Sustainability vs Profitability

2/25/09 - 4:50-5:50pm - Eppley 117

A friendly panel discussion of sustainability vs profitability. Representatives from Eaton, US Energy Engineers and Air Technologies.

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Who's on the Panel?

Kevin D. Beaty

Manager, Global Operations and Strategic Sourcing
Eaton Corporation

Kevin has more than 20 years of experience working at the forefront of the advanced commercial vehicle powertrain industry.

Kevin joined Eaton Corporation as Business Unit Manager – Hybrid Electric Powertrains in March 2000 to lead the development and commercialization of Eaton’s hybrid electric business. Prior to joining Eaton, he held positions of Research Engineer, Senior Research Engineer, Group Leader and Manager with Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) in the Engine, Fuel, and Vehicle Research Division. While at SwRI, Kevin conducted engine R&D projects for the government and industry clients primarily focused on alternative fuels, energy efficiency, and emissions reductions. After leaving SwRI, he converted vehicles to natural gas (CNG) as Vice President of Vehicle Operations (start-up Natural Fuels Corporation) and developed advanced CNG/LNG engine control systems for commercial vehicles as Business Unit Manager and Director (Woodward Governor Company).

Kevin has provided leadership to industry and government partnership programs including formation and management of the GasRail USA public/private consortium in 1993 and participation in the 21st Century Truck Partnership as a charter member (2000) and Executive Committee member (2004-2007). He joined the U.S. Department of Commerce Clean Energy Trade Mission to China in 2007 and 2008 as an industry delegate.

Kevin has worked to advance the automotive engineering profession through service to SAE as Chairman of the Future Transportation Technology Conference in 1993 and organizing and moderating numerous panels, technical sessions and workshops on topics ranging from alternative fuels to design from 1993 to 2001. He has been invited to speak to engineering and business audiences around the world and has published numerous peer-reviewed papers.

Kevin holds a B.S. Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Texas A&M University and is currently pursuing an MBA degree from Michigan State University. He is a Registered Professional Engineer, State of Texas and a Member of the Society of Automotive Engineers.

Felix Goto, Ph.D

President
U.S. Energy Engineers

Dr. Felix Goto is the President and founder of U.S. Energy Engineers. He has previously served as Energy Engineering Manager and Instructor with the Michigan Alternative & Renewable Energy Center, USA. He has also been an Industrial Engineering Supervisor at United Parcel Service (UPS). Dr. Goto has led numerous engineering teams to apply advanced energy efficient strategies to a variety of organizations, including Fortune 500 companies. Dr. Goto has developed solar water pumping systems in Europe and has published papers in Europe, Africa and USA. As a professor, Dr. Goto has taught and written curricula for Renewable Energy, Industrial Engineering and Facility Management courses at 3 universities in United States. Dr. Goto has a PhD in Engineering Management from Walden University. He holds a Masters degree in Industrial Management & Engineering Technology from Central Michigan University. He also holds a Bachelors degree in Industrial Design from De Montfort UK.

Matthew Herbert

Matthew Herbert, Regional Manager at Air Technologies®, has full responsibility for branch sales and operations at one the largest compressed air and gas distribution companies in the United States. Air Technologies® has developed innovative, unique technologies and services, including full compressed air utility outsourcing. Matthew is the leader of an organization that provides engineered compressed air solutions and services, helping the manufacturing, power generation, and healthcare markets increase system reliability and decrease operational costs.

Prior to his current role, Matthew was a top performing sales engineer at Air Technologies®. He was most noted for creating and implementing compressed air system solutions that were based on lowering an organization’s cost of operation. Core responsibilities included benchmarking compressed air system performance metrics, indentifying cost savings opportunities, new system design, potential project financial evaluations, project implementation support, and savings validation.

Earlier in his career, Matthew was an existing building sales engineer for the Trane Company. Similar to his current role, he specialized in working with customers to increase the reliability and efficiency of their HVAC systems. Matthew started his career with Trane by completing Trane’s Graduate Training Program, which included six months of full-time class work focused on HVAC system design.

Matthew earned a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Michigan State University and is completing his M.B.A. degree at the Broad School of Business at Michigan State University.