Jeff P. Jordan

Jeff P. Jordan

$85/hr
Green Tech Problem Solver & Consultant; Operations, Manufacturing; writing; financial analysis
Reply rate:
-
Availability:
Part-time (20 hrs/wk)
Location:
Sammamish, WA, United States
Experience:
40 years
Jeff P. Jordan, Green Tech Problem Solver Independent Consultant – Operations Management Demonstrated leadership, management, business, and analytical skills, as well as wide-ranging technical knowledge of mechanical, electrical and business systems. • US Navy Communications Officer and Electronics Maintenance Officer; • Ops manager/troubleshooter in 300 ton/day, three-shift, food-processing operation, overseeing 3 supervisors and 60 union employees, relocated 4 times in 7 years; • VP OPS for small hydroelectric systems design, development, manufacturing, installation and operation of 3 co-generation 150kw facilities. • VP OPS and GM for operation of commercial anaerobic digestion and cogeneration system; redesigned process, development and operation; 70 employees; • Currently Founder & President of IntelliJet Marine, Inc., bringing electronically controlled technology to boating. Operations and Manufacturing Management From Shop Floor to VP OPS People Skills: Recruiting Training Managing Mentoring Resolving Disputes Management skills Fuel Efficient Boats In negotiating to purchase aluminum jet riverboat company, found that jet boats were strikingly fuel inefficient. This led to pioneering effort to bring electronic controls (commonly used in jet planes, cars and hydroelectric systems) to boats, i.e., IntelliJet. Proposal development Financial Analysis Business Planning Writing Skills Proposals, business plans, grants, SBIR, financial, venture, technical. • Now working with group in Sweden to develop fuel-efficient boats for European market. • Finishing work on submersible vehicle development funded by Office of Naval Research based on my paper presented to American Society of Naval Engineers (ASNE). • Selected to present peer-reviewed papers to large sophisticated audiences at five ASNE Symposiums. • Designed, built, and tested variable jet boat propulsion prototypes. • Wrote and was granted 4 US Patents related to electronic controlled boats. • Wrote business plans, magazine articles, and SBIR grant proposals. www.linkedin.com/in/jpjordan • Made direct public offering and got company listed on the OTCBB. Contact:- Process Development Anaerobic digestion, Marine propulsion, Hydroelectric systems, Mixing systems, Large-scale food processing, Bulk material handling. Processing system revisions Seattle area - Jeff P. Jordan CV Page 2 Co-Generation, Anaerobic Waste Digestion Recruited by Washington Energy Company as GM and VP Ops to turn around a facility in Hawaii employing 70 people originally intended to convert manure to organic products and energy cogeneration. • Analyzed system and business environment in search of profitable business model. • Refocused revenue model to being paid for digesting organic waste not suitable for landfill or Hawaii waste burning plant. • Won management support for the plan and $millions in funding. • Recruited team of engineers, including biochemical, mechanical and electrical, to execute plan. Closed unrelated or unprofitable operations. Reduced workforce by 50%. Redesigned processes and replaced equipment as necessary to serve new purposes. • Recruited and mentored new management team. • Redesigned/specialized trucks to pick up and transfer wet waste. • Delivered a functional 50 ton/day waste disposal system/operation that ran successfully under new ownership for several years. • Granted two US Patents. Small Hydroelectric VP Ops of small hydroelectric, wind and solar company that had recently been featured on the covers of Mother Earth News and Popular Science. • Company had sold 15 small hydro power systems that used DC-toAC inverters to convert battery power to AC power for remote houses, and the inverters were failing rapidly. • Analyzed options and concluded the essential power semiconductor technology (field-effect transistors) was still a few years off. • Secured venture capital to trade out battery systems sales, go back to proven AC hydroelectric systems, and move into commercial systems selling power to the utility. • Wrote and presented testimony to Public Service Commission, won favorable rates and put the first hydro cogeneration on both the Montana Power and Idaho-Power-and-Light grids. Food Processing At Carnation company, proposed and won funding for implementing numerous solutions to production system issues that resulted in generating higher output and higher quality. Education: MBA – UC Berkeley BA – Univ. of Colorado Programs: Software: MSOffice365 SolidWorks 2018 Premium Current Active Interests – stay up to date on: Battery technology Electric vehicles Electric motors Electro hydraulics Power switching Control programs Python 3d printing Green technologies Manufacturing processes Fluid dynamics Evolving electronic devices Social justice Education Bridge. June, 2019 ASNE Paper and Presentation: A Boat for All Speeds The advantages of using common electronic controls to increase motor efficiency over all boat speeds and loads.
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