Hilliard Emission Controls, Inc.
3100 Edloe Street Suite 350, Houston TX 77027
888-621-3132    (fax 713-621-3112)
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Hank Hilliard *

BUSINESS EXPERIENCE
Hilliard Emission Controls, Inc. - President October 1993 -
Platzer Shipyard, Inc. - Vice President Feb. 1993 - July 1993
Southwestern Barge Fleet Service, Inc. - President 1977 - Sept. 1992
BUSINESS AFFILIATIONS
American Waterways Operators - Director 1990 - 1992
American Waterways Shipyard Conference - Director 1990 - 1992, Steering Committee 1990
1992, Regulatory Committee Chairman, ISGOTT Committee Chairman 1991

Houston Propeller Club - Member since 1981, Board Member 1990 - 1992
Marine Octoberfest - President 1990
San Jacinto River Landowners Association - President 1989 - 1992
Houston Area Shipyard Association - Founding member
Patented the PURGIT emission control system January, 1995.
Purchased a candle flare, cryogenic vaporizer and a CO2 storage tank to demonstrate the PURGIT vapor displacement system.
Purchased and operated 2 IC engine vapor control devices (the first in Texas) to control vapors from tanks in the Houston area. Rented a 3 set.
Began developing the refrigerated vapor control system to replace the IC engines in 1999.
Applied for a patent on the PURGIT closed loop vapor control system in 2005. Received patent 7,343,759 March 2008.
EDUCATION
College level:
1969 Southwestern University - Liberal arts
1971 Northwood Institute - Business major

Professional training:
Biological Wastewater treatment - Auburn University
Successful negotiation skills - Rice University
Vapor control school - John Zink
Hazardous waste training - Texas A&M
Marine supplier quality awareness - Union Carbide
Train the trainer - Union Carbide
John Zink vapor control school - Tulsa and Houston
CERTIFICATION
DOT class A license with hazardous endorsement
NCCER  OQ 
EPA Universal license for vapor control and recovery per 40 CFR 82.161
 

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