Ric Selbie leads new technology integration for REC’s catalytic depolymerization technology.    Ric has 38 years of corporate experience in product and process engineering. In 1979 he founded Filterdyne, a fuel, oil and gas filtration company which he managed for 20 years. Ric’s customers included most oil companies and many power industry companies.  He traveled extensively both domestic and overseas promoting and selling the products of his company.  Upon selling that company to Kaydon in 2000, he served as Kaydon Filtration’s Vice President of Engineering, Director of Business Development and Sales Manager for the Western U.S. and the United Kingdom.   Ric attended the Georgia Institute of Technology, where he earned his B.S. degree in Ceramic Engineering.  Upon completing his degree, Ric enlisted as a Sergeant in the United States Army and served during the Vietnam War.  An avid learner, Ric has continued to expand his expertise by taking courses in hydraulics, electronics, PLC programming, mechanical engineering, industrial filtration, marketing, lean manufacturing, Six-Sigma, and sales management.

Roberto is the Vice President of Safety and Operations for Recycled Energy Corporation. He has corporate experience in the consumer, industrial, high tech, financial and consulting industries. He also has extensive experience in government sales and relations in the United States, Mexico, Brazil, and Latin America. He has more than 20 years of general management experience in Mexico with P & L responsibility as General Manager / President / CEO.  He consistently developed and led strong multinational management teams to exceed business plan profitability goals.   Roberto was Co-Founder, Managing Director and C.E.O. of Polaroid’s Mexican subsidiary. Under his leadership, Polaroid Mexico grew from 14 employees to over 1400, and sales and profits increased forty-fold and became the most profitable Polaroid subsidiary in the Americas.   Most recently, he founded Grupo Soluciones Tacticas, S.C., a Mexico City consulting firm specializing in operational and profitability improvements; business and market development; government affairs and relations; foreign trade; and private investment studies.   Roberto has participated actively in international trade affairs for more than 20 years. He was Chairman of ANIERM (Mexican National Association of Importers & Exporters) and Chairman of AMIFOT (The Mexican Photographic Manufacturers Association). He has been a Board Member of the Mexican Foreign Trade Bank (BANCOMEXT). He chaired the Mexican Trade Office, A.C., within the Office of the President of Mexico.     He holds a B.A. in Government and an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin, and an MS in Occupational Health and Safety from Columbia Southern University.