B.S. - Pennsylvania State University, 1975. Background in mechanical engineering. Designed specialty equipment for hospitals, laboratories and laboratory animal research facilities for 5 years. Joined Environmental Air Control, Inc. in 1980 (now Envirco), as a sales engineer and later became national sales manager overseeing design and construction of cleanrooms and particle management systems for microelectronics and pharmaceutical applications. In the mid-1980's, Brad formed Whitsel Associates, Inc., a business/project management and consulting firm specializing in the field of microcontamination and particle/microbial management. Over the next 15 years, he co-founded and was U.S. president and producer of Micron Video International, Inc., specializing in documentary style video training programs on GLP, GMP and quality management for micromanufacturing and healthcare manufacturing applications and formed QC Global Corporation specializing in consumable supplies and barrier apparel for cleanrooms and aseptic pharmaceutical manufacturing. Brad also served as technical vice president for Micron-Clean Uniform for 12 years until its acquisition by Cintas Corporation where he served as Director of Sales, Training and Development for their microcontamination control division until mid-1999.
Brad has been a frequent guest and paid lecturer giving seminars and talks at such venues as Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Rochester Institute of Technology, North Carolina College of Textiles, and the Institute for International Research. He has published numerous articles on microcontamination control and contamination management application and theory. He was a senior member of the Institute of Environmental Sciences and Technology and past member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the Institutes' Journal of Environmental Sciences and Technology.
Whitsel, with colleague Timothy Rensch, acquired exclusive rights to key nutrient management technologies in January 2001 and formed Nutrient Control Systems, Inc., parent company to the Integrity® brand. Integrity Ag Systems specializes in agricultural/industrial waste management and conveyance and includes pumps, agitators, separators, thickeners, land application systems and in-vessel composting. Integrity Advanced Chemical Treatment Systems offers highly efficient nutrient sequestration technologies. Integrity Waste to Energy offers state-of-the-art anaerobic digestion and oil extraction technologies. Integrity Animal Health Products offers an array of environmentally friendly products to maintain herd health.
M.S. in Environmental Science with honors from Shippensburg University along with dual B.S. degrees with honors in both Environmental and Political Science. Initial work as a graduate research assistant provided a solid background in analytical research methods involving environmental land use problems. Research was primarily focused upon blending knowledge in technical disciplines such as hydrology with a governmental and cultural geography background in order to address issues in relation to environmental land use planning to allow for effective siting of community resources.
Tim joined Falling Spring Environmental Services, Inc. in 1998 as a Technical Scientist to couple scientific validation with the initial operational development of what was to become the INTEGRITY Nutrient Control System. Tim later served Falling Spring Environmental as Technical Director and led the initiative to focus upon nutrient segregation possibilities of agricultural waste streams via separation, aeration and other wasterwater treatment methodologies.
Tim has been involved in the waste treatment design of hundreds of agricultural operations. He has written numerous articles and presented on various topics relating to agricultural waste treatment before industrial, governmental and academic organizations. He has been certified nutrient management planner and is a member of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers. Additionally, Rensch has testified as a qualified expert witness on multiple occasions in cases relating to the potential environmental impacts of confined animal operations.
Rensch, with colleague Brad Whitsel, acquired exclusive rights to key nutrient management technologies in January 2001 and formed Nutrient Control Systems, Inc., parent company to the Integrity® brand. Integrity Ag Systems specializes in agricultural/industrial waste management and conveyance and includes pumps, agitators, separators, thickeners, land application systems and in-vessel composting. Integrity Advanced Chemical Treatment Systems offers highly efficient nutrient sequestration technologies. Integrity Waste to Energy offers state-of-the-art anaerobic digestion and oil extraction technologies. Integrity Animal Health Products offers an array of environmentally friendly products to maintain herd health.
B.A. - Shepherd University, 1998. Background is in engineering and manufacturing specializing in project management and lean manufacturing implementation. While working for Handy and Harman Automotive in 1989, Jim entered Research and Development and designed, tested and introduced control cable and pedal products for the automotive industry. After three years in this role, he advanced to Senior Product/Project Engineer where he had responsibility for the design, quality and manufacturability of three product lines. In 1994, Jim became Product Engineering Supervisor and Continuous Improvement Specialist. During his tenure in this role, Jim and his team were able to institute lean manufacturing techniques that resulted in $300,000 annualized savings in efficiency and major reductions in inventory, lead times and floor space requirements.
