Engineering with Purpose.
Meet The Team
Data Solutions, OSIsoft PI Administrator, Engineer
Jolene Baker
Jolene brings over 20 years of engineering and data manipulation experience. She specializes in industrial data intelligence, including analytics, report aggregation, system administration, and advanced support. With extensive expertise in digital transformation, Jolene develops strategies to enhance digital workflows, optimize performance, and drive efficiency and scalability. Currently, she coaches teams and designs data solutions for industries such as oil and gas, soda ash, fertilizer, and intermediate chemicals.
Mechanical Chemical Engineer
James Bronstein
James Bronstein brings over 20 years of engineering experience in process design and project management, covering every stage from concept to commissioning. His expertise spans aspiration, fluid dynamics, boilers, steam and power systems, co-generation, heat transfer, combustion, controls, and process optimization.
He has also led innovations in direct lithium extraction (DLE), multi-component brine analysis, and new process chemistries. As a co-inventor on a patented soda ash refining technology, James combines practical design knowledge with inventive thinking. His work extends across lithium carbonate design, soda ash, fertilizer, pulp and paper, food processing, and intermediate chemical industries.
Chemical Analysis and Engineering
Paul Johler
Paul Johler brings over 40 years of experience in chemical processing across the mining and refining industries, with deep expertise in both conventional and solution mining of sodium carbonate, bicarbonate, and related brines. His background spans a broad range of chemical processes, including sodium sesquicarbonate, caustic production, sodium cyanide, sodium phosphates, elemental phosphorus, and combustion systems for oil field and industrial applications.
In addition to extensive plant and operational leadership, Paul’s experience includes laboratory management and analytical chemistry, supporting process design with precision data and advanced testing methods such as ICP-OES and GC-MS. His specialized skills include developing new process chemistries, pilot plant design and startup, scaling and corrosion control, and optimization of crystallization and environmental systems.
Chemical Process Engineer
Sandy Duncan
Sandy has over 6 years of process engineering experience, specializing in large-scale projects and chemical manufacturing operations. His project experience includes designing lithium carbonate manufacturing facilities, where he has been involved in evaluating and testing brine pre-treatment, direct lithium extraction (DLE) technology, and product crystallization processes. He also has extensive operational experience in soda ash, ammonia, urea, carbon dioxide, and site utility production processes. Additionally, Sandy has supported ammonia and urea projects, including the replacement of ammonia converter reactors and catalyst upgrades. His areas of expertise include process optimization, process modeling using Aspen Plus and METSIM, direct lithium extraction (DLE), and pilot plant design and operation. Sandy is focused on lithium carbonate facility design and soda ash refining.
Mary Bellinger
Mary has over 30 years of experience supporting IT applications in oil refineries. She uses strong communication skills to improve software and system usage at all organizational levels. A proactive remote contributor on cross-functional teams, Mary focuses on solving problems to enhance work life for data users. As an OSIsoft PI professional, she is experienced with various features of the PI system, including Asset Framework, interfaces, and user tools.
Data Solutions, OSIsoft PI Administrator, IT Specialist
Chemical Process Engineer
Zane Haley
Zane has over 8 years of experience in process engineering, specializing in chemical production and plant utilities. He has worked with titanium dioxide manufacturing and systems like river water clarifiers, multi-media filters, zeolite softening, de-aeration, and high-pressure steam production. Zane is also skilled in developing dashboards and KPIs using AVEVA PI and PI Asset Framework (AF). Zane supports front-end process engineering for direct lithium extraction (DLE) and lithium carbonate facility design.