Two-Day Manager of Collection Systems Training Course
Joe Williams
Common Sense Consulting
Principal
Joe Williams enters a fourth decade of solid waste management energized by his newest challenge as founder of Common Sense Consulting of Franklin, LLC in Franklin, TN. Experienced in both the private and public side of MSW, Mr. Williams spent nearly ten years with the former Browning-Ferris Industries (BFI) before taking the reins as Solid Waste Director for the City of Franklin, TN in 1998. His responsibilities have included hiring, training, safety and compliance, operations, financing and administrative requirements for all sections of solid waste management, including residential, commercial, medical, and special wastes.
Joe Williams
Common Sense Consulting
Principal
Joe Williams enters a fourth decade of solid waste management energized by his newest challenge as founder of Common Sense Consulting of Franklin, LLC in Franklin, TN. Experienced in both the private and public side of MSW, Mr. Williams spent nearly ten years with the former Browning-Ferris Industries (BFI) before taking the reins as Solid Waste Director for the City of Franklin, TN in 1998. His responsibilities have included hiring, training, safety and compliance, operations, financing and administrative requirements for all sections of solid waste management, including residential, commercial, medical, and special wastes.
Three-Day Manager of Landfill Operations (MOLO) Training Course
Neal Bolton
Blue Ridge Services
President
Neal Bolton has more than 43 years of experience in the solid waste industry. In 1988, Mr. Bolton formed his own consulting company – Blue Ridge Services. His team provides operational consulting services for a wide range of private and municipal solid waste/recycling facilities, landfills, transfer stations, collections operations, material recovery facilities, and green waste facilities throughout North America and abroad. He is the author of The Handbook of Landfill Operations and created the industry’s most comprehensive safety training program for transfer stations, landfills, and collections. He and his team have pioneered the use of process improvement tools in the solid waste industry and have broken new ground with the use of drone technology for waste management mapping and planning. Neal has been a volunteer on SWANA’s training faculty for 25 years. His team recently completed the development of the new MOLO course.
Neal Bolton
Blue Ridge Services
President
Neal Bolton has more than 43 years of experience in the solid waste industry. In 1988, Mr. Bolton formed his own consulting company – Blue Ridge Services. His team provides operational consulting services for a wide range of private and municipal solid waste/recycling facilities, landfills, transfer stations, collections operations, material recovery facilities, and green waste facilities throughout North America and abroad. He is the author of The Handbook of Landfill Operations and created the industry’s most comprehensive safety training program for transfer stations, landfills, and collections. He and his team have pioneered the use of process improvement tools in the solid waste industry and have broken new ground with the use of drone technology for waste management mapping and planning. Neal has been a volunteer on SWANA’s training faculty for 25 years. His team recently completed the development of the new MOLO course.
Three-Day Manager of Landfill Operations (MOLO) Training Course
Mr. Bob Watts
Chester County Solid Waste Authority
Executive Director
Robert Watts has been the Executive Director of the Chester County Solid Waste Authority (CCSWA) for more than 25 years. CCSWA operates a landfill, composting operation and a residential recycling drop off center that is in southeastern Pennsylvania, USA.
For SWANA, Mr., Watts currently serves as the Awards Committee Chairman of the Landfill Technical Division. He was member of SWANA’s International Board for more than 10 years. Mr. Watts is on the SWANA Faculty and has been a MOLO instructor for more than 20 years. He is the former director of the Landfill Gas and Biogas Technical Division.
Mr. Bob Watts
Chester County Solid Waste Authority
Executive Director
Robert Watts has been the Executive Director of the Chester County Solid Waste Authority (CCSWA) for more than 25 years. CCSWA operates a landfill, composting operation and a residential recycling drop off center that is in southeastern Pennsylvania, USA.
For SWANA, Mr., Watts currently serves as the Awards Committee Chairman of the Landfill Technical Division. He was member of SWANA’s International Board for more than 10 years. Mr. Watts is on the SWANA Faculty and has been a MOLO instructor for more than 20 years. He is the former director of the Landfill Gas and Biogas Technical Division.
Three-Day Landfill Gas Operations & Maintenance Training Course
Mr. Ronald Wilks
SCS Engineers
Vice President / Regional Manager
Mr. Wilks is the Regional Manager and Vice President for SCS Engineers’ Operations, Maintenance, and Monitoring business unit. His responsibilities encompass all phases of environmental compliance relating to landfills. He has over 30 years of experience in landfill systems design, integration, and installation in addition to experience in automated control systems. He is responsible for managing personnel in the Field Services Central Region and is the client services manager for all aspects of projects including initial design requirements, coordination of designs, construction implementation, and operations management.