In 1997, while completing his B.A. at Shepherd University, he formed Lean Manufacturing and Engineering Services, an engineering, quality and lean manufacturing firm specializing in providing support to Tier 1 automotive suppliers. In 1998, Jim accepted the role of Production Superintendent at Teleflex Automotive and, in a joint effort with Ford Motor Company, was an integral member of the team that launched the first adjustable pedal systems in North America.
Jim accepted a role with TFX Marine in 2000 as a JIT manager where he and his team introduced just in time material management systems resulting in a 25% reduction in inventory and an 85% reduction in past due customer orders.
In 2001, he became Plant Manager of Teleflex Marine and Industrial and served in this senior operations role until March of 2008. Jim managed all division operations - Manufacturing, Quality, Human Resources, Engineering, Purchasing, Safety/Environmental, Customer Service, Continuous Improvement, IT and Materials. Through implementation of lean, Jim and his team realized improvements in delivery (24%), productivity (20%), quality (35%), inventory (20%) and scrap (35%). He and his team also developed and implemented lean training systems for multiple divisions.
Jim was certified as a continuous improvement specialist at Handy and Harman and has conducted lean training, based upon the Toyota Production System, at multiple manufacturing facilities. He is also a member of the Society for Manufacturing Engineers and is Co-Director of the W.O.D. Youth Camp.
Jim consulted with INTEGRITY Ag Systems throughout early 2008 before joining the Company full time in as Vice President of Operations.
Betsy joined INTEGRITY in August of 2001 as Bookkeeper/Office Manager and has grown to become an important and integral part of the organization. As Project Coordinator and General Manager she has the complex responsibility of "coordinating" all aspects of an INTEGRITY project from design to start-up to assure that all the pieces come together when needed. She is also responsible for inside sales.
Betsy was raised on a 360 cow dairy where she was involved in milking, breeding and healthcare. Her primary responsibility was raising calves.
Betsy was the Franklin County Dairy Princess in 2000.
Dan earned a Bachelor of Applied Science in Engineering Technology at the University of Delaware (UD) in 1997. After graduation, Dan worked for the Bioresources Engineering Department at UD as a research assistant where he used soil test data and manure nutrient analysis to generate variable rate land application maps for dairy manure using a Global Positioning System (GPS) with a precision manure spreader. He later designed yield monitors for peas, lima beans, and pickling cucumbers, plotted the yield data using Geographic Information Systems (GIS), and predicted future yields using a combination of harvest and grid soil sampling data. Dan continued this work with Royster-Clark in 1998 where he used GIS and field data to generate variable rate lime recommendations and application maps for corn and soybean fields. In 1999, Dan began working for McLanahan Corporation where he designed sand-laden dairy manure handling and bedding machinery and complete manure handling systems for dairy farms. This work included the design of horizontal augers and flush channels to remove sand-laden dairy manure from freestall barns, integration of sand-manure separation machinery with new and existing facilities, sizing and design of first and second stage manure storages, and piping system design for recycled water. Dan joined Nutrient Control Systems (NCS), Inc. in early 2003 to establish an internal engineering department for the purpose of designing and further developing complete INTEGRITY manure systems including liquid-solid separation facilities, composting facilities, and PulseJet land application systems.
Dan has been involved in the design of dozens of manure treatment and handling facilities across the United States. He is a registered Professional Engineer, certified U.S government Technical Services Provider (TSP) and a member of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers (ASAE).
Tim, the staff cow guy, graduated president of his Chambersburg Area High School Class of 1979. He then went onto Delaware Valley College of Science and Agriculture and earned a BS in Dairy Husbandry in 1983. After college, he managed his family's 150 head Registered Holstein dairy. In 1989 the operation changed to beef production, handling 150 brood cows and finishing 300 steers annually. In 1995 Tim led the business into dairy cattle leasing and brokerage. Sunnybrook Ag Resources managed 2,000 total head from the top of New York to the bottom of Virginia. Tim was the managing partner until the enterprise was sold in 2005.
