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Epco Management Team  | Ric Wiesemann - Chairman and CEO
Ric founded EPCO in 1987. Prior to EPCO, Ric held a variety of sales, marketing, and executive positions at Continental Carbonic Products, Inc over a 10 year tenure with the company. Ric received a BA degree from Marquette University in 1977. | | | | 
| Darrel Craft - Executive VP
Responsible for day-to-day operations including manufacturing, transportation, sales, and administration. Darrel earned a BS degree in Accounting from Louisiana College and a Masters in Business from the University of Louisiana at Monroe. He has over 20 years experience in specialty chemical manufacturing including 10 years in the CO2 industry. Darrel began his career with International Minerals & Chemical and later worked for ANGUS Chemical Company and Dow Chemical Company prior to joining EPCO in 2000.
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| Tom Gannon - Vice President - Sales and Marketing
Responsible for all Sales and Marketing activities at EPCO. He began his career with General Electric in 1978 and entered the CO2 industry as a territory account manager with the Liquid Carbonic Carbon Dioxide Corporation in 1986. Tom is an accomplished 21 year sales and marketing veteran of the CO2 industry progressing through various assignments in field sales, sales management, applications marketing and support, CO2 services business development, national accounts management and product management.
Tom earned a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Kent State University and his Master of Business Administration degree from Baldwin Wallace College.
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Stephen Bishop - Vice President - Production
Stephen is responsible for the operation and maintenance of EPCO’s eleven operating units in the US. In addition, Stephen oversees EPCO’s Capital Budget and New Plant Construction Projects. Stephen has over 17 years of experience in a manufacturing environment having worked 8 years for Monsanto and 9 years for Georgia Pacific Chemicals. Stephen has a proven track record in process operations and maintenance in large facilities. Stephen received a BS in Chemical Engineering from Louisiana Tech University.
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| Dana Worster - Vice President - Transportation
Dana is responsible for EPCO’s Transportation Group which includes over 100 drivers, 70 transports, and 70 railcars. Dana has extensive experience in the Transportation field having worked for UPS, Lauhar Carriage, Praxair, and most recently, CR England.
Dana also has significant experience in logistics and in starting up multi-million dollar accounts. Dana has a BS in Business Administration from Elmira College in New York.
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 | Glenn Springfield - Operations Chief of Staff
Glenn's career prior to joining EPCO included 23 years as a Deputy Sheriff for the Ouachita Parish Sheriff's Office in northeastern Louisiana. Working primarily in the Uniform Patrol Division, Glenn retired in 1996 as Captain. He immediately joined EPCO and is responsible for Safety (including OSHA and DOT compliance), coordination of rail movements, maintenance of contracts, coordination of physical assets and managing Accounts Receivable.
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| Frank Doran - QA Manager
Frank has overall responsibility for managing the Product Quality Systems
across EPCO's production and distribution networks. Frank has over 20 years
experience in the Specialty Gas Industry having worked for Scott Specialty
Gases early in his career and spending the last eight years with Airgas
Great Lakes. Frank has extensive experience in the production,
documentation, control, and testing of Medical, Specialty, Beverage, Food
Grade, and Industrial Gases. He has been trained in CGMP, ISO 9000, 9001,
and the requirements of FDA regulated products.
Frank attended San Antonio College and St. Phillips College in San Antonio,
Texas.
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Jeff Huber - Technology Manager
Jeff is responsible for providing customized Applications Equipment and
Service solutions that support customer's carbon dioxide needs. Jeff has
worked in the industrial gas industry for over 29 years designing and
installing cryogenic equipment at customer sites. Jeff graduated from
Purdue University with a degree in Industrial Management and also obtained
an Executive MBA Degree from the University of Buffalo.
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| Sherry Arnold - Controller
Sherry is responsible for Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Billing, Payroll, and monthly financial reporting. She also handles the administration of EPCO's benefit plans and computer and communications systems. Sherry is a CPA who earned her BS in Accounting from LSU in Shreveport in 1990 and started her career as an auditor at the CPA firm of KPMG. She then worked in Banking and spent eight years in Manufacturing before joining the EPCO team in 2003.
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