duties as indicated along with, Support for our machine shop “The Hole Shop” duties include fabrication, machining, and Metal Disintegration (stationary machine & portable machine) PFT\Alexander Service Inc, Vacaville, Ca Feb 2001 to Mar 2002

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Service Manager – quoting, estimating, and scheduling jobs. Increased customer base, designed calibration trailer (still in use today), inside and outside sales. Training new technicians. Strengthening our relationships with the Department of Agriculture “Weights & Measures”. PFT\Alexander Service Inc, Signal Hill, Ca Jul 2000 to Feb 2001 Service Manager – quoting, estimating, and scheduling jobs. Increased customer base, designed calibration trailer (still in use today), inside and outside sales. Training new technicians. Strengthening our relationships with the Department of Agriculture “Weights & Measures”. ASIG – Aircraft Service International Group, Santa Ana, Ca Jan 2000 to Jun 2000 Maintenance \ Operations Supervisor – service & repair fuel farm systems (tanks, offload rack, shipping pump runs, receiving load racks, inbound & outbound filtration systems, oil & water separators) Quality Control (Millipore tests, designing Millipore test manifolds, sampling and sumping tanks, filter vessels & receiving tanker trucks fuel quality per customer (i.e. Chevron, Shell), audits (airlines consortium, Fed-Ex, Ups, airport environmental agencies, airport fire department , Orange County Sheriff Department, ASIG-internal audits), and inventory (started the spare parts inventory for all existing flow and related fuel farm equipment ). PFT\Alexander Service Inc, Signal Hill, Ca 1999 to 2000 Duties include same as below and entered the sales and calibration side of the industry. Further increased my knowledge on electronic flow measurement equipment. PFT\Alexander Service Inc, Bakersfield, Ca 1998 to 1999 Duties include same as below as well as fabricate flow systems and sampling skids, gas regulator stations, etc. Started the Field Service Division of Bakersfield.

PFT\Alexander Service Inc, Signal Hill, Ca Jun 1994 to 1998 Duties include shop & field repair of various flow measurement and related equipment (meters, valves, samplers, swivels, pumps, loading arms, dry break couplers, transmitters, tank level equipment, pressure & temperature equipment, vapor recovery systems, grounding and overflow systems & more), construction, installation, and troubleshooting electrical / electronic equipment. Light programming of various flow computers.

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS Strong mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, electrical/electronic skills. Fabrication- welding (MIG & TIG), plasma cutter, torch, notcher, hydraulic bender, as well as various grinding and sanding equipment. Machining – mil, lathe, metal disintegrator, and various equipment that apply. Great with people, can give orders as well as take them. Great with trouble shooting electrical systems (grounding, overflow, level, pressure, temp, and systems). Good at diagnosing flow measurement issues. Weights and Measures certified, and have been

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through numerous training from as little as Swagelok tube bending classes to as extensive as Accuload III advanced programming courses at Smith Meter.

SAFETY & CERTIFICATIONS ISNetworld – (pipeline, operations, systems, safety test). Scored the highest through out the company (PFT\Alexander Service, Inc.) www.isnetworld.com isn id#: 00723318 (lists all the tests I have taken and pass and qualify to work and or operate in the oil field industry according to the certain customer) Safety & Management – Training provided by WestWay Terminals. Hazwoper – completed and passed all levels CPR – and other various medical safety courses Safety skills – Trained in various methods of spill cleanup, fire fighting, vehicle operation, fork lift trained, PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) training, hazardous location training, confined space training, over head training and more.