Bill Ritzel has 35 years of experience in the chemical process and biochemical industries, responsible for process development, process engineering and operations management. His experience includes the grass roots design, permitting and start up of a large manufacturing facility for catalyst supplied to the petroleum refining industry.
Prior to joining Economical Design Solutions, Bill worked for Zymetis, a second generation biomass to biochemical start up responsible for scaling lab technology to pilot plant and demonstration facility scale. He was also a part of the management team of Atlantic Ethanol functioning as the “owners engineer.” In that capacity Bill evaluated key ethanol process providers, investigated alternative process technologies and worked to develop infrastructure necessary to build a corn based ethanol manufacturing facility on the Baltimore harbor.
He is a graduate of the University of Maryland with a BS in Chemical Engineering and an MBA from Loyola College (MD) and was certified as a Six Sigma black belt in 2001 and Certified Quality Engineer in 2002.
Areas of expertise
· Project development
· Process design
· Plant start up and operations
· Process troubleshooting
· Capacity debottlenecking
· Productivity improvement/Cost reduction
· Quality improvement
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1-28-12
New Partnership Formed:
EDS and Refrigeration Consultants Inc. have joined forces to provide documentation for Safety Relief Valve (SRV) systems in 11 Food plants. The project will take approx 7 months and will document and recommend design changes for 21 ammonia engine rooms.
3-09-10
Please Welcome Scott Warfield to the ranks of EDS. Scott comes to us with a wealth of knowledge on large project development and management. Welcome to the group Scott.
12-31-09
Congratulations to Shawn Winkler for passing the Mechanical Engineering PE Exam. Shawn has been notified that the October Quiz went his way. This is a milestone in his career as well as a tremendous help to EDS.
12-14-09
Rickey Carter joins EDS to round out our scope of supply. The addition of civil Engineering to our offering makes it possible to complete every aspect of your project , using EDS people. See his bio for more information.
12-11-09
Chris Oestreich Has Joined the EDS Organization. Chris comes with extensive background in Design Drafting. See His bio for more information.
12-01-09
Shawn Winkler has joined the ranks of EDS. He brings with him, additional mechanical engineering support in the areas of processengineering as well as an impressive amount of experience in manufacturing systems. See his bio for more information.
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