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Mountain Heights Engineering
LEAD ENGINEER, KEN POTTS
Ken is a professional with more than 30 years of experience in engineering and manufacturing specialty chemicals and products.
He has supported and managed projects worldwide to install new operations and retrofit existing operations. Ken has successfully led the engineering design, construction and startup of multiple facilities in various industries.
Other significant contributions include heading projects to improve plant process controls, managing a department of process engineers and leading six sigma and lean projects to optimize operations.
• Led Design of Plant for the Production of Plastic Antioxidants in Freeport, Bahamas. Led Startup of Plant and Projects to Expand
Capacity by 100%.
• Provided Technical Support for Project Startups in Tampico, Mexico and Rio Claro, Brazil.
• Lead Process Engineer for Retrofit of High Pressure Reaction Process for Agricultural Product in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
• Responsible for the Transfer of Process Technology for Polyurethane Pre-Polymers from North Carolina to Italy. Directed Startup of the Plant in Latina, Italy.
• Coordinated Startup of New Coating Operation with Technology Transferred from Graz, Austria to Wallingford, CT.
• Managed Production Operations in Freeport, Bahamas - Naugatuck, CT - Gastonia, NC - Wallingford, CT - Baytown, TX and Genoa, NE.
• Directed Tolling Operations in Dayton, TN and Monterey, MX.
• Assisted with Startup of First Coated Frac Sand Operation for Preferred Sands in Genoa, NE and also Coated Sand Operation at Toller in Monterey, MX.
• Led Retrofit of Genoa, NE Coating Operation to Improve Quality and Increase Capacity.
• Led Design, Construction and Startup of Three Additional Sand Coating Facilities for Preferred.
• Directed Commissioning Activities for Preferred's Frac Sand Operations in Poteet, TX and Monahan's, TX.
• Significant Experience in Process Optimization as Six Sigma Black Belt and Lead Facilitator for Lean Manufacturing.
Experience
Recommendations
Ken has a solid understanding and ownership of the resin process within our coating facility. Ken has been successful exceeding the nameplate capacity of our plant by 150%, with his innovation and persistent analysis of data. Ken has gone well above the job assignment and dedicated a large portion of his time to be at the facility and help coach and develop the team. Ken is good with fiscal reporting, budgets and models to help drive bottom line performance. The employees respect Ken and look to him for guidance. He was a key contributor to our vision and growth of the resin plant.
- Bob Carter | VP of operations, preferred sands, 2015
Recommendations
Ken was my manager when I worked in Engineering at Crompton. He was excellent. He was supportive when there was a need to find new technology for making a product. He continued his support when we discovered the customer for the product had the agenda of creating new suppliers to convert the product into a commodity. Ken kept the profitability of the company in mind when a sub business group was off to the races to build unprofitable volume. Ken is an easy and reasonable person to work for or with.