Tim is a founding member of the Professional Dairy Heifer Growers Association, a member of the Young Dairy Leaders Institute, and a regular contributor to the New and Beginning Farmers Workshop. Tim resides in Chambersburg with his wife Shelley, son Zach, and daughter Taylor.
Bill Newton is a former dairy farmer who actively cropped 800+ acres for a 400 cow family farm that was sold in 2005 to a neighboring farmer. Newton Brothers Dairy Farm adopted INTEGRITY equipment and technology in the mid 1990's utilizing lagoon aeration and PulseJet irrigation to manage manure wastes. Bill was hired in May 2005 based upon his past experiences and abilities to oversee sales and service in Western New York as well as sales in Northern New York and Vermont. He has been married to Roslin for 26 years who is an Assistant Dean at Jamestown Community College. They live on a 219 acre farmette in western NY.
Kyle is a recent graduate of the State University of New York's agricultural campus in Cobleskill, New York. In the spring of 2005, he gained an associates degree in Agricultural Science, with a concentration on Agricultural Engineering Technology. Kyle decided to continue his education at Cobleskill, recently achieving a Bachelor of Technology degree in Agricultural Engineering, with a concentration in Agricultural Equipment Technology.
Kyle's interests in machinery and engineering began at a very young age and increased when he began working around farm equipment on a local horse farm as a farm hand and groom. Wanting to further increase his knowledge in machinery, Kyle obtained a position at a Kubota and commercial landscape equipment dealership as a mechanic's assistant in 2001, eventually being promoted to mechanic. He worked for the dealership for five years as he achieved his high school and college education.
Kyle began his career with INTEGRITY as an intern during the summer of 2006. His interest grew greatly in the equipment and systems related to manure management which gave him the desire to continue increasing his knowledge in the field. Kyle's greatest interests are in research and development, design, and manufacturing of current and upcoming equipment. If there is a way to make a particular machine operate more efficiently with and increased service life, it must be discovered. In addition, Kyle assists with installations and service of manure systems and related equipment.
Kyle's interests in machinery also lead him to one of his passions, collecting and restoring antique farm machinery. In 2000, Kyle organized and headed the Southeast Pennsylvania Antique Tractor and Machinery Club. The club held its first antique tractor show in May of 2001 to benefit an area therapeutic horseback riding and driving program. Kyle's community service work through the antique tractor club gained him the 2001 Young Citizen Award from the Central Bucks Chamber of Commerce, in addition to the 2003 Lions Pride Award from his high school.
Gary joined INTEGRITY Ag Systems in December 2007 as a Service Technician. At the age of 21, Gary started his welding career and has become one of the most talented welders in Franklin County. Gary brings to INTEGRITY knowledge and experience in fabrication, machining, welding, and he has excellent blueprint reading skills. His primary responsibilities are supporting outside sales, system optimization, inventory management and installation supervision..
Gary has spent the past 15 years as a fabricator and welder working on various prototype products for different customers. He has designed and fabricated a test bed used for testing the strength of cable, chain, and nylon that pulls up to 250 tons for Universal SecureLift, Inc. He has also built different body styles of fire trucks for America La France. His most reputable project was building the first roll bars on Humvees sent overseas for Letterkenny Army Depot. In this project, he was also responsible for building the fixture to mass produce them. In his spare time, Gary enjoys building race cars, hunting, fishing, and playing golf.
Ann's varied background includes technology, science, sales and administration. As a US Marine, she earned the Navy Medal of Commendation and was among the first wave of women in the military entrusted with high level training. She continued breaking new ground when she was hired as the second of only two women in a corps of 500 electronics technicians at Western Electric.
While raising her family and earning a Bachelor degree in History, Ann developed her communication and sales skills through a combination of part-time employment, volunteer service and free-lance work. She served an elective term as editor of etc..., a national-award-winning features magazine at UNC-Charlotte. Her volunteer experience includes three years as an advisory board member for Big Brothers Big Sisters as well as providing consultation, layout and design for a crisis pregnancy organization. As a free-lancer, Ann led the development of Guilford Township's (PA) first newsletter. Ann currently serves as District Governor in Toastmasters, an international communications and development organization, where she is responsible for the governance of 100 clubs in a five-state area.