Mr. Wilks has participated in multiple system design, installation, and operations projects. He is the senior system trouble investigator for landfill gas (LFG), high H2S, and leachate management systems, including all aspects of equipment and systems design, installation, and operations. He is currently responsible for directing remedial operations at several problematic/reactive sites experiencing sub-surface oxidation events, and/or high H2S .
Mr. Ronald Wilks
SCS Engineers
Vice President / Regional Manager
Mr. Wilks is the Regional Manager and Vice President for SCS Engineers’ Operations, Maintenance, and Monitoring business unit. His responsibilities encompass all phases of environmental compliance relating to landfills. He has over 30 years of experience in landfill systems design, integration, and installation in addition to experience in automated control systems. He is responsible for managing personnel in the Field Services Central Region and is the client services manager for all aspects of projects including initial design requirements, coordination of designs, construction implementation, and operations management.
Mr. Wilks has participated in multiple system design, installation, and operations projects. He is the senior system trouble investigator for landfill gas (LFG), high H2S, and leachate management systems, including all aspects of equipment and systems design, installation, and operations. He is currently responsible for directing remedial operations at several problematic/reactive sites experiencing sub-surface oxidation events, and/or high H2S .
Three-Day Landfill Gas Operations & Maintenance Training Course
Mr. Russell Anderson
Casella Waste Systems
Director of Energy
Mr. Russell Anderson is a solid waste professional with over 24 years of experience in the solid waste industry, including 16 years in engineering/consulting and 8 years with private solid waste companies as part of in-house engineering. Currently employed with Casella Waste Systems, a vertically integrated solid waste management company with assets predominantly in the Northeast, Mr. Anderson serves as part of Casella’s corporate engineering team with responsibility over various aspects of Casella’s landfill engineering, permitting and compliance programs, and provides the company with in-house expertise in the areas of air permitting, LFG management and LFG energy development. Mr. Anderson previously served as an Area Engineering Manager for Republic Services and has managed both LFG OM&M services and LFG engineering/Air permitting services for engineering consulting firms, including Brown & Caldwell and SCS Engineers.
Mr. Russell Anderson
Casella Waste Systems
Director of Energy
Mr. Russell Anderson is a solid waste professional with over 24 years of experience in the solid waste industry, including 16 years in engineering/consulting and 8 years with private solid waste companies as part of in-house engineering. Currently employed with Casella Waste Systems, a vertically integrated solid waste management company with assets predominantly in the Northeast, Mr. Anderson serves as part of Casella’s corporate engineering team with responsibility over various aspects of Casella’s landfill engineering, permitting and compliance programs, and provides the company with in-house expertise in the areas of air permitting, LFG management and LFG energy development. Mr. Anderson previously served as an Area Engineering Manager for Republic Services and has managed both LFG OM&M services and LFG engineering/Air permitting services for engineering consulting firms, including Brown & Caldwell and SCS Engineers.
Three-Day Landfill Gas Operations & Maintenance Training Course
Mr. Bill Dillon
SCS Field Services
Project Manager
Mr. William Dillon is a solid waste professional with over 21 years of experience in the LFG industry. Currently employed with SCS Field Services, Mr. Dillon serves as a Great Lakes area project manager focusing on operations, maintenance, and monitoring (OM&M) of landfill gas collection and control systems. He is highly skilled in LFG tuning, troubleshooting, and compliance monitoring on a wide variety of landfill sites, and is proficient in the use of various field instrumentation and techniques required to conduct environmental monitoring for site compliance and LFG system effectiveness.
Mr. Dillon has supervised initial GCCS system start-ups and balancing, gas quality optimization for use in LFG-to-energy projects, gas flare/mechanical equipment troubleshooting, and repair, as well as landfill liquid dewatering systems O&M while taking a unique hands-on approach. He has previously managed field services groups with several environmental companies specializing in landfill GCCS OM&M.
Mr. Bill Dillon
SCS Field Services
Project Manager
Mr. William Dillon is a solid waste professional with over 21 years of experience in the LFG industry. Currently employed with SCS Field Services, Mr. Dillon serves as a Great Lakes area project manager focusing on operations, maintenance, and monitoring (OM&M) of landfill gas collection and control systems. He is highly skilled in LFG tuning, troubleshooting, and compliance monitoring on a wide variety of landfill sites, and is proficient in the use of various field instrumentation and techniques required to conduct environmental monitoring for site compliance and LFG system effectiveness.
