Gary Gildert

Gary Gildert received his Bachelor of Applied Science (Ch.E.) from the University of Waterloo in 1981 and his Masters of Business Administration from Rice University in 2005. He is a registered professional engineer in Ontario, Canada (1986) and Alberta, Canada (1990), a senior member of AIChE (1997), ACS (2005), and South West Catalysis Society (2005). He is an internationally recognized expert in hydro treating with 24 patents, over 40 publications, and numerous international presentations. Mr. Gildert has had a varied career starting with operations support and process design at Petrosar (Polysar, Novacor Chemicals) in Canada for eleven years, R&D at Chemical Research and Licensing (CDTECH) in Houston for eight years, sales and technical support at Süd-Chemie Inc. in Houston for six years, start-up called Custom Catalytic Solutions for two years, and at Johnson Matthey Catalysts since 2008 with responsibilities for technical service and marketing new hydrogenation catalysts.