A recent graduate of Shippensburg University, Ann holds an MS in Organizational Development and Leadership, with a concentration in Public Organizations. As an intern and consultant for the Center for Humanitarian Cooperation, she was instrumental in shaping the scope of a national conference for civil-military interactions in disaster response. At INTEGRITY, Ann's, creativity, research and people skills support our aggressive marketing goals by coordinating partnerships and locating funding opportunities.
Larry has been a practicing engineer for more than 30 years with broad experience in both mechanical and electrical disciplines. He is president and owner of Kinetics Hydro Corporation, a firm specializing in service contracts involving complex, specialized laboratory and research facility equipment and systems for government and industry. Kinetics Hydro also specializes in light, specialized stainless steel fabrication as well as industrial control system design and panel assembly for Nutrient Control Systems, Inc.
David Mitchell is a farmer in Norfolk England, specializing in the breeding of pigs, and the growing arable crops. David's honors and awards best tell his story:
Farm Electric Environmental Award in 1987 for developing methods to accelerate the anaerobic breakdown of pig slurry to reduce odor and B.O.D. This award resulted in several TV appearances and national press coverage, including a presentation to Princess Anne.
Farm Electric Environmental Award in 1989 for the land application of farm waste to growing crops to reduce nitrogen leaching. Again, resulting in TV appearances and national press coverage.
European Dairy Expo Farm Inventor of the Year in 1989 for developing a machine for laying and recovering lay-flat hose in growing crops.
European Dairy Expo Farm Inventor of the Year in 1990 for designing and building the first PulseJet Irrigator, a patented device for the controlled-rate land application of manure that reduces runoff and pollution to the aquifer.
European Dairy Expo Farm Inventor of the Year in 1991 for designing a self-loading machine to collect 8 plastic covered bales, each bale weighing one ton (without damaging the plastic), operated by one man and his tractor.
For the last decade, David has concentrated on developing the PulseJet concept and securing essential international patents. He plays an active role with Nutrient Control Systems, Inc. as an advisor and engineer working on special R&D projects, sales, troubleshooting and INTEGRITY System refinement. David continues development of the PulseJet and is presently working on a much larger version of the standard unit for use on large dairies.
A 2007 Honors graduate from Shippensburg University with a B.S in GeoEnvironmental Studies. His primary foci included comprehensive research in the areas of water resource management, Environmental Law, land use planning, and GIS. As an intern with the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, Zach presented scientific research that was the foundation for successful adoption of environmental legislation.
While completing coursework, Zach established a profitable private historic preservation and recreation business specializing in colonial and Victorian architecture. Formally trained in advanced electronics systems and theory with the U.S. Navy from 1992 to 1995 Zach implemented weapons systems, radar and thermal imaging, as well as electro-mechanical systems. He was honorably discharged from his ship the USS John S. McCain in Pearl Harbor Hawaii. From 1996 to 2003, Zach was successful in a career as a telecommunications and data infrastructure consultant with special skill in large scale project management. He consistently illustrated high efficiency, excellent customer service and outstanding results with clients including U.S. Postal Service, U.S. Postal Inspection Service, U.S. Marine Corpse, U.S. Navy, Delaware State Department of Health and Social Services, and Weston Solutions, Inc.
Zach has published contributions for his work in field zoology and contributed several research-based historical perspectives to the Newville Historical Society. Zach has been an active member of the Pennsylvania Geographers Association; Pennsylvania Academy of Science; Cumberland County Penn Township Planning Committee; Cumberland County Rails to Trails; Grace B. Luhrs Elementary School Festival Planning, Community Outreach, and Environmental Club. Zach enjoys rustic woodworking, fishing, hiking, chess, and. He is currently learning the art of fly fishing and acoustic guitar.
Zach is directing INTEGRITY's Animal Health Products division and working with the Company to up-date internal and external system logistics.
Mr. Smith works very closely with Nutrient Control to shape and guide our enterprise.
Smith graduated from Lafayette College in June 1961 with a BS in mechanical engineering and a distinguished list of accomplishments. Summa Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Tau Beti Pi, President of Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity, Cadet Colonel (Commander) of ROTC Battle Group and recipient of 6 ROTC awards, honor society... the list goes on. He received an MBA Degree in Finance from the University of Chicago School of Business in 1963 and then went on active duty with the US Army leaving military service in 1966 with the rank of Captain.
