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active leadership Biofuel Brokers’ management has over 20 years of leadership in both the biofuels and petroleum sectors. Beginning with ethanol project development and marketing in 1989, our management’s activities have expanded the commercial production of ethanol and led OEM acceptance of ethanol blended fuels and Flexible Fuel Vehicles (FFV). Modeled on the success of major ethanol marketers, Biofuel Brokers began to position itself in 2000 as a major biodiesel marketer. In 2001, our principals were the first heating oil dealers in the U.S. to market a biodiesel blend as retail Bioheat™. Incorporated in 2004, Biofuel Brokers, LLC has sought the economic success of biofuels in the wholesale petroleum market. Through our headquarters in Michigan and our northeast U.S. office in Maine, Biofuel Brokers, LLC works with agents, domestically and internationally, to provide the best customer service in the wholesale biofuels industry. |
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michael
cooper Michael Cooper has been an active advocate of biofuels since 1989. Michael began his career developing site plans for a proposed ethanol plant at the Chrysler Proving Grounds in Chelsea, Michigan. He continued to promote fuel ethanol to Detroit based automobile manufacturers leading to OEM acceptance of ethanol blended fuels. In each of Michael’s professional positions, he always created the opportunity to advocate for the use of biofuels. In the year 2000, Michael began brokering biofuels to regional fuel suppliers. In 2004, Michael incorporated Biofuel Brokers, LLC to implement a focused campaign to direct the sale of mass quantities of clean burning biofuels to replace more polluting petroleum products. Today, Biofuel Brokers, LLC is the leader in upstream biofuel services to petroleum refineries and wholesale fuel terminals. Michael is responsible for the profitable purchase and resale of biofuels, international export, customer service, and business development.
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joel
glatz Joel Glatz is also Vice President of Frontier Energy, Inc., Maine's premier biodiesel distribution company. In 2001, Frontier Energy began selling biodiesel as heating oil, as well as motor fuel, thus becoming the first oil dealer in the U.S. to do so on a retail basis. Frontier Energy has since grown into a regional biodiesel wholesale company, serving customers across northern New England. Joel has 21 years of experience in the wholesale and retail fuel industry. He is involved in several successful biodiesel market development grants, and has been featured in numerous regional and national magazines (including Maine Times, Mother Earth News, Smart Homeowner and Biodiesel Magazine). Joel is also the author of several magazine articles on biodiesel for heating oil, biodiesel economics, quality, and marketing. Joel continues to share his expertise and leadership perspective at trade shows and conferences across the country.
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jonathan
payne Jonathan Payne has over 15 years in leadership in transportation and distribution on the road and at the dispatch desk. Jon implemented integrated systems to maximize efficiency and profitability at a multi-million dollar medical supply company. Jon is responsible for directing the successful delivery of pure and blended biofuels in tank trucks, rail cars, barges, and ships. Most recently, Jon expanded Biofuel Brokers’ network of rail cars and storage terminals for biodiesel. Jon has been an advocate of biofuels for many years and enjoys operating his 1985 Mercedes on biodiesel.
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