Encina Development Group, LLC (Encina), a company that processes plastic waste to create renewable chemicals and renewable fuels, has promoted Carlo Badiola to senior vice president of engineering and technology. In his expanded role, Badiola will lead Encina’s team in engineering design, technology development and implementation, operations and maintenance, and continuous asset value improvement.
Badiola joined Encina in 2017 as director of technology and engineering, and quickly rose to senior management positions.
Badiola previously served as a technical expert for the ExxonMobil Corporation with a focus on pyrolysis steam cracking, field operations, and commodity product optimization. He provided leadership to commercialize novel technology concepts into ExxonMobil’s pyrolysis steam cracking fleet. His work optimized bottom-line results in chemical processing facilities through improved fleet availability and enhanced performance.
Badiola holds B.S. degrees in both Mechanical and Chemical Engineering as well as an M.S. degree in Chemical Engineering, all from the New Jersey Institute of Technology. He has also completed extensive prior research in the areas of high temperature combustion, metallurgy and material characterization. He has authored several publications related to combustion science and material synthesis.
Published in the April 2020 Edition