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Harry Crouse
Harry L. Crouse, P.G., Chairman. Mr. Crouse is a Registered Professional
Geologist and has more than 30 years experience in the consulting
and construction industries. He holds a bachelor’s degree from
Franklin & Marshall College
and a master’s degree from The Pennsylvania State University.
Mr. Crouse formed his first business, Earth Sciences Consultants,
Inc., in 1979 and grew the business through the addition of an environmental
laboratory and an environmental remediation firm. These companies
grew to 180 employees and $20 million in revenues by 1989 at which
time Mr. Crouse sold the three companies to American Waste Services
simultaneously with an IPO of AWS stock. At the expiration
of his non-compete in 1994, Mr. Crouse formed Crouse & Company
which provided engineering and consulting to the waste management
and environmental industries. Mr. Crouse closed Crouse & Company
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Greg Shaffer
Gregory L. Shaffer, P.E., President. Mr. Shaffer is a
Registered Professional Engineer and has over 20 years of experience
in consulting, construction and solid waste landfill management.
He holds two bachelor’s degrees and a master’s degree from
The Pennsylvania State University. Mr. Shaffer began his career
in 1985 as a consultant with Earth Sciences Consultants, Inc. He
joined the Arnoni Group as a Vice President in 1991 where he managed
the operations, engineering and construction (approximately $20 million
over 4 years) for the M.C. Arnoni, Company, a large municipal waste
landfill. Following the sale of Arnoni to Waste Management,
Inc., Mr. Shaffer joined Crouse in 1996 and until recently
managed all of Crouse’s consulting practice.
Mr. Shaffer’s management of an active landfill and his consulting
experience in the solid waste industry provide a unique combination
of understanding the technical aspects of solid waste management
and economics of the industry. Mr. Shaffer has developed key
relationships with many senior managers and executives of several
solid waste management companies. |
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Sam Crouse
Samuel T. Crouse, Vice President - Construction. Mr. Crouse
has more than 20 years of experience in the consulting and construction
industry. He received a bachelor’s degree and a master’s
degree from the University of Pittsburgh. He joined CRS (Earth
Sciences’ remediation group) in 1984 and began his career in
the environmental remediation business. He joined Crouse & Company
in 1994. He has conducted and managed construction and remediation
projects ranging from underground tank removals to multi-million
dollar environmental cleanup and site restoration projects. He
has built LFG collection systems, constructed municipal
waste landfills, and is active in residential and multi-million
dollar commercial building construction. Mr. Crouse is president of Crouse
and Company Construction, LLC and is currently managing the design and
construction of a high-BTU methane recovery project in the state of Louisiana. |
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Jake Crouse
A. Jacob Crouse, Vice President - Operations. Mr. Crouse
has more than 15 years of experience in consulting, construction
management and administration. He received a bachelor’s
degree from Allegheny College. Mr. Crouse began his career
at Crouse in the environmental remediation and construction
division. He assisted in the design and construction of Keystone’s
first three high-BTU methan recovery projects in western Pennsylvania.
For the past three years, he has been responsible for operating those
three plants. Mr. Crouse is leading the Keystone effort in completing design,
construction, and commissioning of a high-BTU methane recovery plant for
another landfill owner in western Pennsylvania. |
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Dan Crouse
Daniel W. Crouse, P.E., Vice President - Strategic Planning. Mr. Crouse is a Registered
Professional Engineer and has more
than 15 years of experience in the engineering, consulting, and private equity
investing industries. He holds a bachelor's degree from
Carnegie Mellon University, a master's degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and an M.B.A.
from Carnegie Mellon University. Prior to joining Keystone, Mr. Crouse
spent two years as a Vice President at Grey Mountain Partners (Grey Mountain), a private
equity firm, responsible for corporate and operations strategy and add-on acquisitions for
several portfolio companies. He joined Grey Mountain after a year and a half as Vice
President and General Manager of Environmental Stoneworks, the leading turnkey stone
veneer manufacturer and installer. Prior to Environmental Stoneworks, Mr. Crouse
spent three years working in strategy and marketing at Honeywell
Aerospace in Phoenix and three years at McKinsey & Co. in Pittsburgh.
Earlier in his career Mr. Crouse spent five years working in engineering and IT consulting.
In addition to assisting with Keystone corporate management, Mr. Crouse will lead Keystone's efforts
to diversify its focus in the reneweable energy space.
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Joe Santangelo
Joseph Santangelo, P.G., Manager - Landfill Gas Production.
Mr. Santangelo is a Registered Professional Geologist and has
more than 17 years of experience in consulting, construction,
and solid waste landfill management. He received a bachelor’s
degree from The Pennsylvania State University. Mr. Santangelo
began his career at Chambers Development Company in 1989 where
he installed LFG extraction systems for several Pennsylvania
landfills. In
1994 he was employed by Handex Environmental Services, Inc. where
he managed remedial and construction projects and several LFG
recovery projects for the former Browning Ferris Industries Gas
Systems Group. He joined Crouse in 1999 and Keystone upon its formation
in 2002. Mr. Santangelo managed the LFG field for the three plants Keystone
operated, and is assisting in the design and construction of two high-BTU
methane recovery plants which Keystone is building for other landfill owners. |
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Andy Zikeli
Andrew Zikeli, Project Manager. Mr. Zikeli has more than 19 years of experience in
environmental investigation, remediation and compliance management. He received a bachelor's degree
from Thiel College. Mr. Zikeli began his career at GeoRemediation, Inc. in 1990 where
he was responsible for managing soil and groundwater investigations, remediation system design,
installation and operations at industrial sites in southern California. In 1998 he was
employed by Integrated Environmental Management, Inc. where he managed environmental
compliance for private and government clients. He joined Crouse & Company in 2001 where
he managed environmental compliance and remediation projects and joined United States
Steel Corporation in 2005 where he was the lead environmental compliance auditor for their
domestic and foreign facilities. Mr. Zikeli joined Keystone in April 2009 and is assisting
in the design and construction of two high-BTU methane recovery projects.
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