Mr. Dillon has supervised initial GCCS system start-ups and balancing, gas quality optimization for use in LFG-to-energy projects, gas flare/mechanical equipment troubleshooting, and repair, as well as landfill liquid dewatering systems O&M while taking a unique hands-on approach. He has previously managed field services groups with several environmental companies specializing in landfill GCCS OM&M.
Three-Day Landfill Gas Operations & Maintenance Training Course
Mr. Lee Daigle
Tetra Tech
Client Manager
Lee Daigle is a registered professional engineer in civil engineering with over 17 years of experience in the landfill gas industry. He started his career as an intern at a municipal solid waste landfill in Colonie, New York, while attending Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. While interning, he was fully immersed in the operations, maintenance, and construction of landfill gas collection and control systems; instilling a passion for the industry. Upon graduation, Mr. Daigle continued to focus on landfill gas; expanding into its design and regulatory compliance. Over time, this continued to grow into expertise in landfill gas utilization feasibility assessment, design, construction, and operations.
Mr. Daigle has worked on landfill gas collection systems in over 30 states/territories, three Canadian provinces, and several countries abroad. He has been responsible for the initial start-up and monitoring of collection and control system performing data analysis and interpretation to assist in optimizing overall landfill gas system performance. He also performed construction management and construction quality assurance (CQA) services during the installation of numerous landfill gas extraction and treatment systems, giving him a strong understanding of the constructability issues associated with the implementation of cost-effective landfill gas system designs.
Mr. Lee Daigle
Tetra Tech
Client Manager
Lee Daigle is a registered professional engineer in civil engineering with over 17 years of experience in the landfill gas industry. He started his career as an intern at a municipal solid waste landfill in Colonie, New York, while attending Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. While interning, he was fully immersed in the operations, maintenance, and construction of landfill gas collection and control systems; instilling a passion for the industry. Upon graduation, Mr. Daigle continued to focus on landfill gas; expanding into its design and regulatory compliance. Over time, this continued to grow into expertise in landfill gas utilization feasibility assessment, design, construction, and operations.
Mr. Daigle has worked on landfill gas collection systems in over 30 states/territories, three Canadian provinces, and several countries abroad. He has been responsible for the initial start-up and monitoring of collection and control system performing data analysis and interpretation to assist in optimizing overall landfill gas system performance. He also performed construction management and construction quality assurance (CQA) services during the installation of numerous landfill gas extraction and treatment systems, giving him a strong understanding of the constructability issues associated with the implementation of cost-effective landfill gas system designs.
Three-Day Manager of Integrated Solid Waste Management Training Course
Ms Debbie Kay Hackman
Indiana RCAP
Executive Director
Executive Director of Jackson County (Indiana) Recycling District
Solid Waste Technical Advisor for Indiana Rural Community Assistance Partnership
Vice Chair Hoosier SWANA
Advisory Board member Region 9
Ms Debbie Kay Hackman
Indiana RCAP
Executive Director
Executive Director of Jackson County (Indiana) Recycling District
Solid Waste Technical Advisor for Indiana Rural Community Assistance Partnership
Vice Chair Hoosier SWANA
Advisory Board member Region 9
Three-Day Manager of Integrated Solid Waste Management Training Course
Mr James A Skora
Ashland County Solid Waste Management District
District Coordinator
Jim Skora is the District Coordinator for Ashland County Solid Waste Management District. Jim has thirty years of hazardous and solid waste management experience in the private and public sectors. Jim has successfully provided technical and project management support to commercial and government clients in Ohio and throughout the country. His experience includes Ohio EPA Solid Waste Management and Planning, Solid Waste Management Training, Resource Conservation Recovery Act (RCRA) compliance, Department of Transportation (DOT) compliance and Property Transfer Environmental Site Assessments (PTSA). Jim is a graduate of Bowling Green State University with a B.S. in Environmental Science.
Jim began his career as an environmental specialist with a large hazardous waste management company. During his private sector career, Jim was responsible for developing and operating Ohio’s first permanent Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Collection Facility, the development of a nationwide on-site environmental consulting program, and management of a regional technical services group with responsibilities including oversight of various lab packing operations and HHW collection events. Jim then moved into the public sector as the Executive Director of the Summit/Akron Solid Waste Management Authority where he was responsible for the implementation and management of Summit County’s Solid Waste Management Plan. Jim also worked with Ohio’s Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections developing a statewide Electronics Recycling Program.
Jim currently manages the Lorain County Collection Center for the District and is the Program Manager for the NCO Solid Waste District for Champagn, Madison and Shelby counties.
Jim is a Certified Hazardous Materials Manager (CHMM) and is SWANA Certified in Municipal Solid Waste Collection Systems and Integrated Solid Waste Management Systems. Jim also is a faculty member of SWANA and teaches the Integrated Solid Waste Management and Collections courses and sits on SWANA’s International Advisory Board representing Ohio.
