Brent Knapton - Manager, CDI Engineering Solutions, Inc.

Brent is an operations executive skilled at managing all types of projects. People oriented and technically grounded. Extensive international work experience dealing with a wide variety of cultures (India, Japan, China, Egypt, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Nepal, Cambodia, Myanmar) and organizations (U.N.H.C.R., W.H.O.). A person recognized for leadership in communicating to a wide range of personnel and effectively building team structure, even in difficult cultural environments. • Mechanical Systems Discipline Manager, CDI Engineering Solutions – Process & Industrial. • Project Manager, The Shaw Group. YNCC Plant #1 and Plant #2 Ethane Furnace Modifications projects in Yeochun, South Korea. • Principal Systems Engineer, The Shaw Group, Chervon Phillips Ethylene project, Al Jubail, Saudia Arabia. • Owner of Opportunity Enterprises Inc., producer of corporate videos & websites. Technical consulting for power and petrochemical projects. Filed patent entitled “Energy Recovery from Waste Heat Sources” Application Serial No. 11/215,806. • Founder and Director of Window of Opportunity, a 501 (c) 3 organization established in 1997 providing water wells, medical clinics, and educational facilities in 3rd world countries. • Former Lead Systems and Heat Transfer Engineer at Stone and Webster Engineering Corp., responsible for the design and purchase of equipment for numerous power, petrochemical and refinery facilities. Key player in implementation of ISO 9001 standardization process. • Former starting Free Safety for Rice University football team 1986 – 1988. Brent has a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Rice University, and a  B.A. in Religious Studies, Rice University. He graduated 1989.