The Petroleum Quality Institute of America

Petroleum Quality Institute of America

Advisory Board

The Petroleum Quality Institute of America Advisory Board comprises leading professionals with prominence in a broad range of fields related to the lubricants business. The PQIA Advisory Board provides guidance, advice, recommendations and counsel to PQIA’s management to ensure a fair, equitable, rigorous, transparent and unbiased approach in the manner in which PQIA carries out its mission. In addition, the AB will serves as an advocate of PQIA and its purpose and mission to lubricant industry stakeholders. PQIA Board Members Agree and Comply to the PQIA Code of Ethical Business Conduct (CODE).

Advisory Board Members

	Advisory Board Chairman Steve Mulvaney - Manager, Americas Technical Support, Chevron Products Co. Steve is currently the Global Lubricants Americas Region Technical Support Manager for Chevron Products Company. With 30+ years in the lubricants and additives industry, Steve has experience in several positions including product development and testing, marketing, sales and IT. His current responsibilities include product line management, product technical support, and manufacturing support. Steve holds an MS degree in Mechanical Engineering from Virginia Tech.

	Reginald ("Reggie") Dias, Director, Automotive Lubricants, Phillips 66 Reggie Dias, Director, Automotive Lubricants, has been with ConocoPhillips for more than 25 years, having worked in the R&D and management of various product lines. Reggie is currently responsible for the management of Passenger Car Motor Oil and Automatic Transmission Fluid lines. He is also responsible for developing and maintaining liaison with the engine builders, OEMs and other automotive lubricants industry segments. Prior to ConocoPhillips Lubricants, Reggie worked with a major additive manufacturer developing new technologies for heavy duty and automotive engine oils. He is a member of the American Chemical Society, Society of Automotive Engineers, ASTM and the Locomotive Maintenance Officers Association. He is also the ConocoPhillips Lubricants company representative at the API Lubricants Group. More recently, Reggie was instrumental with the development and launch of ConocoPhillips Lubricants featuring the exclusive Liquid Titanium® additive.

	Marvin Kerkstra, Manager, Lubricants Technology, CITGO Petroleum Corporation Marvin Kerkstra has served as manager of lubricants technology for CITGO Lubricants since 2010. He is responsible for Product Development, Technical Services, Compliance, and Quality Assurance. Since joining CITGO Lubricants in 1996, Marvin has held various management and technical roles. These positions include manager of manufacturing, manager of lubricants supply chain & base oil sales, and plant manager. Prior to 1996, Marvin held a variety of management and engineering roles in CITGO Terminal and Pipeline Operations. Marvin holds a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Illinois at Chicago, as well as a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

	Ken Kalisky, Americas Sales Director, Infineum USA L.P. Ken is currently Americas Sales Director for Infineum USA L.P., responsible for Sales in North and South America. Ken has 30 years in the industry, dating back to his days with the Exxon Paramins Business Unit. He started as a design engineer in the Exxon chem plant/refinery and moved through positions in Operations Management, Technology, Sales , head of Procurement, and back to Sales as Sales Director. Ken has a degree in Chemical Engineering and an MBA from New York University.

	Sydney Thwaites President/COO of Lubricating Specialties Company (LSC) Sydney Thwaites is the President and Chief Operating Officer of Lubricating Specialties Company (LSC). Mr. Thwaites joined LSC in 1998 and holds a BS in Accounting and Finance from California Lutheran University. Prior to becoming the President/COO, Sydney was Chief Financial Officer for the company. Lubricating Specialties Company, founded in 1928 and headquartered in Pico Rivera, California, is the leading contract customer blender and packager of lubricants and greases in the Western United States.

	Kimball L. Morris, CEO of Pinnacle Oil Kim Morris is the CEO and founder of Pinnacle Oil, Inc., which is based in Indianapolis, Indiana. Founded in 1987, Pinnacle manufactures and globably distributes a broad spectrum of lubricant products for “major” oil companies, OEMs, distributors, retailers, and other oil marketers. Golden Triangle Lubricant Services, LLC, a subsidiary of Pinnacle located in Nederland, Texas, produces marine lubricants, transformer fluids, engine oils and other products. Kim holds a BA from Dartmouth College and an MBA from Northwestern University.



	Irvin Warren, CEO/President, Warren Oil Company In 1976 Irvin Warren founded Warren Oil Company, Inc. and for the last 35 years has served as President and CEO. Today Warren Oil Company, Inc. is the largest independent lubricants manufacturer in North America with 6 plants that service all of the USA and 49 foreign countries. Irvin attended North Carolina State University where he obtained his MBA and remained on staff as a professor of engineering for 6 years. He has endeavored to serve his community in a variety of ways. Most recently, on three occasions, transporting a team of doctors to assist in earthquake relief for Haiti. He prefers, however, to remain anonymous in all philanthropic pursuits. Other interests include real estate and his first love, farming.

	David W.H. Fenderson, STLE-CLS Vice-President Marketing GH Berlin-Windward Petroleum David Fenderson is serving as Vice President of Marketing, Industrial Sales, and Product Development for GH Berlin-Windward since the merger of the two companies in 2011. Prior to that, David served in a similar capacity with Windward Petroleum. David held the position of marketer principal at Maine Lubrication Service from 1985 until 2004 in which he managed the sales organization and led his company through several expansions and acquisitions. In 2004 Maine Lubrication Service merged with Windward Petroleum. David is a 1985 graduate of Hobart College and holds a BA in economics.

	Robert Schlott, CEO, Warren Distribution Robert N. Schlott has served as CEO of Warren Distribution since 1975. Bob holds a BS in Chemical Engineering from Iowa State University and an MBA from Harvard University. Warren Distribution is one of the largest distributors and manufacturers of lubricants in the United States. The company was started 1922 in Omaha Nebraska by James Schlott as a Wolf's Head Lubricant's Distributor. Warren Distribution owns and operates blending/packaging plants in Council Bluffs, Iowa; Guntersville, Alabama and Glen Dale, West Virgina and a rerefinery, Heartland, in Columbus, Ohio.

	Ian Macpherson Director of OEM Liaison for North America, Afton Chemical Ian Macpherson has twenty-six (26) years of experience in automotive, commercial and industrial lubricant formulation, technical service, and marketing roles with Afton Chemical Corporation. He has a PhD in Chemistry from University of Leeds in the UK, and a BS in Chemistry from the University of Bradford. After serving the past 10 years in Afton’s marketing department in Richmond, VA, Ian was appointed to his current role in the OEM liaison team in Southfield Michigan.

	David Arters, Global Technology Director, Driveline, The Lubrizol Corporation Dave Arters is the Global Technology Director for the Driveline business unit at the Lubrizol Corporation. The Driveline business includes automatic and manual transmission, automotive gear oil, farm tractor and off-highway lubricant additives. Dave joined Lubrizol in 1995 and has served a number of positions prior to this one including regional business manager for Europe, Middle East and Africa and global technology manager for the Fuel, Refinery and Oilfield business. Prior to joining Lubrizol Dave worked in research and refining for oil companies Amoco and SOHIO. Dave has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Cincinnati and master’s and PhD degrees from the Ohio State University, all in chemical engineering.