Mr. Smith's professional career history is equally distinguished. Over the years he created, built and sold a number of very successful enterprises. His business and community affiliations are extensive as he sits on many Boards of Directors including a bank, college and hospital. Other Board affiliations include societies, foundations, councils... again the list goes on. Known for his involvement with the community, one of Smith's proudest activities spanned 28 years as Scoutmaster for Troop 127 in Chambersburg turning out an unprecedented array of Eagle Scouts, scoutings' highest achievement.
Mr. Hurt attained a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Clemson University and an MBA from Clemson-Furman in 1972. He has held many distinguished positions in large businesses including VP and General Manager of Ingersoll-Rand, Torrington Group and President/CEO of TB Wood's Corporation, a Nasdaq exchange company. He is presently CEO of Altra Industrial Motion, Inc. employing more than 2100 people at 15 plants located in the U.S., U.K., France, Canada, Germany and China. Altra is privately held with revenues of more than $300 million.
Mr. Hurt is active in the community and sits (presently or in the past) on many Boards of Directors including Wilson College, Chambersburg Hospital, Chambersburg Area Development Corporation, The Foundation for Scotland's School of Veteran's Children... the list goes.
Mr. Martello is the Business Development Lead for the multi-billion dollar U.S. Navy Broad Area Maritime Surveillance (BAMS) pursuit and Unmanned Aircraft Systems Line of Business. He is responsible for developing and maintaining a relationship with the U.S. Navy customer and U.S. Government oversight offices to engender confidence in the technical offerings of MS2 Tactical Systems. He developed a strategic plan from which MS2 Tactical Systems will evolve the industry standard for unmanned air systems.
As a U.S. Navy Patrol and Reconnaissance Air Wing Commander, he held personal responsibility for annual operating budgets of approximately $50M over four independent operating units. He developed and implemented multi-level, metrics based analysis program resulting in a 37% gain in efficiency across the organization in 10 months. Measurable results in decreased man-hour requirements in key activities, streamlined supply chain response with decreased inventory requirements, increased production unit availability, yielding increased operational efficiency. He has senior level decision-making experience and has developed excellent analytic, problem solving and solution implementation skills.
Mr. Martello brings a strong executive skill-set to INTEGRITY and has a key role in strategic planning. He has a long and varied career in key leadership positions including:
Business Development - Lockheed Martin MS2 Tactical Systems Business Development Lead for all Unmanned Aircraft Systems.
Foreign Military Sales (FMS) -- Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) program oversight, with experience in both policy and execution of the USG defense business processes. Joint Strike Fighter (F-35) FMS program manager; Review and approval of USG Letters of Offer and Acceptance and Munitions Licenses; DoD Industry Advocacy Program manager; Anti-tamper policy coordinator; Interagency coordination.
C4/ISR -- Staff Director, Office of Program Appraisal, Staff of the Secretary of the Navy -- Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4/ISR) program analyst, responsible for the application of sensitive intelligence, special technical operations and special access programs to strategic and operational planning; Congressional action analyst; Media analyst.
Patrol Squadron Commanding Officer -- Directly responsible for all administrative and operational activities, including operational risk management and force protection, of an independently deployable squadron of nine patrol aircraft and over 300 Navy personnel. Flawlessly managed $15M operating budget and nearly $500M in fixed assets.
Space Operations Specialist -- Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Space) - Principal contributor to the DoD Space Policy; Information Operations and Information Warfare policy; Infrastructure vulnerability assessment coordinator; Defense Intelligence Support for Special Programs; Commercial Space Launch policy; DoD Representative to the US negotiating team for International Space Station.
Office of the Chief of Naval Operations for Special Programs -- Special Access Program (SAP/CAT-IA) Requirements Officer, effectively transitioned sensitive technology program from research and development to acquisition; Head, Access Control Branch for Special Access Programs (SAP); Technology Transfer program manager.
Operations Officer -- Key management responsibilities for a world wide deployable patrol aviation squadron. Responsible for detailed planning and execution of all aviation squadron activities, including operating budget, using metrics based analysis and decision processes.
Charles (Chuck) joined the INTEGRITY Executive Advisory Team in 2007.