Laurence Shelver s - Director
Laurence Shelver previously served as the President of Yukon Fuel Company and its wholly owned subsidiary, Yutana Barge Lines. Both these companies operated primarily in Alaska. Under his watch, the companies grew from about $20 million in annual revenues to approximately $100 million, with a EBITDA of $12 million USD over the course of a five-year period. The companies operated a fleet of tugs, oil barges, tank trucks and tanker airplanes to deliver over 100 million gallons of petroleum products to 12 company-owned tank farms covering Interior and Coastal Alaska. The company delivered petroleum products to geographical regions covering about 70% of the State of Alaska.
Laurence Shelver was also directly involved in developing, preparing and implementing the spill plans, safety plans, crew training, and working with the Coast Guard, EPA, Mines Minerals Management, and the Department of Environmental Compliance (State of Alaska) regulators, to ensure the companies’ compliance with applicable rules and regulations. Both Yutana and Yukon Fuel, during Mr. Shelver’s watch, developed many internal procedures and processes that remain the standard in the area. Innovative leak detection for remote tanks, special procedures for spill boom deployment and specialized crew training are some of the reasons that Yutana won the United States Coast Guard’s Admiral Benkert award in 1996 for being the best environmental small vessel operation in the United States. The award was presented to Yutana in Washington, D.C., by the Commandant of the Coast Guard.
Mr. Shelver has additionally held licenses as: Master Mariner, Chief Engineer, Tankerman, EPA Incident Commander, American Petroleum Institute tank examiner under API 653, Jet rated Airline Transport Pilot and a Commercial Drivers License for double and triple trailers.
Clayton Shelver - Director
Mr. Clayton Shelver is Director of GeoBio Energy, Inc. He is currently the Chief Technology Officer and Director of SARS Corporation, has extensive experience in information technology and remote data communications. Before founding SARS, Mr. Shelver served as Vice President of IT for Yukon Fuel Company from August 1996 to November 2001 and previously was IT Manager for Yutana Barge Lines in Alaska. He has developed ISO 9002 Quality Assurance Programs, managed information technology departments, and been part of mergers and acquisition teams in a number of businesses. Mr. Shelver received a B.A. degree (Information Systems Concentration) and an M.B.A. from the University of Washington.
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