Executive Profile: Robert Gelinas, BioLab Inc.
Name: Robert Gelinas
Position: Plant Manager
Company: BioLab Inc.
Age: 63
Hometown: Shawinigan, Quebec
Education: B.S., Chemical Engineering, Sherbrooke University
A native of Canada, Robert Gelinas’ career in chemical engineering has taken him around the world....
My Toughest Challenge: Johnny Holifield of SWAT in Gonzales
POSITION: President
COMPANY: Specialty Welding and Turnarounds (SWAT)
WHAT THEY DO: Founded in 2014, SWAT provides complete turnaround services, along with specialty welding, piping, furnace re-tubes and...
For three decades, George Lockhart has found profit in industrial waste transit
For more than three decades now, George Lockhart’s business has been transporting industrial waste.
The Livingston Parish businessman can remember when it was a niche...
Seventy-year-old Danos is an institution in the oilfield services industry
It’s about 1960 or so, and Hank Danos—not even 13 years old—is piloting an oil rig crew boat for his father’s service company down...
Brandy Christian brings tenacity, strategic mindset to the top spot at the Port of...
During her tenure as the Port of San Diego’s vice president of strategy and business development, Brandy Christian proved she had that unique combination...
Executive Profile: Craig Romero, Port of Iberia District
Name: Craig Romero
Position: Executive Director
Company: Port of Iberia District
Age: 62
Hometown: New Iberia
Education: B.A., Political Science, University of Southwestern Louisiana
Craig Romero got his start in politics. He served as Iberia Parish...
Trendspotter: Gregory Bowser, President, Louisiana Chemical Association/Louisiana Chemical Industry Alliance
Back in October, the Louisiana Chemical Association and the Louisiana Chemical Industry Alliance announced that Gregory Bowser would be the next president of the...
Executive Profile: David Rentrop, W.R. Grace
Name: David Rentrop
Position: Operations Director
Company: W.R. Grace, Lake Charles Plant
Age: 60
Hometown: Lake Charles
Education: B.S., Chemical Engineering, Louisiana Tech University
Where did your career start, and how...
SWAT assembles an elite turnaround team and raises the productivity threshold
By 2014, Johnny Holifield and Jimmy Quick had several years of experience under their belts, along with some clearly defined notions about what it...
Executive Profile: Erick Knezek, PE
Erick Knezek, Founder & Managing Partner, Truston Technologies Inc. Photography by Terri Fensel
Where did your career start, and how did you get to where...
