Sipho C. Ndlela, PhD, has more than 20 years of experience in the oil processing and gas industry, paper chemical industry, biodiesel industry, insulation industry, specialty products, and academia. He is a Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt and a Certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, driving strategic process improvements. His R&D portfolio includes specialization in catalysis, high-temperature/pressure reaction systems, super/sub-critical oil-protein extraction processes, biodiesel processing, and fermentation of cellulosic feedstock into ethanol. Ndlela is qualified at leading, starting, and managing teams of individuals to accomplish project startups at the laboratory, pilot, and industrial scales. He continues to consult in several areas of renewable energy (wind, solar, biogas, biodiesel). He has a PhD, MS, and BS from Iowa State Univ., all in chemical engineering. He also holds a National Diploma in chemical engineering from Mangosuthu Univ. of Technology, South Africa (formerly Mangosuthu Technikon).