Taylor Biomass-Energy LLC of Montgomery, N.Y., has appointed two individuals to expedite the startup of the new Biomass-Energy organization, which is affiliated with Taylor Recycling Facility.
Ralph Corley has been named vice president of engineering. Corley has more than 30 years of diversified engineering and construction experience. His main background is in gasification, petrochemical, fiber optics and general manufacturing industries, including experience taking projects from development to piloting to conceptual design through startup, commissioning and operation including process development, preliminary and detail design, project cost and schedule control, and estimating.
Corley’s responsibilities will include process and detailed design, project management, construction management and total engineer/procure/construct (EPC) management.
Howard Cohen, a certified accountant, will serve as vice president of finance. Cohen has more than 25 years of financial background and has served as a senior auditor for international public companies in New York and South Africa, serving as a controller, and chief financial officer in the manufacturing field.
Cohen brings expertise in financial management/cash flow enhancement/ multi currency accounting/ accounting system analysis, design and implementation/budgeting/contract negotiations and administration/ financial and tax reporting/ internal and external auditing/department re-engineering.
“I feel Ralph and Howard are just the initial start of a very dynamic team that will change the way the solid waste industry does business in the next ten years,” says James W. Taylor Jr., president of Taylor Biomass-Energy LLC.
Taylor Recycling’s expertise has been in the recycling and sorting/separating fields. The Taylor entities currently own and operate two construction and demolition debris processing facilities, one in New York and one in Iowa.
Taylor Recycling is currently expanding its Montgomery, N.Y, facility with a $45 million expansion that will include four new process buildings and a gasification technology. Environmental review, financing, and permitting are currently under way.