Mr James A Skora
Ashland County Solid Waste Management District
District Coordinator
Jim Skora is the District Coordinator for Ashland County Solid Waste Management District. Jim has thirty years of hazardous and solid waste management experience in the private and public sectors. Jim has successfully provided technical and project management support to commercial and government clients in Ohio and throughout the country. His experience includes Ohio EPA Solid Waste Management and Planning, Solid Waste Management Training, Resource Conservation Recovery Act (RCRA) compliance, Department of Transportation (DOT) compliance and Property Transfer Environmental Site Assessments (PTSA). Jim is a graduate of Bowling Green State University with a B.S. in Environmental Science.
Jim began his career as an environmental specialist with a large hazardous waste management company. During his private sector career, Jim was responsible for developing and operating Ohio’s first permanent Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Collection Facility, the development of a nationwide on-site environmental consulting program, and management of a regional technical services group with responsibilities including oversight of various lab packing operations and HHW collection events. Jim then moved into the public sector as the Executive Director of the Summit/Akron Solid Waste Management Authority where he was responsible for the implementation and management of Summit County’s Solid Waste Management Plan. Jim also worked with Ohio’s Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections developing a statewide Electronics Recycling Program.
Jim currently manages the Lorain County Collection Center for the District and is the Program Manager for the NCO Solid Waste District for Champagn, Madison and Shelby counties.
Jim is a Certified Hazardous Materials Manager (CHMM) and is SWANA Certified in Municipal Solid Waste Collection Systems and Integrated Solid Waste Management Systems. Jim also is a faculty member of SWANA and teaches the Integrated Solid Waste Management and Collections courses and sits on SWANA’s International Advisory Board representing Ohio.
Three-Day Landfill Gas Operations & Maintenance Training Course
Randy Arizmendiz
SCS Energy/Engineers
Project Manager
Mr. Arizmendiz is an SCS Energy Project Manager. He has more than 13 years of project management and engineering experience in the energy and environmental industry. His experience includes renewable natural gas design and project management, designing other complex process systems and directing their installations, and representing industry to influence government regulations. He is accomplished at authoring technical standards, which have led to significant increases in operational reliability and profitability.
Randy Arizmendiz
SCS Energy/Engineers
Project Manager
Mr. Arizmendiz is an SCS Energy Project Manager. He has more than 13 years of project management and engineering experience in the energy and environmental industry. His experience includes renewable natural gas design and project management, designing other complex process systems and directing their installations, and representing industry to influence government regulations. He is accomplished at authoring technical standards, which have led to significant increases in operational reliability and profitability.
Mr. Matt K Stutz
Weaver Consultants Group
Principal-LFG/Air Services
Mr. Matt Stutz has 27 years of experience in solid waste services with extensive work experience in landfill gas system design, air permitting and compliance, and landfill gas to energy. He has a B.S. degree in Civil/Environmental Engineering and is a registered professional engineer in 15 states. He works closely with local, state, and federal regulatory agencies on landfill gas and air permitting rule development and he also serves as an expert witness for the solid waste industry.
His professional experience includes serving as an instructor in air pollution courses for the Center of Environmental Research and Training at The University of Texas at Arlington. He is a principal with Weaver Consultants Group and managers the landfill gas and air quality service groups.
Mr. Stutz is an active member of the Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) where he serves as the Vice-Chair on the LFG Rules and Regulations Committee. He also serves as a faculty member for SWANA’s Landfill Basics Course.
Mr. Stutz is an active member and past-Chairman for the North Texas Chapter of Air and Waste Management Association
Weaver Consultants Group
Principal-LFG/Air Services
Mr. Matt Stutz has 27 years of experience in solid waste services with extensive work experience in landfill gas system design, air permitting and compliance, and landfill gas to energy. He has a B.S. degree in Civil/Environmental Engineering and is a registered professional engineer in 15 states. He works closely with local, state, and federal regulatory agencies on landfill gas and air permitting rule development and he also serves as an expert witness for the solid waste industry.
His professional experience includes serving as an instructor in air pollution courses for the Center of Environmental Research and Training at The University of Texas at Arlington. He is a principal with Weaver Consultants Group and managers the landfill gas and air quality service groups.
Mr. Stutz is an active member of the Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) where he serves as the Vice-Chair on the LFG Rules and Regulations Committee. He also serves as a faculty member for SWANA’s Landfill Basics Course.
Mr. Stutz is an active member and past-Chairman for the North Texas Chapter of Air and Waste Management Association