Appointments
Kansas State University
Director, Bio-processing & Industrial Value Added Program within the new Grain Science & Industry Department complex,                                 2002-present
Current responsibilities include support of research programs that utilize extrusion technology to produce new products from agricultural-based raw materials; bioprocessing to convert starch, protein, and fiber into higher value, food and non-food products; and fermentation to convert ag-based carbohydrates to higher value materials. Research continues to quantify grain antioxidants and link them to cancer suppression in model animal systems.
President, Grain Industry Alliance                                  1999-2005
Agricultural Products Utilization Forum                          1997-2004
Director, Wheat Research Center                                   1997-2002

Industry Experience
MGP Ingredients, Inc. (formerly Midwest Grain Products) – Atchison, KS 1993 – 1997
Director, Starch Products 1993 – 1997
Technical Manager – Starch Marketing & Sales October – December 1993

Protein Technologies International – St. Louis, MO 1973 – 1993
(Subsidiary of Ralston Purina Company; DuPont; now Solae)
Director, Cereal Science 1989 - 1993
Director, Productivity and Technical Planning 1987 - 1989
Director, Technical Planning and Product Quality 1982 - 1987
Director, Product Quality 1978 - 1982
Project Leader – Manager, Product Development 1973 - 1978

Professional Membership
American Association of Cereal Chemists
* Protein Division Officer, 2004-2007
* Advisory Board, Milling & Baking Division, 2000-2003
* Protein Division Symposium Chair, 2002
* Chairman, Protein Division, 1993-94
* Chairman, Protein/Amino Acid Technical Committee, 1990-95